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eBay -- Download Data using FileTransferService

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Demonstrates how to download a data file using the eBay File Transfer API.

Chilkat Xojo Plugin Downloads

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Dim success As Boolean
success = False

// 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 ..."
Dim accessToken As String
accessToken = "EBAY_ACCESS_TOKEN"

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http

Dim req As New Chilkat.HttpRequest

req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.Path = "/FileTransferService"
req.ContentType = "application/xml"

// Build the XML body for the request.
Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
xml.Tag = "downloadFileRequest"
success = xml.AddAttribute("xmlns","http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/services")
xml.UpdateChildContent "taskReferenceId","50013004806"
xml.UpdateChildContent "fileReferenceId","50015579016"

success = req.LoadBodyFromString(xml.GetXml(),"utf-8")

// The XML body looks like this:

// 	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
// 	<downloadFileRequest xmlns="http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/services">
// 	<taskReferenceId>50013004806</taskReferenceId>
// 	<fileReferenceId>50015579016</fileReferenceId>
// 	</downloadFileRequest>

req.AddHeader "X-EBAY-SOA-OPERATION-NAME","downloadFile"
req.AddHeader "X-EBAY-SOA-SECURITY-TOKEN",accessToken

Dim resp As New Chilkat.HttpResponse
success = http.HttpSReq("storage.sandbox.ebay.com",443,True,req,resp)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim statusCode As Int32
statusCode = resp.StatusCode
System.DebugLog("Response status code = " + Str(statusCode))

Dim responseBody As New Chilkat.BinData
success = resp.GetBodyBd(responseBody)

// We can save the response body to a file for examination if we get an unanticipated response.  
// (It's binary, so it won't open well in a text editor.)
success = responseBody.WriteFile("qa_output/response.mime")

If (statusCode <> 200) Then
    System.DebugLog("Failed.")
    Return
End If

// The response body looks like this:

// 	--MIMEBoundaryurn_uuid_2B668636C1E17A4D4114925305818684241
// 	Content-Type: application/xop+xml; charset=utf-8; type="text/xml"
// 	Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
// 	Content-ID: <0.urn:uuid:2B668636C1E17A4D4114925305818684242>
// 
// 	<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
// 	<downloadFileResponse xmlns="http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/services">
// 	<ack>Success</ack>
// 	<version>1.1.0</version>
// 	<timestamp>2017-04-18T15:49:41.868Z</timestamp>
// 	<fileAttachment>
// 	    <Size>587</Size>
// 	    <Data>
//                 <xop:Include xmlns:xop="http://www.w3.org/2004/08/xop/include" href="cid:urn:uuid:A37C3C73E994C267F11492530585522"/>
// 	    </Data>
// 	</fileAttachment>
// 	</downloadFileResponse>
// 	--MIMEBoundaryurn_uuid_2B668636C1E17A4D4114925305818684241
// 	Content-Type: application/zip
// 	Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
// 	Content-ID: <urn:uuid:A37C3C73E994C267F11492530585522>
// 
// 	<the binary bytes of the zip start here...>
// 

// Load the binary response into a MIME object.
Dim mime As New Chilkat.Mime
success = mime.LoadMimeBd(responseBody)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(mime.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Make sure we have 2 sub-parts.  The 1st sub-part is the XML response, the 2nd sub-part
// is the zip containing the data.

// Note: The 2nd sub-part can be a "zip" or "gzip".  These are two different file formats.
// A zip is indicated with a Content-Type header equal to "application/zip",
// whereas a gzip is indicated with a Content-Type header equal to "application/x-gzip"
If (mime.NumParts <> 2) Then
    System.DebugLog("Expected the MIME to have 2 parts.")
    System.DebugLog("NumParts = " + Str(mime.NumParts))
    System.DebugLog("Failed.")
    Return
End If

// Get the XML from the 1st MIME sub-part.

Dim part0 As New Chilkat.Mime
success = mime.PartAt(0,part0)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(mime.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim downloadResponseXml As String
downloadResponseXml = part0.GetBodyDecoded()
Dim xmlResp As New Chilkat.Xml
success = xmlResp.LoadXml(downloadResponseXml)
System.DebugLog("Download Response XML:")
System.DebugLog(xmlResp.GetXml())

System.DebugLog("----")

// Now get the zip from the second part (index=1), unzip, and examine..

Dim part1 As New Chilkat.Mime
success = mime.PartAt(1,part1)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(mime.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim zipData As New Chilkat.BinData
success = part1.GetBodyBd(zipData)

// Check to see if we have a zip or gzip.
Dim sbContentType As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = sbContentType.Append(part1.ContentType)

Dim xmlFromZip As New Chilkat.Xml

If (sbContentType.Contains("gzip",False) = True) Then
    // This is a gzip compressed file.
    Dim gzip As New Chilkat.Gzip

    // in-place uncompress the data.
    // Note: The UncompressBd method was added in Chilkat v9.5.0.67
    success = gzip.UncompressBd(zipData)
    If (success = False) Then
        System.DebugLog(gzip.LastErrorText)
        Return
    End If

    success = xmlFromZip.LoadXml(zipData.GetString("utf-8"))

Else
    // This is a zip archive.

    // Load the body into a Zip object.
    Dim zip As New Chilkat.Zip
    success = zip.OpenBd(zipData)
    If (success = False) Then
        System.DebugLog(zip.LastErrorText)
        Return
    End If

    // Save the .zip to a file (so we can examine it for debugging if something is not as expected)
    success = zipData.WriteFile("qa_output/ebay_data.zip")

    // The zip should contain a single XML file.
    If (zip.NumEntries <> 1) Then
        System.DebugLog("Expected the .zip to have 1 entry.")
        System.DebugLog("NumEntries = " + Str(zip.NumEntries))
        System.DebugLog("Failed.")
        Return
    End If

    Dim entry As New Chilkat.ZipEntry
    success = zip.EntryAt(0,entry)
    If (success = False) Then
        System.DebugLog(zip.LastErrorText)
        Return
    End If

    success = xmlFromZip.LoadXml(entry.UnzipToString(0,"utf-8"))
End If

System.DebugLog("XML contained in the zip:")
System.DebugLog(xmlFromZip.GetXml())
System.DebugLog("----")

System.DebugLog("Success.")