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Is it possible to call an Dynamics CRM action with a JSON request through a WebApi with IOrganizationService?

TL;DR:
I am calling a WebApi, the WebApi authenticates against the CRM and use the IOrganizationService, so my request is a JObject and not an Entity or EntityReference, it gives me this error:
Error: Type 'Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JToken' is a recursive collection data contract which is not supported. Consider modifying the definition of collection 'Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JToken' to remove references to itself.
Context:
I built a web application in angular and I built a WebApi so I can call some custom actions in CRM:
Angular APP | WebApi | OnPremise CRM
So, when I call the WebApi, there is a controller that turns my request into a OrganizationRequest:
Request for WebApi:
{
"ActionName": "custom_actionname",
"Parameters":
[
{
"Key": "EntityInputParameter1",
"Value": {"#odata.type":"Microsoft.Dynamics.CRM.any_entity"}
}
]
}
I read this request on my WebApi and turn that into a request for CRM
Request for CRM:
OrganizationRequest request = new OrganizationRequest("custom_actionname");
request.Parameters["EntityInputParameter1"] = {"#odata.type":"Microsoft.Dynamics.CRM.any_entity"} // This is a JObject
OrganizationResponse response = service.Execute(request);
When I make the request, it gives me the following error:
Error: Type 'Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JToken' is a recursive collection data contract which is not supported. Consider modifying the definition of collection 'Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JToken' to remove references to itself.
If I make the request directly to the action it works, but I cannot do that due security policies.
One option could be turn the request into a valid CRM request (parsing {"#odata.type":"Microsoft.Dynamics.CRM.any_entity} into a Entity type) but CRM has a lot of parsing escenarios and could be very complex.
Another option could be sending the request through web and stop using the IOrganizationService but I cannot change that.
I am making this question so anybody that has this error can find the "solution" because I searched a lot and nobody refers this behavior directly.
I am probably turning my InputEntityParameter into string, and I will send the JSON, so I can parse the JSON on my action, but I was looking if anybody else had this error or another approach.

I tested it on one of my Dev Environment with Entity as Parameter.
Below is the code I used in console application to fire Action with Entity as parameter. It ran successfully
var request = new OrganizationRequest("new_test");
//request.Parameters.Add("Target", xAccountReference);
request.Parameters.Add("Param2", "abc");
request.Parameters.Add("Param1", new Entity("account",Guid.Parse("2fe32f22-d01d-ea11-80fa-005056936c69")));
Service.Execute(request);
Below is the Javascript code which used CRM Webapi to execute Action with Parameter. Ignore the XRM.Webapi command but interesting for you would be passing parameters in webapi.
var parameters = {};
parameters.Param2 = "abcd";
var param1 = {};
param1.accountid = "2fe32f22-d01d-ea11-80fa-005056936c69"; //Delete if creating new record
param1["#odata.type"] = "Microsoft.Dynamics.CRM.account";
parameters.Param1 = param1;
var new_testRequest = {
Param2: parameters.Param2,
Param1: parameters.Param1,
getMetadata: function() {
return {
boundParameter: null,
parameterTypes: {
"Param2": {
"typeName": "Edm.String",
"structuralProperty": 1
},
"Param1": {
"typeName": "mscrm.account",
"structuralProperty": 5
}
},
operationType: 0,
operationName: "new_test"
};
}
};
Xrm.WebApi.online.execute(new_testRequest).then(
function success(result) {
if (result.ok) {
//Success - No Return Data - Do Something
}
},
function(error) {
Xrm.Utility.alertDialog(error.message);
}
);
I can confirm that you are mixing Webapi and orgservice call. You can definitely call Action from Webapi of Dynamics. I just used Postman to call Action and I was successful. Blog reference to use Postman for CRM webapi
Below Body as json in Postman and I get Action to run.
{
"Param1":"string test",
"Param2":{
"accountid":"b6b35fd0-b9c3-e311-88e2-00505693000c",
"#odata.type":"Microsoft.Dynamics.CRM.account"
}
}

Invaild Json Result through Web Api in angular js

I have build a http post web api in asp which return the following string in Json
RootObject rootObject = new RootObject()
{
status = "User Registered"
};
msg = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(rootObject);
Below is my angular js controller in which I am consuming that web api
.controller('signupCtrl', function($scope,$http,$ionicPopup,$state,$ionicHistory) {
$scope.signup=function(data){
var link = 'http://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/api/Home/RegisterUser';
//using http post
//passing values to parameter
$http.post(link, {RegisterName : data.name, RegisterUserName : data.username, RegisterPassword : data.password , RegisterEmail: data.mail , RegisterMobile : data.mobile})
.then(function (res){ //if a response is recieved from the server.
$scope.response = res; //contains Register Result
console.log($scope.response);
});
}
})
With the above code I am getting following result in google chrome console
I am try to get that status only to match it value but I am unable to do so.
The doubt I am having is that json format

console.log(JSON.stringify($scope.response)) will do what you need.
If you're wanting those particular value, you can just access those and pass them to log.
console.log($scope.response.data['status']);

you get the json as :
$scope.response = res.data;
might be you require JSON.parse(res.data) or $.parseJSON(res.data) for getting json object

.NET - Access webservice (.asmx) method using WebRequest in c#?

I got a .net project from client. Right now, I need to make a WebRequest to a WebService (.asmx). The problem is i dont know how call the method in that web service using web request from c#.
my code :
RunRoutines.aspx
string UseAddress = "http://localhost:31952/api/RunRoutines.asmx";
string address = string.Format(UseAddress);
HttpWebRequest httpRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(address);
RunRoutines.asmx
public class RunRoutines : System.Web.Services.WebService
{
[WebMethod]
public string RunRR1()
{
return "Hello World";
}
}
I need to access the RunRR1() method from the web request in RunRoutines.aspx. Please advise. Thanks!

Well you can access it using the name of the reference you have given while adding service reference.
For example if it is localHost then you can try below code:
var yourService = new localHost.WebService();
yourService.RunRR1();
For more details have a look here:
Image ref: http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/0c1bb2/consuming-web-service-in-Asp-Net-web-application/
Which is here for more details .

Getting Null Result from web Service in Asp.net

I am trying to use a web service in my asp.net project. I add the web reference and trying to use the some of the functions of that service.I am trying to fetch some values from the web service.For this process First I am sending some data to web service for process.This is the code which I am trying to use
wsezp.ApiService ws = new wsezp.ApiService();
ws.Recharge("589746656", "608669", "1234567890", "5", "10", "12345");
wsezp.Result rs = new wsezp.Result();
string Requestid = rs.reqid;
string Status = rs.status;
Response.Write("Status of Requestid " + Requestid + "is " + Status);
As per my Document I will get my result like this
<recharge>
<reqid>0000<reqid/>
<status>SUCCESS</status>
<remark>recharge_transaction_id</remark>
<balance>your api balance</balance>
<mn>mobile number</mn>
<field1>operator transaction id</field1>
</recharge>
But I am getting null in the strings which I declare. Please tell me how can I use the web service for post the request and get back the result from the web service

Looks to me as if you are creating a new result. Are sure the call to recharge doesn't return the result you are looking for ? That would make sense.
wsezp.Result rs = ws.Recharge(...

how to pass large json string to web service using [webinvoke]

I have a problem passing a large JSON string to a web service from the client side with a jQuery function. When the lenth of the string increases to 1000 characters, the web service throw an exception "Unspecified Network Error". Please let me know how to pass a large JSON value to a web service using [webinvoke].
Can we increase the size of url or whatever to fix this problem?

You can serialize your Json as object:
page.asp
var data1 = {
IdTest: ('<%= miAspVar %>'),
fono: telefono,
etc, etc
};
var strData = YAHOO.lang.JSON.stringify(data1)
callService(testLlamada, strData, EstadoLlamada, onError2);
function onError2(result) {
alert(result);
}
function EstadoLlamada(result) {
...
}