(C#) effectconnect Product Update

Use this call to update a product (f.e. stock or price) in EffectConnect.

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

bool success;
string uri = "/products";
string apiVersion = "2.0";

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

// 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.
Chilkat.CkDateTime dt = new Chilkat.CkDateTime();
dt.SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
string timestamp = dt.GetAsTimestamp(true);

req.AddHeader("TIME",timestamp);
Debug.WriteLine("timestamp = " + timestamp);

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbXml = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
success = sbXml.LoadFile("qa_data/xml/effectconnect/effconUpdate.xml","utf-8");
Debug.WriteLine("length = " + Convert.ToString(sbXml.Length));

req.HttpVerb = "PUT";
req.Path = uri;
req.ContentType = "multipart/form-data";
success = req.AddStringForUpload("payload","effconUpdate.xml",sbXml.GetAsString(),"utf-8");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(req.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Build a string-to-sign and sign it using our effectconnect private key
Chilkat.StringBuilder sbStringToSign = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
sbStringToSign.AppendInt(sbXml.Length);
sbStringToSign.Append("PUT");
sbStringToSign.Append(uri);
sbStringToSign.Append(apiVersion);
sbStringToSign.Append(timestamp);

Chilkat.Crypt2 crypt = new Chilkat.Crypt2();
crypt.MacAlgorithm = "hmac";
crypt.HashAlgorithm = "sha512";
crypt.EncodingMode = "base64";
// Use your effectconnect private key here:
crypt.SetMacKeyString("PRIVATE_KEY");
req.AddHeader("SIGNATURE",crypt.MacStringENC(sbStringToSign.GetAsString()));

Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = http.SynchronousRequest("submit.effectconnect.com",443,true,req);
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("response status code = " + Convert.ToString(resp.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.
Chilkat.Xml xmlResp = new Chilkat.Xml();
xmlResp.LoadXml(resp.BodyStr);

Debug.WriteLine("response body:");
Debug.WriteLine(xmlResp.GetXml());

// A sample response:

// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
// <ApiResponseContainer>
//     <Request>
//         <RequestType>Products</RequestType>
//         <RequestAction>Update</RequestAction>
//         <RequestVersion>2.0</RequestVersion>
//         <RequestIdentifier/>
//         <ProcessedAt>2019-04-18T15:37:32+02:00</ProcessedAt>
//     </Request>
//     <Response>
//         <Result>Success</Result>
//         <ProductsUpdateResponseContainer>
//             <ProcessID><![CDATA[f81ngzD2S7gooFk3]]></ProcessID>
//         </ProductsUpdateResponseContainer>
//     </Response>
// </ApiResponseContainer>
// 

string tagPath;
string RequestType;
string RequestAction;
string RequestVersion;
string ProcessedAt;
string Result;
string ProcessID;

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|ProductsUpdateResponseContainer|ProcessID");