Classic ASP
Shopware 6 - Delete Category

Delete a category by name.
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Classic ASP
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success = 0

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

set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

' 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

set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("filter[0].type","equals")
success = json.UpdateString("filter[0].field","name")
success = json.UpdateString("filter[0].value","Test123")
success = json.UpdateString("includes.category[0]","id")
success = json.UpdateString("includes.category[1]","name")

' Load the access token previously obtained in Shopware 6 OAuth2 Client Credentials
set jsonToken = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/shopware6.json")

' This causes the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header to be added.
http.AuthToken = jsonToken.StringOf("access_token")

' Note: If you get a 401 response status code, then fetch a new access token and retry.
set resp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://my-shopware-6-shop.de/api/v3/search/category",json,"application/json",resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

set sbResponseBody = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
set jResp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = 0

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Body:") & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( jResp.Emit()) & "</pre>"

' If we get a 401 response, it may be that our access token expired and we need to fetch a new one.
respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode) & "</pre>"
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Header:") & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( resp.Header) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Failed.") & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' 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": [
'   ]
' }

numSearchResults = jResp.SizeOfArray("data")
If (numSearchResults <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "numSearchResults = " & numSearchResults) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Did not find the category, or unexpectedly found more than one with the same name.") & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

categoryId = jResp.StringOf("data[0].id")

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Category ID = " & categoryId) & "</pre>"

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

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

set sbUrl = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = sbUrl.Append("https://my-shopware-6-shop.de/api/v3/category/")
success = sbUrl.Append(categoryId)

' If successful (204 response code), then the jsonStr will be empty.
' Otherwise it will be a JSON error message.
jsonStr = http.QuickDeleteStr(sbUrl.GetAsString())
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' A 204 status code indicates success.
respStatusCode = http.LastStatus
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response status code for DELETE: " & respStatusCode) & "</pre>"

' This will be non-empty if an error occurred.
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( jsonStr) & "</pre>"

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