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MWS RequestReport (Amazon Marketplace Web Service)

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Creates a report request and submits the request to Amazon MWS.

See Amazon MWS RequestReport for more information.

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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Rest;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Xml;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        Rest rest = new Rest();

        // Connect to the Amazon MWS REST server.
        //
        // Make sure to connect to the correct Amazon MWS Endpoint, otherwise
        // you'll get an HTTP 401 response code.
        //
        // The possible servers are:
        //
        // North America (NA)     https://mws.amazonservices.com
        // Europe (EU)     https://mws-eu.amazonservices.com
        // India (IN)     https://mws.amazonservices.in
        // China (CN)     https://mws.amazonservices.com.cn
        // Japan (JP)     https://mws.amazonservices.jp
        //
        boolean bTls = true;
        int port = 443;
        boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
        try {
            rest.connect("mws.amazonservices.com", port, bTls, bAutoReconnect);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println("ConnectFailReason: " + rest.getConnectFailReason());
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        rest.setHost("mws.amazonservices.com");

        rest.addQueryParam("AWSAccessKeyId", "0PB842EXAMPLE7N4ZTR2");
        rest.addQueryParam("Action", "RequestReport");
        rest.addQueryParam("EndDate", "2008-06-26T18:12:21");
        rest.addQueryParam("MWSAuthToken", "amzn.mws.4ea38b7b-f563-7709-4bae-87aeaEXAMPLE");
        rest.addQueryParam("Marketplace", "ATVPDKIKX0DER");
        rest.addQueryParam("ReportType", "_GET_MERCHANT_LISTINGS_DATA_");
        rest.addQueryParam("SellerId", "A1XEXAMPLE5E6");
        rest.addQueryParam("SignatureMethod", "HmacSHA256");
        rest.addQueryParam("SignatureVersion", "2");
        rest.addQueryParam("StartDate", "2009-01-03T18:12:21");
        rest.addQueryParam("Version", "2009-01-01");

        // Add the MWS Signature param.  (Also adds the Timestamp parameter using the curent system date/time.)
        // The AddMwsSignature method adds the Timestamp and Signature query params.
        rest.addMwsSignature("POST", "/Reports/2009-01-01", "mws.amazonservices.com", "MWS_SECRET_KEY");

        String responseXml;
        try {
            responseXml = rest.fullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST", "/Reports/2009-01-01");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        if (rest.getResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
            // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
            System.out.println("response status code = " + rest.getResponseStatusCode());
            System.out.println("response status text = " + rest.getResponseStatusText());
            System.out.println("response header: " + rest.getResponseHeader());
            System.out.println("response body: " + responseXml);
            System.out.println("---");
            System.out.println("LastRequestStartLine: " + rest.getLastRequestStartLine());
            System.out.println("LastRequestHeader: " + rest.getLastRequestHeader());
        }

        // Examine the XML returned in the response body.
        System.out.println(responseXml);
        System.out.println("----");
        System.out.println("Success.");

        // Sample Response

        // Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML:
        // Generate Parsing Code from XML

        // <?xml version="1.0"?>
        // <RequestReportResponse
        //     xmlns="http://mws.amazonaws.com/doc/2009-01-01/">
        //     <RequestReportResult>
        //         <ReportRequestInfo>
        //             <ReportRequestId>2291326454</ReportRequestId>
        //             <ReportType>_GET_MERCHANT_LISTINGS_DATA_</ReportType>
        //             <StartDate>2009-01-21T02:10:39+00:00</StartDate>
        //             <EndDate>2009-02-13T02:10:39+00:00</EndDate>
        //             <Scheduled>false</Scheduled>
        //             <SubmittedDate>2009-02-20T02:10:39+00:00</SubmittedDate>
        //             <ReportProcessingStatus>_SUBMITTED_</ReportProcessingStatus>
        //         </ReportRequestInfo>
        //     </RequestReportResult>
        //     <ResponseMetadata>
        //         <RequestId>88faca76-b600-46d2-b53c-0c8c4533e43a</RequestId>
        //     </ResponseMetadata>
        // </RequestReportResponse>

        Xml xml = new Xml();
        xml.loadXml(responseXml);

        String RequestReportResponse_xmlns = xml.getAttrValue("xmlns");
        String ReportRequestId = xml.getChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|ReportRequestId");
        String ReportType = xml.getChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|ReportType");
        String StartDate = xml.getChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|StartDate");
        String EndDate = xml.getChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|EndDate");
        String Scheduled = xml.getChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|Scheduled");
        String SubmittedDate = xml.getChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|SubmittedDate");
        String ReportProcessingStatus = xml.getChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|ReportProcessingStatus");
        String RequestId = xml.getChildContent("ResponseMetadata|RequestId");
    }
}