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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.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @sTmp1 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

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

    DECLARE @uri nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @uri = '/products'
    DECLARE @apiVersion nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @apiVersion = '2.0'

    DECLARE @http int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Http', @http OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    DECLARE @req int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.HttpRequest', @req OUT

    -- Use your effectconnect public key here...
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @req, 'AddHeader', NULL, 'KEY', 'PUBLIC_KEY'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @req, 'AddHeader', NULL, 'VERSION', @apiVersion
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @req, 'AddHeader', NULL, 'URI', @uri
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @req, 'AddHeader', NULL, 'RESPONSETYPE', 'XML'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @req, 'AddHeader', NULL, 'RESPONSELANGUAGE', 'en'

    -- Get the current date/time in timestamp format.
    DECLARE @dt int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.CkDateTime', @dt OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @dt, 'SetFromCurrentSystemTime', @success OUT
    DECLARE @timestamp nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @dt, 'GetAsTimestamp', @timestamp OUT, 1

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @req, 'AddHeader', NULL, 'TIME', @timestamp

    PRINT 'timestamp = ' + @timestamp

    DECLARE @sbXml int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbXml OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbXml, 'LoadFile', @success OUT, 'qa_data/xml/effectconnect/effconCreate.xml', 'utf-8'

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @sbXml, 'Length', @iTmp0 OUT
    PRINT 'length = ' + @iTmp0

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @req, 'HttpVerb', 'POST'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @req, 'Path', @uri
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @req, 'ContentType', 'multipart/form-data'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbXml, 'GetAsString', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @req, 'AddStringForUpload', @success OUT, 'payload', 'effcon.xml', @sTmp0, 'utf-8'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @req, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @req
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @dt
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbXml
        RETURN
      END

    -- Build a string-to-sign and sign it using our effectconnect private key
    DECLARE @sbStringToSign int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbStringToSign OUT

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @sbXml, 'Length', @iTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbStringToSign, 'AppendInt', @success OUT, @iTmp0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbStringToSign, 'Append', @success OUT, 'POST'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbStringToSign, 'Append', @success OUT, @uri
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbStringToSign, 'Append', @success OUT, @apiVersion
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbStringToSign, 'Append', @success OUT, @timestamp

    DECLARE @crypt int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Crypt2', @crypt OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @crypt, 'MacAlgorithm', 'hmac'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @crypt, 'HashAlgorithm', 'sha512'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @crypt, 'EncodingMode', 'base64'
    -- Use your effectconnect private key here:
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @crypt, 'SetMacKeyString', @success OUT, 'PRIVATE_KEY'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbStringToSign, 'GetAsString', @sTmp1 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @crypt, 'MacStringENC', @sTmp0 OUT, @sTmp1
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @req, 'AddHeader', NULL, 'SIGNATURE', @sTmp0

    DECLARE @resp int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.HttpResponse', @resp OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'HttpSReq', @success OUT, 'submit.effectconnect.com', 443, 1, @req, @resp
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @req
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @dt
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbXml
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbStringToSign
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @crypt
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
        RETURN
      END


    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'StatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
    PRINT 'response status code = ' + @iTmp0

    -- 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.
    DECLARE @xmlResp int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Xml', @xmlResp OUT

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'BodyStr', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xmlResp, 'LoadXml', @success OUT, @sTmp0


    PRINT 'response body:'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xmlResp, 'GetXml', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    -- 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...
    DECLARE @tagPath nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @RequestType nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @RequestAction nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @RequestVersion nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @ProcessedAt nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @Result nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @ProcessID nvarchar(4000)

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xmlResp, 'GetChildContent', @RequestType OUT, 'Request|RequestType'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xmlResp, 'GetChildContent', @RequestAction OUT, 'Request|RequestAction'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xmlResp, 'GetChildContent', @RequestVersion OUT, 'Request|RequestVersion'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xmlResp, 'GetChildContent', @ProcessedAt OUT, 'Request|ProcessedAt'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xmlResp, 'GetChildContent', @Result OUT, 'Response|Result'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xmlResp, 'GetChildContent', @ProcessID OUT, 'Response|ProductsCreateResponseContainer|ProcessID'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @req
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @dt
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbXml
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbStringToSign
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @crypt
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @xmlResp


END
GO