Dynamics 365 Business Central APIs

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When working in a Dynamics 365 Business Central project, integration with external systems is often a requirement. Integrations between Dynamics 365 Business Central and other systems and services can be created in different ways. In this chapter, we’ll see how to integrate Dynamics 365 Business Central with external applications by using the RESTful APIs exposed by the platform (APIs that conform to the standard REST guidelines), and the focus will be on the following topics:

• Using the OData protocol for APIs
• Handling OAuth 2.0 authentication with Dynamics 365 Business Central APIs
• Using the Dynamics 365 Business Central standard APIs
• Creating custom APIs with Dynamics 365 Business Central for new and existing entities
• Creating applications that use Dynamics 365 Business Central APIs
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