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Shopify Create a new product with multiple product variants

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Create a new product with multiple product variants

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bool success = false;

Chilkat.Rest rest = new Chilkat.Rest();

rest.SetAuthBasic("SHOPIFY_PRIVATE_API_KEY","SHOPIFY_PRIVATE_API_KEY");

success = rest.Connect("chilkat.myshopify.com",443,true,true);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  The following code creates the JSON request body.
//  The JSON created by this code is shown below.
Chilkat.JsonObject jsonReq = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jsonReq.UpdateString("product.title","Burton Custom Freestyle 151");
jsonReq.UpdateString("product.body_html","<strong>Good snowboard!</strong>");
jsonReq.UpdateString("product.vendor","Burton");
jsonReq.UpdateString("product.product_type","Snowboard");
jsonReq.UpdateString("product.variants[0].option1","First");
jsonReq.UpdateString("product.variants[0].price","10.00");
jsonReq.UpdateString("product.variants[0].sku","123");
jsonReq.UpdateString("product.variants[1].option1","Second");
jsonReq.UpdateString("product.variants[1].price","20.00");
jsonReq.UpdateString("product.variants[1].sku","123");

//  The JSON request body created by the above code:

//  {
//    "product": {
//      "title": "Burton Custom Freestyle 151",
//      "body_html": "<strong>Good snowboard!<\/strong>",
//      "vendor": "Burton",
//      "product_type": "Snowboard",
//      "variants": [
//        {
//          "option1": "First",
//          "price": "10.00",
//          "sku": "123"
//        },
//        {
//          "option1": "Second",
//          "price": "20.00",
//          "sku": "123"
//        }
//      ]
//    }
//  }

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbReq = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
jsonReq.EmitSb(sbReq);

rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json");

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbJson = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/admin/products.json ",sbReq,sbJson);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

if (rest.ResponseStatusCode != 201) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Received error response code: " + Convert.ToString(rest.ResponseStatusCode));
    Debug.WriteLine("Response body:");
    Debug.WriteLine(sbJson.GetAsString());
    return;
}

Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.LoadSb(sbJson);

//  The following code parses the JSON response.
//  A sample JSON response is shown below the sample code.
int productId;
string productTitle;
string productBody_html;
string productVendor;
string productProduct_type;
string productCreated_at;
string productHandle;
string productUpdated_at;
string productPublished_at;
bool productTemplate_suffix;
string productPublished_scope;
string productTags;
bool productImage;
int i;
int count_i;
int id;
int product_id;
string title;
string price;
string sku;
int position;
int grams;
string inventory_policy;
bool compare_at_price;
string fulfillment_service;
bool inventory_management;
string option1;
bool option2;
bool option3;
string created_at;
string updated_at;
bool taxable;
bool barcode;
bool image_id;
int inventory_quantity;
int weight;
string weight_unit;
int old_inventory_quantity;
bool requires_shipping;
string name;
int j;
int count_j;
string strVal;

productId = json.IntOf("product.id");
productTitle = json.StringOf("product.title");
productBody_html = json.StringOf("product.body_html");
productVendor = json.StringOf("product.vendor");
productProduct_type = json.StringOf("product.product_type");
productCreated_at = json.StringOf("product.created_at");
productHandle = json.StringOf("product.handle");
productUpdated_at = json.StringOf("product.updated_at");
productPublished_at = json.StringOf("product.published_at");
productTemplate_suffix = json.IsNullOf("product.template_suffix");
productPublished_scope = json.StringOf("product.published_scope");
productTags = json.StringOf("product.tags");
productImage = json.IsNullOf("product.image");
i = 0;
count_i = json.SizeOfArray("product.variants");
while (i < count_i) {
    json.I = i;
    id = json.IntOf("product.variants[i].id");
    product_id = json.IntOf("product.variants[i].product_id");
    title = json.StringOf("product.variants[i].title");
    price = json.StringOf("product.variants[i].price");
    sku = json.StringOf("product.variants[i].sku");
    position = json.IntOf("product.variants[i].position");
    grams = json.IntOf("product.variants[i].grams");
    inventory_policy = json.StringOf("product.variants[i].inventory_policy");
    compare_at_price = json.IsNullOf("product.variants[i].compare_at_price");
    fulfillment_service = json.StringOf("product.variants[i].fulfillment_service");
    inventory_management = json.IsNullOf("product.variants[i].inventory_management");
    option1 = json.StringOf("product.variants[i].option1");
    option2 = json.IsNullOf("product.variants[i].option2");
    option3 = json.IsNullOf("product.variants[i].option3");
    created_at = json.StringOf("product.variants[i].created_at");
    updated_at = json.StringOf("product.variants[i].updated_at");
    taxable = json.BoolOf("product.variants[i].taxable");
    barcode = json.IsNullOf("product.variants[i].barcode");
    image_id = json.IsNullOf("product.variants[i].image_id");
    inventory_quantity = json.IntOf("product.variants[i].inventory_quantity");
    weight = json.IntOf("product.variants[i].weight");
    weight_unit = json.StringOf("product.variants[i].weight_unit");
    old_inventory_quantity = json.IntOf("product.variants[i].old_inventory_quantity");
    requires_shipping = json.BoolOf("product.variants[i].requires_shipping");
    i = i + 1;
}

i = 0;
count_i = json.SizeOfArray("product.options");
while (i < count_i) {
    json.I = i;
    id = json.IntOf("product.options[i].id");
    product_id = json.IntOf("product.options[i].product_id");
    name = json.StringOf("product.options[i].name");
    position = json.IntOf("product.options[i].position");
    j = 0;
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("product.options[i].values");
    while (j < count_j) {
        json.J = j;
        strVal = json.StringOf("product.options[i].values[j]");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    i = i + 1;
}

i = 0;
count_i = json.SizeOfArray("product.images");
while (i < count_i) {
    json.I = i;
    i = i + 1;
}

//  A sample JSON response body that is parsed by the above code:

//  {
//    "product": {
//      "id": 1071559755,
//      "title": "Burton Custom Freestyle 151",
//      "body_html": "<strong>Good snowboard!<\/strong>",
//      "vendor": "Burton",
//      "product_type": "Snowboard",
//      "created_at": "2017-09-22T14:48:54-04:00",
//      "handle": "burton-custom-freestyle-151",
//      "updated_at": "2017-09-22T14:48:55-04:00",
//      "published_at": "2017-09-22T14:48:54-04:00",
//      "template_suffix": null,
//      "published_scope": "global",
//      "tags": "",
//      "variants": [
//        {
//          "id": 1070325225,
//          "product_id": 1071559755,
//          "title": "First",
//          "price": "10.00",
//          "sku": "123",
//          "position": 1,
//          "grams": 0,
//          "inventory_policy": "deny",
//          "compare_at_price": null,
//          "fulfillment_service": "manual",
//          "inventory_management": null,
//          "option1": "First",
//          "option2": null,
//          "option3": null,
//          "created_at": "2017-09-22T14:48:54-04:00",
//          "updated_at": "2017-09-22T14:48:54-04:00",
//          "taxable": true,
//          "barcode": null,
//          "image_id": null,
//          "inventory_quantity": 1,
//          "weight": 0.0,
//          "weight_unit": "lb",
//          "old_inventory_quantity": 1,
//          "requires_shipping": true
//        },
//        {
//          "id": 1070325226,
//          "product_id": 1071559755,
//          "title": "Second",
//          "price": "20.00",
//          "sku": "123",
//          "position": 2,
//          "grams": 0,
//          "inventory_policy": "deny",
//          "compare_at_price": null,
//          "fulfillment_service": "manual",
//          "inventory_management": null,
//          "option1": "Second",
//          "option2": null,
//          "option3": null,
//          "created_at": "2017-09-22T14:48:54-04:00",
//          "updated_at": "2017-09-22T14:48:54-04:00",
//          "taxable": true,
//          "barcode": null,
//          "image_id": null,
//          "inventory_quantity": 1,
//          "weight": 0.0,
//          "weight_unit": "lb",
//          "old_inventory_quantity": 1,
//          "requires_shipping": true
//        }
//      ],
//      "options": [
//        {
//          "id": 1022828915,
//          "product_id": 1071559755,
//          "name": "Title",
//          "position": 1,
//          "values": [
//            "First",
//            "Second"
//          ]
//        }
//      ],
//      "images": [
//      ],
//      "image": null
//    }
//  }

Debug.WriteLine("Example Completed.");