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An example showing how to use a TikTok Shops access token in an API call.

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bool success = false;

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

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();

// It is assumed we previously obtained an OAuth2 access token.
// This example loads the JSON access token file 
// saved by this example: Get TikTok Shop OAuth2 Access Token
// or refrehsed by this example: Get TikTok Shop Refresh OAuth2 Access Token
Chilkat.JsonObject jsonToken = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/tiktok-shops.json");
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed to load tiktok-shops.json");
    return;
}

// Replace values in all caps with your specific values.
// SHOP_CIPHER and SHOP_ID are returned from this example: Get Authorized Shops
Chilkat.JsonObject queryParams = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
queryParams.UpdateString("app_key","APP_KEY");
queryParams.UpdateString("shop_cipher","SHOP_CIPHER");
queryParams.UpdateString("shop_id","SHOP_ID");
Chilkat.CkDateTime dt = new Chilkat.CkDateTime();
queryParams.UpdateString("timestamp",dt.GetAsUnixTimeStr(false));
queryParams.UpdateInt("version",202309);

// Sort the JSON members by member name, in ascending order (A-Z), case sensitive..
bool ascending = true;
bool caseSensitive = true;
queryParams.Sort(ascending,caseSensitive);

string appSecret = "APP_SECRET";
string path = "/product/202309/categories";

// Build the StringToSign
Chilkat.StringBuilder sb = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
sb.Append(appSecret);
sb.Append(path);
int numParams = queryParams.Size;
int i = 0;
while (i < numParams) {
    sb.Append(queryParams.NameAt(i));
    sb.Append(queryParams.StringAt(i));
    i = i + 1;
}

sb.Append(appSecret);

Chilkat.Crypt2 crypt = new Chilkat.Crypt2();
crypt.HashAlgorithm = "SHA256";
crypt.MacAlgorithm = "HMAC";
crypt.EncodingMode = "hex_lower";
crypt.SetMacKeyString(appSecret);

string sig = crypt.MacStringENC(sb.GetAsString());

queryParams.UpdateString("access_token",jsonToken.StringOf("data.access_token"));
queryParams.UpdateString("sign",sig);

http.SetRequestHeader("x-tts-access-token",jsonToken.StringOf("data.access_token"));
http.SetRequestHeader("content-type","application/json");

Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = new Chilkat.HttpResponse();
success = http.HttpParams("GET","https://open-api.tiktokglobalshop.com/product/202309/categories",queryParams,resp);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
resp.GetBodyJson(json);

Debug.WriteLine(Convert.ToString(resp.StatusCode));

string id;
bool is_leaf;
string local_name;
string parent_id;
int j;
int count_j;
string strVal;

int code = json.IntOf("code");
string message = json.StringOf("message");
string request_id = json.StringOf("request_id");
i = 0;
int count_i = json.SizeOfArray("data.categories");
while (i < count_i) {
    json.I = i;
    id = json.StringOf("data.categories[i].id");
    is_leaf = json.BoolOf("data.categories[i].is_leaf");
    local_name = json.StringOf("data.categories[i].local_name");
    Debug.WriteLine("local_name: " + local_name);
    parent_id = json.StringOf("data.categories[i].parent_id");
    j = 0;
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("data.categories[i].permission_statuses");
    while (j < count_j) {
        json.J = j;
        strVal = json.StringOf("data.categories[i].permission_statuses[j]");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    i = i + 1;
}