(C#) Akeneo: Create New Product

Demonstrates how to create a new product.

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

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();

// Use your previously obtained access token.
// See Get Akeneo Access Token
http.AuthToken = "access_token";

// Build the following JSON to be sent in the request body:
// Use this online tool to generate the code from sample JSON: 
// Generate Code to Create JSON

// {
//   "identifier": "top",
//   "enabled": true,
//   "family": "tshirt",
//   "categories": [
//     "summer_collection"
//   ],
//   "groups": [],
//   "parent": null,
//   "values": {
//     "name": [
//       {
//         "data": "Top",
//         "locale": "en_US",
//         "scope": null
//       },
//       {
//         "data": "Dbardeur",
//         "locale": "fr_FR",
//         "scope": null
//       }
//     ],
//     "description": [
//       {
//         "data": "Summer top",
//         "locale": "en_US",
//         "scope": "ecommerce"
//       },
//       {
//         "data": "Top",
//         "locale": "en_US",
//         "scope": "tablet"
//       },
//       {
//         "data": "Dbardeur pour l't",
//         "locale": "fr_FR",
//         "scope": "ecommerce"
//       },
//       {
//         "data": "Dbardeur",
//         "locale": "fr_FR",
//         "scope": "tablet"
//       }
//     ],
//     "price": [
//       {
//         "locale": null,
//         "scope": null,
//         "data": [
//           {
//             "amount": "150.5",
//             "currency": "EUR"
//           },
//           {
//             "amount": "150",
//             "currency": "USD"
//           }
//         ]
//       }
//     ],
//     "color": [
//       {
//         "locale": null,
//         "scope": null,
//         "data": "black"
//       }
//     ],
//     "size": [
//       {
//         "locale": null,
//         "scope": null,
//         "data": "m"
//       }
//     ]
//   },
//   "associations": {
//     "PACK": {
//       "products": [
//         "sunglass"
//       ],
//       "groups": []
//     }
//   }
// }
// 

Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateString("identifier","top");
json.UpdateBool("enabled",true);
json.UpdateString("family","tshirt");
json.UpdateString("categories[0]","summer_collection");
json.UpdateNewArray("groups");
json.UpdateNull("parent");
json.UpdateString("values.name[0].data","Top");
json.UpdateString("values.name[0].locale","en_US");
json.UpdateNull("values.name[0].scope");
json.UpdateString("values.name[1].data","Dbardeur");
json.UpdateString("values.name[1].locale","fr_FR");
json.UpdateNull("values.name[1].scope");
json.UpdateString("values.description[0].data","Summer top");
json.UpdateString("values.description[0].locale","en_US");
json.UpdateString("values.description[0].scope","ecommerce");
json.UpdateString("values.description[1].data","Top");
json.UpdateString("values.description[1].locale","en_US");
json.UpdateString("values.description[1].scope","tablet");
json.UpdateString("values.description[2].data","Dbardeur pour l't");
json.UpdateString("values.description[2].locale","fr_FR");
json.UpdateString("values.description[2].scope","ecommerce");
json.UpdateString("values.description[3].data","Dbardeur");
json.UpdateString("values.description[3].locale","fr_FR");
json.UpdateString("values.description[3].scope","tablet");
json.UpdateNull("values.price[0].locale");
json.UpdateNull("values.price[0].scope");
json.UpdateString("values.price[0].data[0].amount","150.5");
json.UpdateString("values.price[0].data[0].currency","EUR");
json.UpdateString("values.price[0].data[1].amount","150");
json.UpdateString("values.price[0].data[1].currency","USD");
json.UpdateNull("values.color[0].locale");
json.UpdateNull("values.color[0].scope");
json.UpdateString("values.color[0].data","black");
json.UpdateNull("values.size[0].locale");
json.UpdateNull("values.size[0].scope");
json.UpdateString("values.size[0].data","m");
json.UpdateString("associations.PACK.products[0]","sunglass");
json.UpdateNewArray("associations.PACK.groups");

json.EmitCompact = false;
// Show the JSON to be sent..
Debug.WriteLine(json.Emit());

string url = "http://pim.my-akeneo-site.com/api/rest/v1/products";
Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = http.PostJson3(url,"application/json",json);
if (http.LastMethodSuccess != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code: " + Convert.ToString(resp.StatusCode));
Debug.WriteLine("Response Body: ");
Debug.WriteLine(resp.BodyStr);

// The akeneo response will include a "Location" header, such as the following:
// HTTP/1.1 201 Created
// Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:36:35 GMT
// Server: Apache/2
// X-Powered-By: PHP/7.1.25
// Cache-Control: max-age=0, private, must-revalidate, no-cache, private
// Set-Cookie: abcdefg; path=/; HttpOnly
// Location: http://xyz.example.com/api/rest/v1/products/L0000123
// Vary: User-Agent
// Content-Length: 0
// Keep-Alive: timeout=2, max=100
// Connection: Keep-Alive
// Content-Type: application/json

// Get the location header using resp.GetHeaderField
string location = resp.GetHeaderField("Location");
Debug.WriteLine("Location: " + location);