Rust

Shopware 6 - Delete Category

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Delete a category by name. Rust

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

let http = chilkat::Http::new();

// First, let's search for the category by name because we'll need to know the category's id to delete.

// Sends the following POST

// POST /api/v3/search/category
// {
//     "filter": [
//         { "type": "equals", "field": "name", "value": "Test123" }
//     ],
//     "includes": {
//         "category": ["id", "name"]
//     }
// }

// Create the above JSON.
// Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
// Generate Code to Create JSON

let json = chilkat::JsonObject::new();
let _ = json.update_string("filter[0].type", "equals");
let _ = json.update_string("filter[0].field", "name");
let _ = json.update_string("filter[0].value", "Test123");
let _ = json.update_string("includes.category[0]", "id");
let _ = json.update_string("includes.category[1]", "name");

// Load the access token previously obtained in Shopware 6 OAuth2 Client Credentials
let json_token = chilkat::JsonObject::new();
let _ = json_token.load_file("qa_data/tokens/shopware6.json");

// This causes the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header to be added.
http.set_auth_token(&json_token.string_of("access_token").unwrap_or_default());

// Note: If you get a 401 response status code, then fetch a new access token and retry.
let resp = chilkat::HttpResponse::new();
if http.http_json("POST", "https://my-shopware-6-shop.de/api/v3/search/category", &json, "application/json", &resp).is_err() {
    println!("{}", http.last_error_text());
    return;
}

let sb_response_body = chilkat::StringBuilder::new();
let _ = resp.get_body_sb(&sb_response_body);
let j_resp = chilkat::JsonObject::new();
let _ = j_resp.load_sb(&sb_response_body);
j_resp.set_emit_compact(false);

println!("Response Body:");
println!("{}", j_resp.emit().unwrap_or_default());

// If we get a 401 response, it may be that our access token expired and we need to fetch a new one.
let mut resp_status_code = resp.status_code();
println!("Response Status Code = {}", resp_status_code);
if resp_status_code >= 400 {
    println!("Response Header:");
    println!("{}", resp.header());
    println!("Failed.");
    return;
}

// The response looks like this:
// Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON

// {
//   "data": [
//     {
//       "id": "89c4131789fd422c8f00cf37bbb83330",
//       "type": "category",
//       "attributes": {
//         "name": "Test123",
//         "apiAlias": null
//       },
//       "links": {
//         "self": "https:\/\/***.de\/api\/v3\/category\/89c4131789fd422c8f00cf37bbb83330"
//       },
//       "relationships": [
//       ],
//       "meta": null
//     }
//   ],
//   "included": [
//   ],
//   "links": {
//     "self": "https:\/\/***.de\/api\/v3\/search\/category"
//   },
//   "meta": {
//     "totalCountMode": 0,
//     "total": 1
//   },
//   "aggregations": [
//   ]
// }

let num_search_results = j_resp.size_of_array("data");
if num_search_results != 1 {
    println!("numSearchResults = {}", num_search_results);
    println!("Did not find the category, or unexpectedly found more than one with the same name.");
    return;
}

let category_id = j_resp.string_of("data[0].id").unwrap_or_default();

println!("Category ID = {}", category_id);

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Delete this category by the given ID.

// We need to send a DELETE request like this:
// DELETE /api/v3/category/5840ff0975ac428ebf7838359e47737f

let sb_url = chilkat::StringBuilder::new();
let _ = sb_url.append("https://my-shopware-6-shop.de/api/v3/category/");
let _ = sb_url.append(&category_id);

// If successful (204 response code), then the jsonStr will be empty.
// Otherwise it will be a JSON error message.
let Ok(json_str) = http.quick_delete_str(&sb_url.get_as_string().unwrap_or_default()) else {
    println!("{}", http.last_error_text());
    return;
};

// A 204 status code indicates success.
resp_status_code = http.last_status();
println!("Response status code for DELETE: {}", resp_status_code);

// This will be non-empty if an error occurred.
println!("{}", json_str);