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B4X Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

eBay -- Download Data using FileTransferService

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Demonstrates how to download a data file using the eBay File Transfer API.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

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

'  Use a previously obtained access token.  The token should look something like this:
'  "AgAAAA**AQA ..."
Dim accessToken As String = "EBAY_ACCESS_TOKEN"

Dim http As ChilkatHttp
http.Initialize("http")

Dim req As ChilkatHttpRequest
req.Initialize

req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.Path = "/FileTransferService"
req.ContentType = "application/xml"

'  Build the XML body for the request.
Dim xml As ChilkatXml
xml.Initialize
xml.Tag = "downloadFileRequest"
xml.AddAttribute("xmlns", "http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/services")
xml.UpdateChildContent("taskReferenceId", "50013004806")
xml.UpdateChildContent("fileReferenceId", "50015579016")

req.LoadBodyFromString(xml.GetXml, "utf-8")

'  The XML body looks like this:

'  	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
'  	<downloadFileRequest xmlns="http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/services">
'  	<taskReferenceId>50013004806</taskReferenceId>
'  	<fileReferenceId>50015579016</fileReferenceId>
'  	</downloadFileRequest>

req.AddHeader("X-EBAY-SOA-OPERATION-NAME", "downloadFile")
req.AddHeader("X-EBAY-SOA-SECURITY-TOKEN", accessToken)

Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
resp.Initialize
success = http.HttpSReq("storage.sandbox.ebay.com", 443, True, req, resp)
If success = False Then
    Log(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Dim statusCode As Int = resp.StatusCode
Log("Response status code = " & statusCode)

Dim responseBody As ChilkatBinData
responseBody.Initialize
resp.GetBodyBd(responseBody)

'  We can save the response body to a file for examination if we get an unanticipated response.  
'  (It's binary, so it won't open well in a text editor.)
responseBody.WriteFile("qa_output/response.mime")

If statusCode <> 200 Then
    Log("Failed.")
    Return
End If


'  The response body looks like this:

'  	--MIMEBoundaryurn_uuid_2B668636C1E17A4D4114925305818684241
'  	Content-Type: application/xop+xml; charset=utf-8; type="text/xml"
'  	Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
'  	Content-ID: <0.urn:uuid:2B668636C1E17A4D4114925305818684242>
'  
'  	<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
'  	<downloadFileResponse xmlns="http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/services">
'  	<ack>Success</ack>
'  	<version>1.1.0</version>
'  	<timestamp>2017-04-18T15:49:41.868Z</timestamp>
'  	<fileAttachment>
'  	    <Size>587</Size>
'  	    <Data>
'                  <xop:Include xmlns:xop="http://www.w3.org/2004/08/xop/include" href="cid:urn:uuid:A37C3C73E994C267F11492530585522"/>
'  	    </Data>
'  	</fileAttachment>
'  	</downloadFileResponse>
'  	--MIMEBoundaryurn_uuid_2B668636C1E17A4D4114925305818684241
'  	Content-Type: application/zip
'  	Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
'  	Content-ID: <urn:uuid:A37C3C73E994C267F11492530585522>
'  
'  	<the binary bytes of the zip start here...>
'  

'  Load the binary response into a MIME object.
Dim mime As ChilkatMime
mime.Initialize
success = mime.LoadMimeBd(responseBody)
If success = False Then
    Log(mime.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Make sure we have 2 sub-parts.  The 1st sub-part is the XML response, the 2nd sub-part
'  is the zip containing the data.

'  Note: The 2nd sub-part can be a "zip" or "gzip".  These are two different file formats.
'  A zip is indicated with a Content-Type header equal to "application/zip",
'  whereas a gzip is indicated with a Content-Type header equal to "application/x-gzip"
If mime.NumParts <> 2 Then
    Log("Expected the MIME to have 2 parts.")
    Log("NumParts = " & mime.NumParts)
    Log("Failed.")
    Return
End If


'  Get the XML from the 1st MIME sub-part.

Dim part0 As ChilkatMime
part0.Initialize
success = mime.PartAt(0, part0)
If success = False Then
    Log(mime.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Dim downloadResponseXml As String = part0.GetBodyDecoded
Dim xmlResp As ChilkatXml
xmlResp.Initialize
xmlResp.LoadXml(downloadResponseXml)
Log("Download Response XML:")
Log(xmlResp.GetXml)

Log("----")

'  Now get the zip from the second part (index=1), unzip, and examine..

Dim part1 As ChilkatMime
part1.Initialize
success = mime.PartAt(1, part1)
If success = False Then
    Log(mime.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Dim zipData As ChilkatBinData
zipData.Initialize
part1.GetBodyBd(zipData)

'  Check to see if we have a zip or gzip.
Dim sbContentType As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbContentType.Initialize
sbContentType.Append(part1.ContentType)

Dim xmlFromZip As ChilkatXml
xmlFromZip.Initialize

If sbContentType.Contains("gzip", False) = True Then
    '  This is a gzip compressed file.
    Dim gzip As ChilkatGzip
    gzip.Initialize("gzip")

    '  in-place uncompress the data.
    '  Note: The UncompressBd method was added in Chilkat v9.5.0.67
    success = gzip.UncompressBd(zipData)
    If success = False Then
        Log(gzip.LastErrorText)
        Return
    End If


    xmlFromZip.LoadXml(zipData.GetString("utf-8"))

Else
    '  This is a zip archive.

    '  Load the body into a Zip object.
    Dim zip As ChilkatZip
    zip.Initialize("zip")
    success = zip.OpenBd(zipData)
    If success = False Then
        Log(zip.LastErrorText)
        Return
    End If


    '  Save the .zip to a file (so we can examine it for debugging if something is not as expected)
    zipData.WriteFile("qa_output/ebay_data.zip")

    '  The zip should contain a single XML file.
    If zip.NumEntries <> 1 Then
        Log("Expected the .zip to have 1 entry.")
        Log("NumEntries = " & zip.NumEntries)
        Log("Failed.")
        Return
    End If


    Dim entry As ChilkatZipEntry
    entry.Initialize("entry")
    success = zip.EntryAt(0, entry)
    If success = False Then
        Log(zip.LastErrorText)
        Return
    End If


    xmlFromZip.LoadXml(entry.UnzipToString(0, "utf-8"))
End If


Log("XML contained in the zip:")
Log(xmlFromZip.GetXml)
Log("----")

Log("Success.")