C#

Akeneo: Create New Product

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Demonstrates how to create a new product. C#

bool success = false;

//  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": "D�bardeur",
//          "locale": "fr_FR",
//          "scope": null
//        }
//      ],
//      "description": [
//        {
//          "data": "Summer top",
//          "locale": "en_US",
//          "scope": "ecommerce"
//        },
//        {
//          "data": "Top",
//          "locale": "en_US",
//          "scope": "tablet"
//        },
//        {
//          "data": "D�bardeur pour l'�t�",
//          "locale": "fr_FR",
//          "scope": "ecommerce"
//        },
//        {
//          "data": "D�bardeur",
//          "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","D�bardeur");
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","D�bardeur pour l'�t�");
json.UpdateString("values.description[2].locale","fr_FR");
json.UpdateString("values.description[2].scope","ecommerce");
json.UpdateString("values.description[3].data","D�bardeur");
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 = new Chilkat.HttpResponse();
success = http.HttpJson("POST",url,json,"application/json",resp);
if (success == false) {
    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);