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eBay -- Download Data using FileTransferService

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Demonstrates how to download a data file using the eBay File Transfer API.

Chilkat Perl Downloads

Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

# Use a previously obtained access token.  The token should look something like this:
# "AgAAAA**AQA ..."
$accessToken = "EBAY_ACCESS_TOKEN";

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();

$req = chilkat::CkHttpRequest->new();

$req->put_HttpVerb("POST");
$req->put_Path("/FileTransferService");
$req->put_ContentType("application/xml");

# Build the XML body for the request.
$xml = chilkat::CkXml->new();
$xml->put_Tag("downloadFileRequest");
$xml->AddAttribute("xmlns","http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/services");
$xml->UpdateChildContent("taskReferenceId","50013004806");
$xml->UpdateChildContent("fileReferenceId","50015579016");

$req->LoadBodyFromString($xml->getXml(),"utf-8");

# The XML body looks like this:

# 	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
# 	<downloadFileRequest xmlns="http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/services">
# 	<taskReferenceId>50013004806</taskReferenceId>
# 	<fileReferenceId>50015579016</fileReferenceId>
# 	</downloadFileRequest>

$req->AddHeader("X-EBAY-SOA-OPERATION-NAME","downloadFile");
$req->AddHeader("X-EBAY-SOA-SECURITY-TOKEN",$accessToken);

$resp = chilkat::CkHttpResponse->new();
$success = $http->HttpSReq("storage.sandbox.ebay.com",443,1,$req,$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$statusCode = $resp->get_StatusCode();
print "Response status code = " . $statusCode . "\r\n";

$responseBody = chilkat::CkBinData->new();
$resp->GetBodyBd($responseBody);

# We can save the response body to a file for examination if we get an unanticipated response.  
# (It's binary, so it won't open well in a text editor.)
$responseBody->WriteFile("qa_output/response.mime");

if ($statusCode != 200) {
    print "Failed." . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# The response body looks like this:

# 	--MIMEBoundaryurn_uuid_2B668636C1E17A4D4114925305818684241
# 	Content-Type: application/xop+xml; charset=utf-8; type="text/xml"
# 	Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
# 	Content-ID: <0.urn:uuid:2B668636C1E17A4D4114925305818684242>
# 
# 	<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
# 	<downloadFileResponse xmlns="http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/services">
# 	<ack>Success</ack>
# 	<version>1.1.0</version>
# 	<timestamp>2017-04-18T15:49:41.868Z</timestamp>
# 	<fileAttachment>
# 	    <Size>587</Size>
# 	    <Data>
#                 <xop:Include xmlns:xop="http://www.w3.org/2004/08/xop/include" href="cid:urn:uuid:A37C3C73E994C267F11492530585522"/>
# 	    </Data>
# 	</fileAttachment>
# 	</downloadFileResponse>
# 	--MIMEBoundaryurn_uuid_2B668636C1E17A4D4114925305818684241
# 	Content-Type: application/zip
# 	Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
# 	Content-ID: <urn:uuid:A37C3C73E994C267F11492530585522>
# 
# 	<the binary bytes of the zip start here...>
# 

# Load the binary response into a MIME object.
$mime = chilkat::CkMime->new();
$success = $mime->LoadMimeBd($responseBody);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $mime->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Make sure we have 2 sub-parts.  The 1st sub-part is the XML response, the 2nd sub-part
# is the zip containing the data.

# Note: The 2nd sub-part can be a "zip" or "gzip".  These are two different file formats.
# A zip is indicated with a Content-Type header equal to "application/zip",
# whereas a gzip is indicated with a Content-Type header equal to "application/x-gzip"
if ($mime->get_NumParts() != 2) {
    print "Expected the MIME to have 2 parts." . "\r\n";
    print "NumParts = " . $mime->get_NumParts() . "\r\n";
    print "Failed." . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Get the XML from the 1st MIME sub-part.

$part0 = chilkat::CkMime->new();
$success = $mime->PartAt(0,$part0);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $mime->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$downloadResponseXml = $part0->getBodyDecoded();
$xmlResp = chilkat::CkXml->new();
$xmlResp->LoadXml($downloadResponseXml);
print "Download Response XML:" . "\r\n";
print $xmlResp->getXml() . "\r\n";

print "----" . "\r\n";

# Now get the zip from the second part (index=1), unzip, and examine..

$part1 = chilkat::CkMime->new();
$success = $mime->PartAt(1,$part1);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $mime->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$zipData = chilkat::CkBinData->new();
$part1->GetBodyBd($zipData);

# Check to see if we have a zip or gzip.
$sbContentType = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$sbContentType->Append($part1->contentType());

$xmlFromZip = chilkat::CkXml->new();

if ($sbContentType->Contains("gzip",0) == 1) {
    # This is a gzip compressed file.
    $gzip = chilkat::CkGzip->new();

    # in-place uncompress the data.
    # Note: The UncompressBd method was added in Chilkat v9.5.0.67
    $success = $gzip->UncompressBd($zipData);
    if ($success == 0) {
        print $gzip->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
        exit;
    }

    $xmlFromZip->LoadXml($zipData->getString("utf-8"));

}
else {
    # This is a zip archive.

    # Load the body into a Zip object.
    $zip = chilkat::CkZip->new();
    $success = $zip->OpenBd($zipData);
    if ($success == 0) {
        print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
        exit;
    }

    # Save the .zip to a file (so we can examine it for debugging if something is not as expected)
    $zipData->WriteFile("qa_output/ebay_data.zip");

    # The zip should contain a single XML file.
    if ($zip->get_NumEntries() != 1) {
        print "Expected the .zip to have 1 entry." . "\r\n";
        print "NumEntries = " . $zip->get_NumEntries() . "\r\n";
        print "Failed." . "\r\n";
        exit;
    }

    $entry = chilkat::CkZipEntry->new();
    $success = $zip->EntryAt(0,$entry);
    if ($success == 0) {
        print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
        exit;
    }

    $xmlFromZip->LoadXml($entry->unzipToString(0,"utf-8"));
}

print "XML contained in the zip:" . "\r\n";
print $xmlFromZip->getXml() . "\r\n";
print "----" . "\r\n";

print "Success." . "\r\n";