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MWS RequestReport (Amazon Marketplace Web Service)

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Creates a report request and submits the request to Amazon MWS.

See Amazon MWS RequestReport for more information.

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bool success = false;

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Chilkat.Rest rest = new Chilkat.Rest();

// Connect to the Amazon MWS REST server.
// 
// Make sure to connect to the correct Amazon MWS Endpoint, otherwise
// you'll get an HTTP 401 response code.
// 
// The possible servers are:
// 
// North America (NA) 	https://mws.amazonservices.com
// Europe (EU) 	https://mws-eu.amazonservices.com
// India (IN) 	https://mws.amazonservices.in
// China (CN) 	https://mws.amazonservices.com.cn
// Japan (JP) 	https://mws.amazonservices.jp 
// 
bool bTls = true;
int port = 443;
bool bAutoReconnect = true;
success = rest.Connect("mws.amazonservices.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine("ConnectFailReason: " + Convert.ToString(rest.ConnectFailReason));
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

rest.Host = "mws.amazonservices.com";

rest.AddQueryParam("AWSAccessKeyId","0PB842EXAMPLE7N4ZTR2");
rest.AddQueryParam("Action","RequestReport");
rest.AddQueryParam("EndDate","2008-06-26T18:12:21");
rest.AddQueryParam("MWSAuthToken","amzn.mws.4ea38b7b-f563-7709-4bae-87aeaEXAMPLE");
rest.AddQueryParam("Marketplace","ATVPDKIKX0DER");
rest.AddQueryParam("ReportType","_GET_MERCHANT_LISTINGS_DATA_");
rest.AddQueryParam("SellerId","A1XEXAMPLE5E6");
rest.AddQueryParam("SignatureMethod","HmacSHA256");
rest.AddQueryParam("SignatureVersion","2");
rest.AddQueryParam("StartDate","2009-01-03T18:12:21");
rest.AddQueryParam("Version","2009-01-01");

// Add the MWS Signature param.  (Also adds the Timestamp parameter using the curent system date/time.)
// The AddMwsSignature method adds the Timestamp and Signature query params.
rest.AddMwsSignature("POST","/Reports/2009-01-01","mws.amazonservices.com","MWS_SECRET_KEY");

string responseXml = rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/Reports/2009-01-01");
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

if (rest.ResponseStatusCode != 200) {
    // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    Debug.WriteLine("response status code = " + Convert.ToString(rest.ResponseStatusCode));
    Debug.WriteLine("response status text = " + rest.ResponseStatusText);
    Debug.WriteLine("response header: " + rest.ResponseHeader);
    Debug.WriteLine("response body: " + responseXml);
    Debug.WriteLine("---");
    Debug.WriteLine("LastRequestStartLine: " + rest.LastRequestStartLine);
    Debug.WriteLine("LastRequestHeader: " + rest.LastRequestHeader);
}

// Examine the XML returned in the response body.
Debug.WriteLine(responseXml);
Debug.WriteLine("----");
Debug.WriteLine("Success.");

// Sample Response

// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: 
// Generate Parsing Code from XML

// <?xml version="1.0"?>
// <RequestReportResponse
//     xmlns="http://mws.amazonaws.com/doc/2009-01-01/">
//     <RequestReportResult>
//         <ReportRequestInfo>
//             <ReportRequestId>2291326454</ReportRequestId>
//             <ReportType>_GET_MERCHANT_LISTINGS_DATA_</ReportType>
//             <StartDate>2009-01-21T02:10:39+00:00</StartDate>
//             <EndDate>2009-02-13T02:10:39+00:00</EndDate>
//             <Scheduled>false</Scheduled>
//             <SubmittedDate>2009-02-20T02:10:39+00:00</SubmittedDate>
//             <ReportProcessingStatus>_SUBMITTED_</ReportProcessingStatus>
//         </ReportRequestInfo>
//     </RequestReportResult>
//     <ResponseMetadata>
//         <RequestId>88faca76-b600-46d2-b53c-0c8c4533e43a</RequestId>
//     </ResponseMetadata>
// </RequestReportResponse>

Chilkat.Xml xml = new Chilkat.Xml();
xml.LoadXml(responseXml);

string RequestReportResponse_xmlns = xml.GetAttrValue("xmlns");
string ReportRequestId = xml.GetChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|ReportRequestId");
string ReportType = xml.GetChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|ReportType");
string StartDate = xml.GetChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|StartDate");
string EndDate = xml.GetChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|EndDate");
string Scheduled = xml.GetChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|Scheduled");
string SubmittedDate = xml.GetChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|SubmittedDate");
string ReportProcessingStatus = xml.GetChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|ReportProcessingStatus");
string RequestId = xml.GetChildContent("ResponseMetadata|RequestId");