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Shopware 6 - Rename Category

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Changes the name of an existing category.

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import sys
import chilkat

success = False

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

http = chilkat.CkHttp()

# You'll need to know the category's id to update the name.
# See Find Shopware Category by Name for example code.

# Load the access token previously obtained in Shopware 6 OAuth2 Client Credentials
jsonToken = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/shopware6.json")

# This causes the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header to be added.
http.put_AuthToken(jsonToken.stringOf("access_token"))

# Send a PATCH request where the category id is in the path and the new name is in the JSON body, like this:
# PATCH /api/v3/category/ab6e524bf224404cb4b675a76550b8cd
# {
#     "name": "new_category_name"
# }

categoryId = "ab6e524bf224404cb4b675a76550b8cd"

sbUrl = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
sbUrl.Append("https://my-shopware-6-shop.de/api/v3/category/")
sbUrl.Append(categoryId)

# Rename the category to "TestABC"
json = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
json.UpdateString("name","TestABC")

url = sbUrl.getAsString()
resp = chilkat.CkHttpResponse()
success = http.HttpJson("PATCH",url,json,"application/json",resp)
if (success == False):
    print(http.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

sbResponseBody = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
jResp = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.put_EmitCompact(False)

# A 204 response status code indicates success.
# The response body will be empty when successful.
print("Response Body:")
print(jResp.emit())

# If we get a 401 response, it may be that our access token expired and we need to fetch a new one.
respStatusCode = resp.get_StatusCode()
print("Response Status Code = " + str(respStatusCode))
if (respStatusCode >= 400):
    print("Response Header:")
    print(resp.header())
    print("Failed.")
    sys.exit()