CkPython

effectconnect Create or Replace Product Catalog

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Use this call to create or replace a product catalog in EffectConnect. This is always a purge and replace action for the entire catalog. CkPython

import sys
import chilkat

success = False

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

uri = "/products"
apiVersion = "2.0"

http = chilkat.CkHttp()
req = chilkat.CkHttpRequest()

# Use your effectconnect public key here...
req.AddHeader("KEY","PUBLIC_KEY")
req.AddHeader("VERSION",apiVersion)
req.AddHeader("URI",uri)
req.AddHeader("RESPONSETYPE","XML")
req.AddHeader("RESPONSELANGUAGE","en")

# Get the current date/time in timestamp format.
dt = chilkat.CkDateTime()
dt.SetFromCurrentSystemTime()
timestamp = dt.getAsTimestamp(True)

req.AddHeader("TIME",timestamp)
print("timestamp = " + timestamp)

sbXml = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
success = sbXml.LoadFile("qa_data/xml/effectconnect/effconCreate.xml","utf-8")
print("length = " + str(sbXml.get_Length()))

req.put_HttpVerb("POST")
req.put_Path(uri)
req.put_ContentType("multipart/form-data")
success = req.AddStringForUpload("payload","effcon.xml",sbXml.getAsString(),"utf-8")
if (success == False):
    print(req.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# Build a string-to-sign and sign it using our effectconnect private key
sbStringToSign = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
sbStringToSign.AppendInt(sbXml.get_Length())
sbStringToSign.Append("POST")
sbStringToSign.Append(uri)
sbStringToSign.Append(apiVersion)
sbStringToSign.Append(timestamp)

crypt = chilkat.CkCrypt2()
crypt.put_MacAlgorithm("hmac")
crypt.put_HashAlgorithm("sha512")
crypt.put_EncodingMode("base64")
# Use your effectconnect private key here:
crypt.SetMacKeyString("PRIVATE_KEY")
req.AddHeader("SIGNATURE",crypt.macStringENC(sbStringToSign.getAsString()))

resp = chilkat.CkHttpResponse()
success = http.HttpSReq("submit.effectconnect.com",443,True,req,resp)
if (success == False):
    print(http.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

print("response status code = " + str(resp.get_StatusCode()))

# Examine the response.  The response status code can be 200 for both errors and success.
# The success or error is based on the XML returned in the response body.
xmlResp = chilkat.CkXml()
xmlResp.LoadXml(resp.bodyStr())

print("response body:")
print(xmlResp.getXml())

# A sample response:

# <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
# <ApiResponseContainer>
#     <Request>
#         <RequestType>Products</RequestType>
#         <RequestAction>Create</RequestAction>
#         <RequestVersion>2.0</RequestVersion>
#         <RequestIdentifier/>
#         <ProcessedAt>2019-04-18T15:28:55+02:00</ProcessedAt>
#     </Request>
#     <Response>
#         <Result>Success</Result>
#         <ProductsCreateResponseContainer>
#             <ProcessID><![CDATA[J048hgS4OkNn0JnH]]></ProcessID>
#         </ProductsCreateResponseContainer>
#     </Response>
# </ApiResponseContainer>

# Parsing the response...

RequestType = xmlResp.getChildContent("Request|RequestType")
RequestAction = xmlResp.getChildContent("Request|RequestAction")
RequestVersion = xmlResp.getChildContent("Request|RequestVersion")
ProcessedAt = xmlResp.getChildContent("Request|ProcessedAt")
Result = xmlResp.getChildContent("Response|Result")
ProcessID = xmlResp.getChildContent("Response|ProductsCreateResponseContainer|ProcessID")