Amazon AIM Upload Inventory

Demonstrates how to upload an inventory management file using the Amazon Inventory Management (AIM) API.

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Chilkat.HttpRequest req = new Chilkat.HttpRequest();
Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();

bool success;

//  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = http.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  The CookieDir may be set to "memory" to keep an in-memory cache of cookies.
//  Alternatively, you may set it to a directory, such as "c:/temp/cookies".  If you do that,
//  you can visually browse the cookies which will appear as XML files in the CookieDir.
http.CookieDir = "memory";

//  Tell the HTTP component to save any cookies received.  Also tell the component to
//  re-send cookies with subsequent GETs and POSTs.
http.SendCookies = true;
http.SaveCookies = true;

//  Build an HTTP upload request:
req.UseUpload();

//  The path may be one of these 3 choices:
//  /exec/panama/seller-admin/catalog-upload/add-modify-delete
//  /exec/panama/seller-admin/catalog-upload/modify-only
//  /exec/panama/seller-admin/catalog-upload/purge-replace
req.Path = "/exec/panama/seller-admin/catalog-upload/add-modify-delete";

//  Load the inventory file into the HTTPS request:
success = req.AddFileForUpload("myInventory","myInventory.txt");
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show(req.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Setting your login/password causes Chilkat to automatically add the Authorization header:
http.Login = "YourLoginEmailAddress";
http.Password = "YourPassword";

// call req.AddHeader("BatchID", "Y");
req.AddHeader("FileFormat","TabDelimited");
req.AddHeader("UploadFor","MarketplaceOnly");

//  Send the HTTP POST and get the response.  Note: This is a blocking call.
//  The method does not return until the full HTTP response is received.
string domain;
int port;
bool ssl;
domain = "merchant-query.amazon.com";
port = 443;
ssl = true;

Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = null;
resp = http.SynchronousRequest(domain,port,ssl,req);
if (resp == null ) {
    textBox1.Text += http.LastErrorText + "\r\n";
}
else {
    //  Display the XML returned.
    textBox1.Text += resp.BodyStr + "\r\n";
}