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Shopify Query a variant for its inventory item ID

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Query a product variant to find the ID of its inventory item.

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Node.js
NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

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

    var http = new chilkat.Http();

    http.Login = "SHOPIFY_PRIVATE_API_KEY";
    http.Password = "SHOPIFY_PRIVATE_API_KEY";

    http.Accept = "application/json";

    var resp = new chilkat.HttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpNoBody("GET","https://{shop}.myshopify.com/admin/api/2020-04/products/{product_id}/variants/{variant_id}.json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log("Response Status Code: " + resp.StatusCode);

    var jsonResponse = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    jsonResponse.Load(resp.BodyStr);
    jsonResponse.EmitCompact = false;
    console.log(jsonResponse.Emit());

    if (resp.StatusCode !== 200) {
        console.log("Failed.");
        return;
    }

    // Sample output...
    // (See the parsing code below..)
    // 
    // Use the this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
    // Generate Parsing Code from JSON

    // {
    //   "id": 12195009364024,
    //   "product_id": 1321541042232,
    //   "title": "xs",
    // ...
    //   "inventory_item_id": 12250274365496,
    // ...
    //   "admin_graphql_api_id": "gid://shopify/ProductVariant/12195009364024"
    // }
    // 

    var id = jsonResponse.IntOf("id");
    var product_id = jsonResponse.IntOf("product_id");
    var title = jsonResponse.StringOf("title");
    var inventory_item_id = jsonResponse.IntOf("inventory_item_id");
    var admin_graphql_api_id = jsonResponse.StringOf("admin_graphql_api_id");

}

chilkatExample();