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B4X Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

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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Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim http As ChilkatHttp
http.Initialize("http")

http.Login = "SHOPIFY_PRIVATE_API_KEY"
http.Password = "SHOPIFY_PRIVATE_API_KEY"

http.Accept = "application/json"

Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
resp.Initialize
success = http.HttpNoBody("GET", "https://{shop}.myshopify.com/admin/api/2020-04/products/{product_id}/variants/{variant_id}.json", resp)
If success = False Then
    Log(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Log("Response Status Code: " & resp.StatusCode)

Dim jsonResponse As ChilkatJsonObject
jsonResponse.Initialize
jsonResponse.Load(resp.BodyStr)
jsonResponse.EmitCompact = False
Log(jsonResponse.Emit)

If resp.StatusCode <> 200 Then
    Log("Failed.")
    Return
End If


'  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"
'  }
'  

Dim id As Int = jsonResponse.IntOf("id")
Dim product_id As Int = jsonResponse.IntOf("product_id")
Dim title As String = jsonResponse.StringOf("title")
Dim inventory_item_id As Int = jsonResponse.IntOf("inventory_item_id")
Dim admin_graphql_api_id As String = jsonResponse.StringOf("admin_graphql_api_id")