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effectconnect Product Update

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Use this call to update a product (f.e. stock or price) in EffectConnect.

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Java
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

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

    String uri = "/products";
    String apiVersion = "2.0";

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    CkHttpRequest req = new CkHttpRequest();

    // Use your effectconnect public key here...
    req.AddHeader("KEY","PUBLIC_KEY");
    req.AddHeader("VERSION",apiVersion);
    req.AddHeader("URI",uri);
    req.AddHeader("RESPONSETYPE","XML");
    req.AddHeader("RESPONSELANGUAGE","en");

    // Get the current date/time in timestamp format.
    CkDateTime dt = new CkDateTime();
    dt.SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
    String timestamp = dt.getAsTimestamp(true);

    req.AddHeader("TIME",timestamp);
    System.out.println("timestamp = " + timestamp);

    CkStringBuilder sbXml = new CkStringBuilder();
    success = sbXml.LoadFile("qa_data/xml/effectconnect/effconUpdate.xml","utf-8");
    System.out.println("length = " + sbXml.get_Length());

    req.put_HttpVerb("PUT");
    req.put_Path(uri);
    req.put_ContentType("multipart/form-data");
    success = req.AddStringForUpload("payload","effconUpdate.xml",sbXml.getAsString(),"utf-8");
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(req.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Build a string-to-sign and sign it using our effectconnect private key
    CkStringBuilder sbStringToSign = new CkStringBuilder();
    sbStringToSign.AppendInt(sbXml.get_Length());
    sbStringToSign.Append("PUT");
    sbStringToSign.Append(uri);
    sbStringToSign.Append(apiVersion);
    sbStringToSign.Append(timestamp);

    CkCrypt2 crypt = new CkCrypt2();
    crypt.put_MacAlgorithm("hmac");
    crypt.put_HashAlgorithm("sha512");
    crypt.put_EncodingMode("base64");
    // Use your effectconnect private key here:
    crypt.SetMacKeyString("PRIVATE_KEY");
    req.AddHeader("SIGNATURE",crypt.macStringENC(sbStringToSign.getAsString()));

    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpSReq("submit.effectconnect.com",443,true,req,resp);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    System.out.println("response status code = " + resp.get_StatusCode());

    // Examine the response.  The response status code can be 200 for both errors and success.
    // The success or error is based on the XML returned in the response body.
    CkXml xmlResp = new CkXml();
    xmlResp.LoadXml(resp.bodyStr());

    System.out.println("response body:");
    System.out.println(xmlResp.getXml());

    // A sample response:

    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    // <ApiResponseContainer>
    //     <Request>
    //         <RequestType>Products</RequestType>
    //         <RequestAction>Update</RequestAction>
    //         <RequestVersion>2.0</RequestVersion>
    //         <RequestIdentifier/>
    //         <ProcessedAt>2019-04-18T15:37:32+02:00</ProcessedAt>
    //     </Request>
    //     <Response>
    //         <Result>Success</Result>
    //         <ProductsUpdateResponseContainer>
    //             <ProcessID><![CDATA[f81ngzD2S7gooFk3]]></ProcessID>
    //         </ProductsUpdateResponseContainer>
    //     </Response>
    // </ApiResponseContainer>
    // 

    String tagPath;
    String RequestType;
    String RequestAction;
    String RequestVersion;
    String ProcessedAt;
    String Result;
    String ProcessID;

    RequestType = xmlResp.getChildContent("Request|RequestType");
    RequestAction = xmlResp.getChildContent("Request|RequestAction");
    RequestVersion = xmlResp.getChildContent("Request|RequestVersion");
    ProcessedAt = xmlResp.getChildContent("Request|ProcessedAt");
    Result = xmlResp.getChildContent("Response|Result");
    ProcessID = xmlResp.getChildContent("Response|ProductsUpdateResponseContainer|ProcessID");
  }
}