Sample code for 30+ languages & platforms
Android™

effectconnect Create or Replace Product Catalog

See more effectconnect Examples

Use this call to create or replace a product catalog in EffectConnect. This is always a purge and replace action for the entire catalog.

Chilkat Android™ Downloads

Android™
// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

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

    String uri = "/products";
    String apiVersion = "2.0";

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    CkHttpRequest req = new CkHttpRequest();

    // 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.
    CkDateTime dt = new CkDateTime();
    dt.SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
    String timestamp = dt.getAsTimestamp(true);

    req.AddHeader("TIME",timestamp);
    Log.i(TAG, "timestamp = " + timestamp);

    CkStringBuilder sbXml = new CkStringBuilder();
    success = sbXml.LoadFile("qa_data/xml/effectconnect/effconCreate.xml","utf-8");
    Log.i(TAG, "length = " + String.valueOf(sbXml.get_Length()));

    req.put_HttpVerb("POST");
    req.put_Path(uri);
    req.put_ContentType("multipart/form-data");
    success = req.AddStringForUpload("payload","effcon.xml",sbXml.getAsString(),"utf-8");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, req.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

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

    CkCrypt2 crypt = new CkCrypt2();
    crypt.put_MacAlgorithm("hmac");
    crypt.put_HashAlgorithm("sha512");
    crypt.put_EncodingMode("base64");
    // Use your effectconnect private key here:
    crypt.SetMacKeyString("PRIVATE_KEY");
    req.AddHeader("SIGNATURE",crypt.macStringENC(sbStringToSign.getAsString()));

    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpSReq("submit.effectconnect.com",443,true,req,resp);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "response status code = " + String.valueOf(resp.get_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.
    CkXml xmlResp = new CkXml();
    xmlResp.LoadXml(resp.bodyStr());

    Log.i(TAG, "response body:");
    Log.i(TAG, xmlResp.getXml());

    // A sample response:

    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    // <ApiResponseContainer>
    //     <Request>
    //         <RequestType>Products</RequestType>
    //         <RequestAction>Create</RequestAction>
    //         <RequestVersion>2.0</RequestVersion>
    //         <RequestIdentifier/>
    //         <ProcessedAt>2019-04-18T15:28:55+02:00</ProcessedAt>
    //     </Request>
    //     <Response>
    //         <Result>Success</Result>
    //         <ProductsCreateResponseContainer>
    //             <ProcessID><![CDATA[J048hgS4OkNn0JnH]]></ProcessID>
    //         </ProductsCreateResponseContainer>
    //     </Response>
    // </ApiResponseContainer>

    // Parsing the response...
    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|ProductsCreateResponseContainer|ProcessID");

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}