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Shopify Create a new product with multiple product variants

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Create a new product with multiple product variants

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

$rest = chilkat::CkRest->new();

$rest->SetAuthBasic("SHOPIFY_PRIVATE_API_KEY","SHOPIFY_PRIVATE_API_KEY");

$success = $rest->Connect("chilkat.myshopify.com",443,1,1);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# The following code creates the JSON request body.
# The JSON created by this code is shown below.
$jsonReq = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jsonReq->UpdateString("product.title","Burton Custom Freestyle 151");
$jsonReq->UpdateString("product.body_html","<strong>Good snowboard!</strong>");
$jsonReq->UpdateString("product.vendor","Burton");
$jsonReq->UpdateString("product.product_type","Snowboard");
$jsonReq->UpdateString("product.variants[0].option1","First");
$jsonReq->UpdateString("product.variants[0].price","10.00");
$jsonReq->UpdateString("product.variants[0].sku","123");
$jsonReq->UpdateString("product.variants[1].option1","Second");
$jsonReq->UpdateString("product.variants[1].price","20.00");
$jsonReq->UpdateString("product.variants[1].sku","123");

# The JSON request body created by the above code:

# {
#   "product": {
#     "title": "Burton Custom Freestyle 151",
#     "body_html": "<strong>Good snowboard!<\/strong>",
#     "vendor": "Burton",
#     "product_type": "Snowboard",
#     "variants": [
#       {
#         "option1": "First",
#         "price": "10.00",
#         "sku": "123"
#       },
#       {
#         "option1": "Second",
#         "price": "20.00",
#         "sku": "123"
#       }
#     ]
#   }
# }

$sbReq = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$jsonReq->EmitSb($sbReq);

$rest->AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json");

$sbJson = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$success = $rest->FullRequestSb("POST","/admin/products.json ",$sbReq,$sbJson);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

if ($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() != 201) {
    print "Received error response code: " . $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() . "\r\n";
    print "Response body:" . "\r\n";
    print $sbJson->getAsString() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->LoadSb($sbJson);

# The following code parses the JSON response.
# A sample JSON response is shown below the sample code.

$productId = $json->IntOf("product.id");
$productTitle = $json->stringOf("product.title");
$productBody_html = $json->stringOf("product.body_html");
$productVendor = $json->stringOf("product.vendor");
$productProduct_type = $json->stringOf("product.product_type");
$productCreated_at = $json->stringOf("product.created_at");
$productHandle = $json->stringOf("product.handle");
$productUpdated_at = $json->stringOf("product.updated_at");
$productPublished_at = $json->stringOf("product.published_at");
$productTemplate_suffix = $json->IsNullOf("product.template_suffix");
$productPublished_scope = $json->stringOf("product.published_scope");
$productTags = $json->stringOf("product.tags");
$productImage = $json->IsNullOf("product.image");
$i = 0;
$count_i = $json->SizeOfArray("product.variants");
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $json->put_I($i);
    $id = $json->IntOf("product.variants[i].id");
    $product_id = $json->IntOf("product.variants[i].product_id");
    $title = $json->stringOf("product.variants[i].title");
    $price = $json->stringOf("product.variants[i].price");
    $sku = $json->stringOf("product.variants[i].sku");
    $position = $json->IntOf("product.variants[i].position");
    $grams = $json->IntOf("product.variants[i].grams");
    $inventory_policy = $json->stringOf("product.variants[i].inventory_policy");
    $compare_at_price = $json->IsNullOf("product.variants[i].compare_at_price");
    $fulfillment_service = $json->stringOf("product.variants[i].fulfillment_service");
    $inventory_management = $json->IsNullOf("product.variants[i].inventory_management");
    $option1 = $json->stringOf("product.variants[i].option1");
    $option2 = $json->IsNullOf("product.variants[i].option2");
    $option3 = $json->IsNullOf("product.variants[i].option3");
    $created_at = $json->stringOf("product.variants[i].created_at");
    $updated_at = $json->stringOf("product.variants[i].updated_at");
    $taxable = $json->BoolOf("product.variants[i].taxable");
    $barcode = $json->IsNullOf("product.variants[i].barcode");
    $image_id = $json->IsNullOf("product.variants[i].image_id");
    $inventory_quantity = $json->IntOf("product.variants[i].inventory_quantity");
    $weight = $json->IntOf("product.variants[i].weight");
    $weight_unit = $json->stringOf("product.variants[i].weight_unit");
    $old_inventory_quantity = $json->IntOf("product.variants[i].old_inventory_quantity");
    $requires_shipping = $json->BoolOf("product.variants[i].requires_shipping");
    $i = $i + 1;
}

$i = 0;
$count_i = $json->SizeOfArray("product.options");
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $json->put_I($i);
    $id = $json->IntOf("product.options[i].id");
    $product_id = $json->IntOf("product.options[i].product_id");
    $name = $json->stringOf("product.options[i].name");
    $position = $json->IntOf("product.options[i].position");
    $j = 0;
    $count_j = $json->SizeOfArray("product.options[i].values");
    while ($j < $count_j) {
        $json->put_J($j);
        $strVal = $json->stringOf("product.options[i].values[j]");
        $j = $j + 1;
    }

    $i = $i + 1;
}

$i = 0;
$count_i = $json->SizeOfArray("product.images");
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $json->put_I($i);
    $i = $i + 1;
}

# A sample JSON response body that is parsed by the above code:

# {
#   "product": {
#     "id": 1071559755,
#     "title": "Burton Custom Freestyle 151",
#     "body_html": "<strong>Good snowboard!<\/strong>",
#     "vendor": "Burton",
#     "product_type": "Snowboard",
#     "created_at": "2017-09-22T14:48:54-04:00",
#     "handle": "burton-custom-freestyle-151",
#     "updated_at": "2017-09-22T14:48:55-04:00",
#     "published_at": "2017-09-22T14:48:54-04:00",
#     "template_suffix": null,
#     "published_scope": "global",
#     "tags": "",
#     "variants": [
#       {
#         "id": 1070325225,
#         "product_id": 1071559755,
#         "title": "First",
#         "price": "10.00",
#         "sku": "123",
#         "position": 1,
#         "grams": 0,
#         "inventory_policy": "deny",
#         "compare_at_price": null,
#         "fulfillment_service": "manual",
#         "inventory_management": null,
#         "option1": "First",
#         "option2": null,
#         "option3": null,
#         "created_at": "2017-09-22T14:48:54-04:00",
#         "updated_at": "2017-09-22T14:48:54-04:00",
#         "taxable": true,
#         "barcode": null,
#         "image_id": null,
#         "inventory_quantity": 1,
#         "weight": 0.0,
#         "weight_unit": "lb",
#         "old_inventory_quantity": 1,
#         "requires_shipping": true
#       },
#       {
#         "id": 1070325226,
#         "product_id": 1071559755,
#         "title": "Second",
#         "price": "20.00",
#         "sku": "123",
#         "position": 2,
#         "grams": 0,
#         "inventory_policy": "deny",
#         "compare_at_price": null,
#         "fulfillment_service": "manual",
#         "inventory_management": null,
#         "option1": "Second",
#         "option2": null,
#         "option3": null,
#         "created_at": "2017-09-22T14:48:54-04:00",
#         "updated_at": "2017-09-22T14:48:54-04:00",
#         "taxable": true,
#         "barcode": null,
#         "image_id": null,
#         "inventory_quantity": 1,
#         "weight": 0.0,
#         "weight_unit": "lb",
#         "old_inventory_quantity": 1,
#         "requires_shipping": true
#       }
#     ],
#     "options": [
#       {
#         "id": 1022828915,
#         "product_id": 1071559755,
#         "name": "Title",
#         "position": 1,
#         "values": [
#           "First",
#           "Second"
#         ]
#       }
#     ],
#     "images": [
#     ],
#     "image": null
#   }
# }

print "Example Completed." . "\r\n";