C#

Shopware 6 - Delete Category

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Delete a category by name. C#

bool success = false;

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

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

//  First, let's search for the category by name because we'll need to know the category's id to delete.

//  Sends the following POST

//  POST /api/v3/search/category
//  {
//      "filter": [
//          { "type": "equals", "field": "name", "value": "Test123" }
//      ],
//      "includes": {
//          "category": ["id", "name"]
//      }
//  }

//  Create the above JSON.
//  Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
//  Generate Code to Create JSON

Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateString("filter[0].type","equals");
json.UpdateString("filter[0].field","name");
json.UpdateString("filter[0].value","Test123");
json.UpdateString("includes.category[0]","id");
json.UpdateString("includes.category[1]","name");

//  Load the access token previously obtained in Shopware 6 OAuth2 Client Credentials
Chilkat.JsonObject jsonToken = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/shopware6.json");

//  This causes the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header to be added.
http.AuthToken = jsonToken.StringOf("access_token");

//  Note: If you get a 401 response status code, then fetch a new access token and retry.
Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = new Chilkat.HttpResponse();
success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://my-shopware-6-shop.de/api/v3/search/category",json,"application/json",resp);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbResponseBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);
Chilkat.JsonObject jResp = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
jResp.EmitCompact = false;

Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit());

//  If we get a 401 response, it may be that our access token expired and we need to fetch a new one.
int respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode;
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " + Convert.ToString(respStatusCode));
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
    Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header);
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.");
    return;
}

//  The response looks like this:
//  Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
//  Generate Parsing Code from JSON

//  {
//    "data": [
//      {
//        "id": "89c4131789fd422c8f00cf37bbb83330",
//        "type": "category",
//        "attributes": {
//          "name": "Test123",
//          "apiAlias": null
//        },
//        "links": {
//          "self": "https:\/\/***.de\/api\/v3\/category\/89c4131789fd422c8f00cf37bbb83330"
//        },
//        "relationships": [
//        ],
//        "meta": null
//      }
//    ],
//    "included": [
//    ],
//    "links": {
//      "self": "https:\/\/***.de\/api\/v3\/search\/category"
//    },
//    "meta": {
//      "totalCountMode": 0,
//      "total": 1
//    },
//    "aggregations": [
//    ]
//  }

int numSearchResults = jResp.SizeOfArray("data");
if (numSearchResults != 1) {
    Debug.WriteLine("numSearchResults = " + Convert.ToString(numSearchResults));
    Debug.WriteLine("Did not find the category, or unexpectedly found more than one with the same name.");
    return;
}

string categoryId = jResp.StringOf("data[0].id");

Debug.WriteLine("Category ID = " + categoryId);

//  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  Delete this category by the given ID.

//  We need to send a DELETE request like this:
//  DELETE /api/v3/category/5840ff0975ac428ebf7838359e47737f

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbUrl = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
sbUrl.Append("https://my-shopware-6-shop.de/api/v3/category/");
sbUrl.Append(categoryId);

//  If successful (204 response code), then the jsonStr will be empty.
//  Otherwise it will be a JSON error message.
string jsonStr = http.QuickDeleteStr(sbUrl.GetAsString());
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  A 204 status code indicates success.
respStatusCode = http.LastStatus;
Debug.WriteLine("Response status code for DELETE: " + Convert.ToString(respStatusCode));

//  This will be non-empty if an error occurred.
Debug.WriteLine(jsonStr);