Node.js

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. Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

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

    var uri = "/products";
    var apiVersion = "2.0";

    var http = new chilkat.Http();
    var req = new chilkat.HttpRequest();

    // 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.
    var dt = new chilkat.CkDateTime();
    dt.SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
    var timestamp = dt.GetAsTimestamp(true);

    req.AddHeader("TIME",timestamp);
    console.log("timestamp = " + timestamp);

    var sbXml = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    success = sbXml.LoadFile("qa_data/xml/effectconnect/effconCreate.xml","utf-8");
    console.log("length = " + sbXml.Length);

    req.HttpVerb = "POST";
    req.Path = uri;
    req.ContentType = "multipart/form-data";
    success = req.AddStringForUpload("payload","effcon.xml",sbXml.GetAsString(),"utf-8");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(req.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Build a string-to-sign and sign it using our effectconnect private key
    var sbStringToSign = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    sbStringToSign.AppendInt(sbXml.Length);
    sbStringToSign.Append("POST");
    sbStringToSign.Append(uri);
    sbStringToSign.Append(apiVersion);
    sbStringToSign.Append(timestamp);

    var crypt = new chilkat.Crypt2();
    crypt.MacAlgorithm = "hmac";
    crypt.HashAlgorithm = "sha512";
    crypt.EncodingMode = "base64";
    // Use your effectconnect private key here:
    crypt.SetMacKeyString("PRIVATE_KEY");
    req.AddHeader("SIGNATURE",crypt.MacStringENC(sbStringToSign.GetAsString()));

    var resp = new chilkat.HttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpSReq("submit.effectconnect.com",443,true,req,resp);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log("response status code = " + resp.StatusCode);

    // 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.
    var xmlResp = new chilkat.Xml();
    xmlResp.LoadXml(resp.BodyStr);

    console.log("response body:");
    console.log(xmlResp.GetXml());

    // 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...
    var tagPath;
    var RequestType;
    var RequestAction;
    var RequestVersion;
    var ProcessedAt;
    var Result;
    var ProcessID;

    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");

}

chilkatExample();