(Android™) Shopify Private Authentication for Private Apps

Shopify private authentication is for interacting with your own store through private applications. It uses HTTP "Basic" authentication with your Shopify private application key and secret key.

This example demonstrates how to send a private authenticated request using Chilkat Http, and then the same using Chilkat Rest.

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// 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);

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

    // First demonstrate sending a simple request using Shopify private authentication w/ the Chilkat Http API.
    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    // To use HTTP Basic Authentication with any HTTP request, we simply set the Login, Password, and BasicAuth properties.
    // Important: All HTTP requests using Basic authentication must be over SSL/TLS.
    http.put_Login("SHOPIFY_PRIVATE_API_KEY");
    http.put_Password("SHOPIFY_PRIVATE_API_SECRET_KEY");
    http.put_BasicAuth(true);

    // Make sure to replace "chilkat" with your store name.
    CkHttpResponse resp = http.QuickGetObj("https://chilkat.myshopify.com/admin/products.json");
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Examine the response code.
    if (resp.get_StatusCode() != 200) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Received error response code: " + String.valueOf(resp.get_StatusCode()));
        Log.i(TAG, "Response body:");
        Log.i(TAG, resp.bodyStr());

        return;
        }

    // Success.
    Log.i(TAG, "Success.");

    // Examine the JSON response 
    CkStringBuilder sbJson = new CkStringBuilder();
    resp.GetBodySb(sbJson);

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.LoadSb(sbJson);
    json.put_EmitCompact(false);
    Log.i(TAG, json.emit());

    // -------------------------------------------------
    // Now let's do the same using the Chilkat Rest API.
    CkRest rest = new CkRest();

    // Provide the private app credentials:
    rest.SetAuthBasic("SHOPIFY_PRIVATE_API_KEY","SHOPIFY_PRIVATE_API_SECRET_KEY");

    // Connect to the shopify server.
    boolean bTls = true;
    int port = 443;
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    // Make sure to replace "chilkat" with your store name.
    boolean success = rest.Connect("chilkat.myshopify.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    sbJson.Clear();
    success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/admin/products.json",sbJson);
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Received error response code: " + String.valueOf(rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()));
        Log.i(TAG, "Response body:");
        Log.i(TAG, sbJson.getAsString());
        return;
        }

    // Success...
    json.LoadSb(sbJson);
    Log.i(TAG, json.emit());

  }

  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."
  }
}