Creating an opportunity linked to a contact via API

Hi,
We are trying to create opportunity records against a contact but don't understand how to link the 2 objects via API as my development team can't find a direct link when looking in the WSDL.
I can see in the UI that the primary contact can be stored against the object, would just like to know how to do this via API.
Thanks for your help in advance.
Leslie

Hello Leslie,
There are a number of ways to accomplish this. As you mentioned in your post there are often Id fields exposed on a parent object that allow one to associate to a record of a different type, in this case you can send a request for the parent object, in this case Contact and specify the ID of an existing Opportunity record.
You can also use the child object structure to create an association. For example, if you are entering a new Contact and a new Opportunity you can use the <ListOfOpportunity> within a Contact Insert request to also insert a new Opportunity. I have attached a sample SOAP request below.
I would recommend your team review the WS User Guide as well as the sample code provided at samplecode.oracle.com for further details. Please see the announcements at the top of the forum for additional links.
I hope this helps.
Thanks,
Sean
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<soap:Body>
<ContactWS_ContactInsert_Input xmlns="urn:crmondemand/ws/contact/10/2004">
<ListOfContact>
<Contact>
<ContactFirstName>Bruce</ContactFirstName>
<ContactLastName>Wayne</ContactLastName>
<ListOfOpportunity>
<Opportunity>
<OpportunityName>Capture the Joker!</OpportunityName>
<CloseDate>04/10/2011</CloseDate>
<Priority>High</Priority>
<Status>Pending</Status>
<SalesStage>Selected</SalesStage>
</Opportunity>
</ListOfOpportunity>
</Contact></ListOfContact></ContactWS_ContactInsert_Input></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>

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