C++

effectconnect Create or Replace Product Catalog

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Use this call to create or replace a product catalog in EffectConnect. This is always a purge and replace action for the entire catalog. C++

#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkHttpRequest.h>
#include <CkDateTime.h>
#include <CkStringBuilder.h>
#include <CkCrypt2.h>
#include <CkHttpResponse.h>
#include <CkXml.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    const char *uri = "/products";
    const char *apiVersion = "2.0";

    CkHttp http;
    CkHttpRequest req;

    // 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;
    dt.SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
    const char *timestamp = dt.getAsTimestamp(true);

    req.AddHeader("TIME",timestamp);
    std::cout << "timestamp = " << timestamp << "\r\n";

    CkStringBuilder sbXml;
    success = sbXml.LoadFile("qa_data/xml/effectconnect/effconCreate.xml","utf-8");
    std::cout << "length = " << sbXml.get_Length() << "\r\n";

    req.put_HttpVerb("POST");
    req.put_Path(uri);
    req.put_ContentType("multipart/form-data");
    success = req.AddStringForUpload("payload","effcon.xml",sbXml.getAsString(),"utf-8");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << req.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

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

    CkCrypt2 crypt;
    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;
    success = http.HttpSReq("submit.effectconnect.com",443,true,req,resp);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << http.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "response status code = " << resp.get_StatusCode() << "\r\n";

    // 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;
    xmlResp.LoadXml(resp.bodyStr());

    std::cout << "response body:" << "\r\n";
    std::cout << xmlResp.getXml() << "\r\n";

    // A sample response:

    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    // <ApiResponseContainer>
    //     <Request>
    //         <RequestType>Products</RequestType>
    //         <RequestAction>Create</RequestAction>
    //         <RequestVersion>2.0</RequestVersion>
    //         <RequestIdentifier/>
    //         <ProcessedAt>2019-04-18T15:28:55+02:00</ProcessedAt>
    //     </Request>
    //     <Response>
    //         <Result>Success</Result>
    //         <ProductsCreateResponseContainer>
    //             <ProcessID><![CDATA[J048hgS4OkNn0JnH]]></ProcessID>
    //         </ProductsCreateResponseContainer>
    //     </Response>
    // </ApiResponseContainer>

    // Parsing the response...
    const char *tagPath = 0;
    const char *RequestType = 0;
    const char *RequestAction = 0;
    const char *RequestVersion = 0;
    const char *ProcessedAt = 0;
    const char *Result = 0;
    const char *ProcessID = 0;

    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|ProductsCreateResponseContainer|ProcessID");
    }