Being RESTful with SugarCRM/SuiteCRM in Java

SugarOnRest is a Java SugarCRM CE 6.x/SuiteCRM 7.x API client. SugarOnRest is a UniRest Java implementation. It is a Restful CRUD client that implements the SugarCRM module Create, Read, Update and Delete functionalities.

SugarOnRest implements following SugarCRM REST API method calls: _oauth_access, get_entry, get_entry_list, set_entry, setentries.

This is a port of .NET C# SugarRestSharp.

For more info/documentation, please check SugarOnRest wiki

Basic Sample Usages

String sugarCrmUrl = "http://demo.suiteondemand.com/service/v4_1/rest.php";
String sugarCrmUsername = "will";
String sugarCrmPassword = "will";

SugarRestClient client = new SugarRestClient(sugarCrmUrl, sugarCrmUsername, sugarCrmPassword);

// Option 1 - Read by known Java Pojo type - Accounts.
SugarRestRequest accountRequest = new SugarRestRequest(Accounts.class, RequestType.ReadById);

// set the account id to read.
accountRequest.setParameter("2da8333f-10b8-d173-e38c-587662482d83");
SugarRestResponse accountResponse = client.execute(accountRequest);
Accounts account = (Accounts)accountResponse.getData();

// Option 2 - Read by known SugarCRM module name - "Contacts".
SugarRestRequest contactRequest = new SugarRestRequest("Contacts", RequestType.ReadById);
contactRequest.setParameter("1b680648-20ca-cd20-692e-584fbec623e5");
SugarRestResponse contactRresponse = client.execute(contactRequest);
Contacts contact = (Contacts)contactRresponse.getData();

Advanced Sample Usage - Linked Module

This sample usage shows how to read "Accounts" module entity data with linked modules (link "Contacts" module). For more request options make changes to the Request Options

This implements the _getentry SugarCRM REST API method setting the _link_name_to_fieldsarray parameter.

package com.sugaronrest.tests;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.sugaronrest.*;
import com.sugaronrest.utils.JsonObjectMapper;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

String url = "http://demo.suiteondemand.com/service/v4_1/rest.php";
String username = "will";
String password = "will";

SugarRestClient client = new SugarRestClient(url, username, password);
String accountId = "2da8333f-10b8-d173-e38c-587662482d83";

SugarRestRequest request = new SugarRestRequest(RequestType.LinkedReadById);
request.setModuleName("Accounts");
request.setParameter(accountId);

List<String> selectedFields = new ArrayList<String>();

selectedFields.add(NameOf.Accounts.Id);
selectedFields.add(NameOf.Accounts.Name);
selectedFields.add(NameOf.Accounts.Industry);
selectedFields.add(NameOf.Accounts.Website);
selectedFields.add(NameOf.Accounts.ShippingAddressCity);

request.getOptions().setSelectFields(selectedFields);

Map<Object, List<String>> linkedListInfo = new HashMap<Object, List<String>>();

List<String> selectContactFields = new ArrayList<String>();
selectContactFields.add(NameOf.Contacts.FirstName);
selectContactFields.add(NameOf.Contacts.LastName);
selectContactFields.add(NameOf.Contacts.Title);
selectContactFields.add(NameOf.Contacts.Description);
selectContactFields.add(NameOf.Contacts.PrimaryAddressPostalcode);

linkedListInfo.put(Contacts.class, selectContactFields);
request.getOptions().setLinkedModules(linkedListInfo);

SugarRestResponse response = client.execute(request);

Custom model

package com.sugaronrest.tests.custommodels;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
import com.sugaronrest.modules.Accounts;
import com.sugaronrest.modules.Contacts;

import java.util.List;

@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
public class CustomAcccount1  extends Accounts {

    public List<Contacts> getContactLink() {
        return contactLink;
    }

    public void setContactLink(List<Contacts> value) {
        contactLink = value;
    }

    @JsonProperty("contacts")
    private List<Contacts> contactLink;
}

Response (getData())

getData() = null;

// Deserialize json data to custom object
ObjectMapper mapper = JsonObjectMapper.getMapper();
CustomAcccount1 customAccount = mapper.readValue(jsonData, CustomAcccount1.class);

Response (getJData())

{
  "website": "www.veganthe.co.jp",
  "name": "RR. Talker Co",
  "industry": "Media",
  "id": "2da8333f-10b8-d173-e38c-587662482d83",
  "shipping_address_city": "St. Petersburg",
  "contacts": [
    {
      "primary_address_postalcode": "24688",
      "last_name": "Bhatt",
      "description": "",
      "title": "IT Developer",
      "first_name": "Corina"
    },
    {
      "primary_address_postalcode": "39916",
      "last_name": "Lehner",
      "description": "",
      "title": "Senior Product Manager",
      "first_name": "Ramiro"
    },
    {
      "primary_address_postalcode": "38602",
      "last_name": "Delorenzo",
      "description": "",
      "title": "Senior Product Manager",
      "first_name": "Kelley"
    },
    {
      "primary_address_postalcode": "81029",
      "last_name": "Paulin",
      "description": "",
      "title": "VP Operations",
      "first_name": "Sheree"
    },
    {
      "primary_address_postalcode": "91550",
      "last_name": "Clopton",
      "description": "",
      "title": "IT Developer",
      "first_name": "Jacqueline"
    },
    {
      "primary_address_postalcode": "19042",
      "last_name": "Hong",
      "description": "",
      "title": "IT Developer",
      "first_name": "Juanita"
    },
    {
      "primary_address_postalcode": "29452",
      "last_name": "Pagano",
      "description": "",
      "title": "IT Developer",
      "first_name": "Lamar"
    },
    {
      "primary_address_postalcode": "88939",
      "last_name": "Cossey",
      "description": "",
      "title": "President",
      "first_name": "Bernadine"
    },
    {
      "primary_address_postalcode": "40382",
      "last_name": "Bast",
      "description": "",
      "title": "Director Sales",
      "first_name": "Paul"
    }
  ]
}

Response (getJsonRawRequest())

{
  "method": "get_entry",
  "input_type": "json",
  "response_type": "json",
  "rest_data": {
    "session": "2p7qi9qpvjvic3et2t5m410e31",
    "module_name": "Accounts",
    "id": "2da8333f-10b8-d173-e38c-587662482d83",
    "select_fields": [
      "id",
      "name",
      "industry",
      "website",
      "shipping_address_city"
    ],
    "link_name_to_fields_array": [
      {
        "name": "contacts",
        "value": [
          "first_name",
          "last_name",
          "title",
          "description",
          "primary_address_postalcode"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "track_view": false
  }
}

Response (getJsonRawResponse())

{
  "entry_list": [
    {
      "id": "2da8333f-10b8-d173-e38c-587662482d83",
      "module_name": "Accounts",
      "name_value_list": {
        "id": {
          "name": "id",
          "value": "2da8333f-10b8-d173-e38c-587662482d83"
        },
        "name": {
          "name": "name",
          "value": "RR. Talker Co"
        },
        "industry": {
          "name": "industry",
          "value": "Media"
        },
        "website": {
          "name": "website",
          "value": "www.veganthe.co.jp"
        },
        "shipping_address_city": {
          "name": "shipping_address_city",
          "value": "St. Petersburg"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "relationship_list": [
    [
      {
        "name": "contacts",
        "records": [
          {
            "first_name": {
              "name": "first_name",
              "value": "Corina"
            },
            "last_name": {
              "name": "last_name",
              "value": "Bhatt"
            },
            "title": {
              "name": "title",
              "value": "IT Developer"
            },
            "description": {
              "name": "description",
              "value": ""
            },
            "primary_address_postalcode": {
              "name": "primary_address_postalcode",
              "value": "24688"
            }
          },
          {
            "first_name": {
              "name": "first_name",
              "value": "Ramiro"
            },
            "last_name": {
              "name": "last_name",
              "value": "Lehner"
            },
            "title": {
              "name": "title",
              "value": "Senior Product Manager"
            },
            "description": {
              "name": "description",
              "value": ""
            },
            "primary_address_postalcode": {
              "name": "primary_address_postalcode",
              "value": "39916"
            }
          },
          {
            "first_name": {
              "name": "first_name",
              "value": "Kelley"
            },
            "last_name": {
              "name": "last_name",
              "value": "Delorenzo"
            },
            "title": {
              "name": "title",
              "value": "Senior Product Manager"
            },
            "description": {
              "name": "description",
              "value": ""
            },
            "primary_address_postalcode": {
              "name": "primary_address_postalcode",
              "value": "38602"
            }
          },
          {
            "first_name": {
              "name": "first_name",
              "value": "Sheree"
            },
            "last_name": {
              "name": "last_name",
              "value": "Paulin"
            },
            "title": {
              "name": "title",
              "value": "VP Operations"
            },
            "description": {
              "name": "description",
              "value": ""
            },
            "primary_address_postalcode": {
              "name": "primary_address_postalcode",
              "value": "81029"
            }
          },
          {
            "first_name": {
              "name": "first_name",
              "value": "Jacqueline"
            },
            "last_name": {
              "name": "last_name",
              "value": "Clopton"
            },
            "title": {
              "name": "title",
              "value": "IT Developer"
            },
            "description": {
              "name": "description",
              "value": ""
            },
            "primary_address_postalcode": {
              "name": "primary_address_postalcode",
              "value": "91550"
            }
          },
          {
            "first_name": {
              "name": "first_name",
              "value": "Juanita"
            },
            "last_name": {
              "name": "last_name",
              "value": "Hong"
            },
            "title": {
              "name": "title",
              "value": "IT Developer"
            },
            "description": {
              "name": "description",
              "value": ""
            },
            "primary_address_postalcode": {
              "name": "primary_address_postalcode",
              "value": "19042"
            }
          },
          {
            "first_name": {
              "name": "first_name",
              "value": "Lamar"
            },
            "last_name": {
              "name": "last_name",
              "value": "Pagano"
            },
            "title": {
              "name": "title",
              "value": "IT Developer"
            },
            "description": {
              "name": "description",
              "value": ""
            },
            "primary_address_postalcode": {
              "name": "primary_address_postalcode",
              "value": "29452"
            }
          },
          {
            "first_name": {
              "name": "first_name",
              "value": "Bernadine"
            },
            "last_name": {
              "name": "last_name",
              "value": "Cossey"
            },
            "title": {
              "name": "title",
              "value": "President"
            },
            "description": {
              "name": "description",
              "value": ""
            },
            "primary_address_postalcode": {
              "name": "primary_address_postalcode",
              "value": "88939"
            }
          },
          {
            "first_name": {
              "name": "first_name",
              "value": "Paul"
            },
            "last_name": {
              "name": "last_name",
              "value": "Bast"
            },
            "title": {
              "name": "title",
              "value": "Director Sales"
            },
            "description": {
              "name": "description",
              "value": ""
            },
            "primary_address_postalcode": {
              "name": "primary_address_postalcode",
              "value": "40382"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  ]
}