dynamics crm 2016 - Web API query- dynamic values

Question

I'm trying to form a query to retrieve related record properties in the new Dynamics CRM (2016) Web API. But I am unable to pass the GUID value dynamically unlike in CRM 2011-2015.

function getRelatedEntityStartAndEndDates(){

    var parentOpportunity = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("rb_opportunityid").getValue()[0].id;

    var clientUrl =  Xrm.Page.context.getClientUrl();

    var query = clientUrl +"/api/data/v8.0/opportunities(5e0f714-a0c6-e511-812b-061cb19131a3)?$select=rb_enddate,rb_startdate"; 

    alert(query);

}

Since the new query doesn't have quotes around GUID, I'm unable to pass on the parentOpportunity dynamically.

Answer 1

You want to strip off the curly braces, like this:

var query = clientUrl +"/api/data/v8.0/opportunities(" + parentOpportunity.slice(1, -1) +  ")?$select=rb_enddate,rb_startdate";

As an aside, the CRM Rest builder is a great tool to help you construct REST queries.