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eBay -- Upload Bulk Data using FileTransferService

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Demonstrates how to upload your data file using the eBay File Transfer API.

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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Http;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.HttpRequest;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.HttpResponse;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.StringBuilder;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Xml;

public class ChilkatExample {

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

        // Use a previously obtained access token.  The token should look something like this:
        // "AgAAAA**AQA ..."
        String accessToken = "EBAY_ACCESS_TOKEN";

        Http http = new Http();

        String apiCall = "uploadFile";
        String fileAttachmentUuid = "<urn:uuid:bb47b86a237311e793ae92361f002671>";
        String xmlUuid = "<urn:uuid:bb47b766237311e793ae92361f002671>";

        HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest();

        req.setHttpVerb("POST");
        req.setPath("/FileTransferService");

        StringBuilder sbContentType = new StringBuilder();
        sbContentType.append("multipart/related; type=\"application/xop+xml\"; start=\"XMLUUID\"; start-info=\"text/xml\"");
        int replaceCount = sbContentType.replace("XMLUUID", xmlUuid);
        req.setContentType(sbContentType.getAsString());

        req.addHeader("X-EBAY-SOA-SERVICE-NAME", "FileTransferService");
        req.addHeader("X-EBAY-SOA-OPERATION-NAME", apiCall);
        req.addHeader("X-EBAY-SOA-SECURITY-TOKEN", accessToken);
        req.addHeader("X-EBAY-SOA-REQUEST-DATA-FORMAT", "XML");
        req.addHeader("X-EBAY-SOA-RESPONSE-DATA-FORMAT", "XML");
        req.addHeader("User-Agent", "AnythingYouWant");

        String pathToFileOnDisk1 = "qa_data/ebay/uploadFileRequest.xml";
        try {
            req.addFileForUpload("uploadFileRequest.xml", pathToFileOnDisk1);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        String pathToFileOnDisk2 = "qa_data/ebay/BulkDataExchangeRequests.gz";
        try {
            req.addFileForUpload("BulkDataExchangeRequests.gz", pathToFileOnDisk2);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Add sub-headers for each file in the request.
        req.addSubHeader(0, "Content-Type", "application/xop+xml; charset=UTF-8; type=\"text/xml\"");
        req.addSubHeader(0, "Content-Transfer-Encoding", "binary");
        req.addSubHeader(0, "Content-ID", xmlUuid);
        req.addSubHeader(1, "Content-Type", "application/octet-stream");
        req.addSubHeader(1, "Content-Transfer-Encoding", "binary");
        req.addSubHeader(1, "Content-ID", fileAttachmentUuid);

        HttpResponse resp = new HttpResponse();
        try {
            http.httpSReq("storage.sandbox.ebay.com", 443, true, req, resp);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println("Response status code = " + resp.getStatusCode());

        Xml xml = new Xml();
        xml.loadXml(resp.getBodyStr());

        if (resp.getStatusCode() != 200) {
            System.out.println(xml.getXml());
            System.out.println("Failed.");
            return;
        }

        // We still may have a failure.  The XML needs to be checked.
        // A failed response might look like this:

        //     <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
        //     <uploadFileResponse xmlns="http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/services">
        //         <ack>Failure</ack>
        //         <errorMessage>
        //             <error>
        //                 <errorId>1</errorId>
        //                 <domain>Marketplace</domain>
        //                 <severity>Error</severity>
        //                 <category>Application</category>
        //                 <message>Task Reference Id is invalid</message>
        //                 <subdomain>FileTransfer</subdomain>
        //             </error>
        //         </errorMessage>
        //         <version>1.1.0</version>
        //         <timestamp>2017-04-18T01:05:27.475Z</timestamp>
        //     </uploadFileResponse>

        // A successful response looks like this:

        //     <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
        //     <uploadFileResponse xmlns="http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/services">
        //         <ack>Success</ack>
        //         <version>1.1.0</version>
        //         <timestamp>2017-04-18T01:22:47.853Z</timestamp>
        //     </uploadFileResponse>

        System.out.println(xml.getXml());

        // Get the "ack" to see if it's "Failure" or "Success"
        if (xml.childContentMatches("ack", "Success", false)) {
            System.out.println("Success.");
        } else {
            System.out.println("Failure.");
        }
    }
}