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Shopify Query a variant for its inventory item ID

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Query a product variant to find the ID of its inventory item.

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

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    http.put_Login("SHOPIFY_PRIVATE_API_KEY");
    http.put_Password("SHOPIFY_PRIVATE_API_KEY");

    http.put_Accept("application/json");

    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpNoBody("GET","https://{shop}.myshopify.com/admin/api/2020-04/products/{product_id}/variants/{variant_id}.json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    System.out.println("Response Status Code: " + resp.get_StatusCode());

    CkJsonObject jsonResponse = new CkJsonObject();
    jsonResponse.Load(resp.bodyStr());
    jsonResponse.put_EmitCompact(false);
    System.out.println(jsonResponse.emit());

    if (resp.get_StatusCode() != 200) {
        System.out.println("Failed.");
        return;
        }

    // Sample output...
    // (See the parsing code below..)
    // 
    // Use the this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
    // Generate Parsing Code from JSON

    // {
    //   "id": 12195009364024,
    //   "product_id": 1321541042232,
    //   "title": "xs",
    // ...
    //   "inventory_item_id": 12250274365496,
    // ...
    //   "admin_graphql_api_id": "gid://shopify/ProductVariant/12195009364024"
    // }
    // 

    int id = jsonResponse.IntOf("id");
    int product_id = jsonResponse.IntOf("product_id");
    String title = jsonResponse.stringOf("title");
    int inventory_item_id = jsonResponse.IntOf("inventory_item_id");
    String admin_graphql_api_id = jsonResponse.stringOf("admin_graphql_api_id");
  }
}