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Akeneo: Create New Product

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Demonstrates how to create a new product.

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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Http;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.HttpResponse;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.JsonObject;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        Http http = new Http();

        // Use your previously obtained access token.
        // See Get Akeneo Access Token
        http.setAuthToken("access_token");

        // Build the following JSON to be sent in the request body:
        // Use this online tool to generate the code from sample JSON:
        // Generate Code to Create JSON

        // {
        //   "identifier": "top",
        //   "enabled": true,
        //   "family": "tshirt",
        //   "categories": [
        //     "summer_collection"
        //   ],
        //   "groups": [],
        //   "parent": null,
        //   "values": {
        //     "name": [
        //       {
        //         "data": "Top",
        //         "locale": "en_US",
        //         "scope": null
        //       },
        //       {
        //         "data": "D�bardeur",
        //         "locale": "fr_FR",
        //         "scope": null
        //       }
        //     ],
        //     "description": [
        //       {
        //         "data": "Summer top",
        //         "locale": "en_US",
        //         "scope": "ecommerce"
        //       },
        //       {
        //         "data": "Top",
        //         "locale": "en_US",
        //         "scope": "tablet"
        //       },
        //       {
        //         "data": "D�bardeur pour l'�t�",
        //         "locale": "fr_FR",
        //         "scope": "ecommerce"
        //       },
        //       {
        //         "data": "D�bardeur",
        //         "locale": "fr_FR",
        //         "scope": "tablet"
        //       }
        //     ],
        //     "price": [
        //       {
        //         "locale": null,
        //         "scope": null,
        //         "data": [
        //           {
        //             "amount": "150.5",
        //             "currency": "EUR"
        //           },
        //           {
        //             "amount": "150",
        //             "currency": "USD"
        //           }
        //         ]
        //       }
        //     ],
        //     "color": [
        //       {
        //         "locale": null,
        //         "scope": null,
        //         "data": "black"
        //       }
        //     ],
        //     "size": [
        //       {
        //         "locale": null,
        //         "scope": null,
        //         "data": "m"
        //       }
        //     ]
        //   },
        //   "associations": {
        //     "PACK": {
        //       "products": [
        //         "sunglass"
        //       ],
        //       "groups": []
        //     }
        //   }
        // }
        //

        JsonObject json = new JsonObject();
        json.updateString("identifier", "top");
        json.updateBool("enabled", true);
        json.updateString("family", "tshirt");
        json.updateString("categories[0]", "summer_collection");
        json.updateNewArray("groups");
        json.updateNull("parent");
        json.updateString("values.name[0].data", "Top");
        json.updateString("values.name[0].locale", "en_US");
        json.updateNull("values.name[0].scope");
        json.updateString("values.name[1].data", "D�bardeur");
        json.updateString("values.name[1].locale", "fr_FR");
        json.updateNull("values.name[1].scope");
        json.updateString("values.description[0].data", "Summer top");
        json.updateString("values.description[0].locale", "en_US");
        json.updateString("values.description[0].scope", "ecommerce");
        json.updateString("values.description[1].data", "Top");
        json.updateString("values.description[1].locale", "en_US");
        json.updateString("values.description[1].scope", "tablet");
        json.updateString("values.description[2].data", "D�bardeur pour l'�t�");
        json.updateString("values.description[2].locale", "fr_FR");
        json.updateString("values.description[2].scope", "ecommerce");
        json.updateString("values.description[3].data", "D�bardeur");
        json.updateString("values.description[3].locale", "fr_FR");
        json.updateString("values.description[3].scope", "tablet");
        json.updateNull("values.price[0].locale");
        json.updateNull("values.price[0].scope");
        json.updateString("values.price[0].data[0].amount", "150.5");
        json.updateString("values.price[0].data[0].currency", "EUR");
        json.updateString("values.price[0].data[1].amount", "150");
        json.updateString("values.price[0].data[1].currency", "USD");
        json.updateNull("values.color[0].locale");
        json.updateNull("values.color[0].scope");
        json.updateString("values.color[0].data", "black");
        json.updateNull("values.size[0].locale");
        json.updateNull("values.size[0].scope");
        json.updateString("values.size[0].data", "m");
        json.updateString("associations.PACK.products[0]", "sunglass");
        json.updateNewArray("associations.PACK.groups");

        json.setEmitCompact(false);
        // Show the JSON to be sent..
        System.out.println(json.emit());

        String url = "http://pim.my-akeneo-site.com/api/rest/v1/products";
        HttpResponse resp = new HttpResponse();
        try {
            http.httpJson("POST", url, json, "application/json", resp);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println("Response Status Code: " + resp.getStatusCode());
        System.out.println("Response Body: ");
        System.out.println(resp.getBodyStr());

        // The akeneo response will include a "Location" header, such as the following:
        // HTTP/1.1 201 Created
        // Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:36:35 GMT
        // Server: Apache/2
        // X-Powered-By: PHP/7.1.25
        // Cache-Control: max-age=0, private, must-revalidate, no-cache, private
        // Set-Cookie: abcdefg; path=/; HttpOnly
        // Location: http://xyz.example.com/api/rest/v1/products/L0000123
        // Vary: User-Agent
        // Content-Length: 0
        // Keep-Alive: timeout=2, max=100
        // Connection: Keep-Alive
        // Content-Type: application/json

        // Get the location header using resp.GetHeaderField
        String location = resp.getHeaderField("Location");
        System.out.println("Location: " + location);
    }
}