(Classic ASP) Shopware 6 - Find Category by Name

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Find a category with a given name and get the id.

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

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")
set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

' Sends the following POST to find the category named "Test123"

' 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

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("filter[0].type","equals")
success = json.UpdateString("filter[0].field","name")
success = json.UpdateString("filter[0].value","Test123")
success = json.UpdateString("includes.category[0]","id")
success = json.UpdateString("includes.category[1]","name")

' Load the access token previously obtained in Shopware 6 OAuth2 Client Credentials
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set jsonToken = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = 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.
' resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.PostJson3("https://my-shopware-6-shop.de/api/v3/search/category","application/json",json)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
set sbResponseBody = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set jResp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = 0

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Body:") & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( jResp.Emit()) & "</pre>"

' If we get a 401 response, it may be that our access token expired and we need to fetch a new one.
respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode) & "</pre>"
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Header:") & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( resp.Header) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Failed.") & "</pre>"

    Response.End
End If

' 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": [
'   ]
' }

numSearchResults = jResp.SizeOfArray("data")
If (numSearchResults <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "numSearchResults = " & numSearchResults) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Did not find the category, or unexpectedly found more than one with the same name.") & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

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

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Category ID = " & categoryId) & "</pre>"

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