Add a reference in your application to Microsoft.Dynamics.GP.BusinessObjects which can be found in the Microsoft Dynamics\GP 2015 directory.
Function
GetSite(strUserName
As
String
, strPassword
As
String
, strMachineName
As
String
)
As
Microsoft.Dynamics.GP.BusinessObjects.Inventory.Site
'note that all the objects are fully qualified, to make the code more transportable
'initialize an object that will represent a Dynamics Site object
Dim
oJSONSite
As
JSONSite =
Nothing
Try
'passing in the machine name makes the examples easier to code and publish
Dim
strUrl
As
String
=
String
.Format(
"https://{0}/GPService/Tenants(DefaultTenant)/Companies(Fabrikam,%20Inc.)/Dynamics/Inventory/Sites(01-N)"
, strMachineName)
Dim
oRequest
As
System.Net.HttpWebRequest
Dim
oResponse
As
System.Net.WebResponse =
Nothing
' Create the web request
oRequest =
DirectCast
(System.Net.WebRequest.Create(strUrl), System.Net.HttpWebRequest)
' Add authentication to request
oRequest.Credentials =
New
System.Net.NetworkCredential(strUserName, strPassword)
' Get the response
oResponse =
DirectCast
(oRequest.GetResponse(), System.Net.WebResponse)
'convert the response to a Stream
Dim
oStream
As
System.IO.Stream = oResponse.GetResponseStream()
'convert the Stream to a StreamReader
Dim
oStreamReader
As
New
System.IO.StreamReader(oStream)
'read the response into a String
Dim
strResponse
As
String
= oStreamReader.ReadToEnd
'initialize a JavaScriptSerializer object
Dim
js
As
New
System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer()
'this is method #1, we'll read the Response into a Site object
'deserialize the response into the Site object
oJSONSite = js.Deserialize(Of JSONSite)(strResponse)
'this is an example of how the data is used
Dim
strLocationCode
As
String
= oJSONSite.Payload.LocationCode
'this is method #2, we'll read the response into a dictionary object
'this dictionary will have two nodes, Status and Payload
Dim
dicResponse
As
Dictionary(Of
String
,
Object
) = js.Deserialize(Of Dictionary(Of
String
,
Object
))(strResponse)
'this dictionary takes the Payload out and makes it easier to access
Dim
dicPayload
As
Dictionary(Of
String
,
Object
) = dicResponse(
"Payload"
)
Dim
strLocationCode2
As
String
= dicPayload(
"LocationCode"
)
Catch
ex
As
Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message)
End
Try
Return
oJSONSite.Payload
End
Function