AX 2009 AX 2012 Call RESTFul API X++ AX2009 AX2012

Below code helps you to call the RestFul API using basic authentication method of adding Authorization header.

static void CallRESTFulAPI(Args _args)

{

    str                             url;

    str                             byteStr;

    System.Net.HttpWebRequest       request;

    System.Net.HttpWebResponse      response;

    System.Byte[]                   byteArray;

    System.IO.Stream                stream;

    System.IO.Stream                dataStream;

    System.IO.StreamReader          streamReader;

    System.Net.ServicePoint         servicePoint;

    System.Net.WebHeaderCollection  httpHeader;

    CLRObject                       clrObj;

    System.Text.Encoding            utf8;

    xml responseXml;

    ;

    byteStr = strfmt('%1:%2', "USERNAME", "PASSWORD");

    new InteropPermission(InteropKind::ClrInterop).assert();

    httpHeader = new System.Net.WebHeaderCollection();

    url = "https://xecdapi.xe.com/v1/convert_from.xml/?from=USD&to=CAD,CHF,CNY,EUR,GBP,HKD,SGD,THB,USD,YEN,&inverse=true";

    clrObj      = System.Net.WebRequest::Create(url);

    request     = clrObj;

    request.set_Method("GET");

    request.set_KeepAlive(true);

    request.set_ContentType("application/xml");

    utf8        = System.Text.Encoding::get_UTF8();

    byteArray   = utf8.GetBytes(byteStr);

    byteStr     = System.Convert::ToBase64String(byteArray);

    httpHeader.Add("Authorization", 'Basic ' + byteStr);

    try

    {

        request.set_Headers(httpHeader);

        response = request.GetResponse();

        dataStream = response.GetResponseStream();

        streamReader = new System.IO.StreamReader(dataStream);

        responseXml  = streamReader.ReadToEnd();

    }

    catch (Exception::CLRError)

    {

        throw error ("Error while connecting API");

    }

    streamReader.Close();

    dataStream.Close();

    response.Close();

}