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eBay -- Upload Bulk Data using FileTransferService

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Demonstrates how to upload your data file using the eBay File Transfer API.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = 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 ..."
accessToken = "EBAY_ACCESS_TOKEN"

http = chilkat2.Http()

apiCall = "uploadFile"
fileAttachmentUuid = "<urn:uuid:bb47b86a237311e793ae92361f002671>"
xmlUuid = "<urn:uuid:bb47b766237311e793ae92361f002671>"

req = chilkat2.HttpRequest()

req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.Path = "/FileTransferService"

sbContentType = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
sbContentType.Append("multipart/related; type=\"application/xop+xml\"; start=\"XMLUUID\"; start-info=\"text/xml\"")
replaceCount = sbContentType.Replace("XMLUUID",xmlUuid)
req.ContentType = sbContentType.GetAsString()

req.AddHeader("X-EBAY-SOA-SERVICE-NAME","FileTransferService")
req.AddHeader("X-EBAY-SOA-OPERATION-NAME",apiCall)
req.AddHeader("X-EBAY-SOA-SECURITY-TOKEN",accessToken)
req.AddHeader("X-EBAY-SOA-REQUEST-DATA-FORMAT","XML")
req.AddHeader("X-EBAY-SOA-RESPONSE-DATA-FORMAT","XML")
req.AddHeader("User-Agent","AnythingYouWant")

pathToFileOnDisk1 = "qa_data/ebay/uploadFileRequest.xml"
success = req.AddFileForUpload("uploadFileRequest.xml",pathToFileOnDisk1)
if (success == False):
    print(req.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

pathToFileOnDisk2 = "qa_data/ebay/BulkDataExchangeRequests.gz"
success = req.AddFileForUpload("BulkDataExchangeRequests.gz",pathToFileOnDisk2)
if (success == False):
    print(req.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Add sub-headers for each file in the request.
req.AddSubHeader(0,"Content-Type","application/xop+xml; charset=UTF-8; type=\"text/xml\"")
req.AddSubHeader(0,"Content-Transfer-Encoding","binary")
req.AddSubHeader(0,"Content-ID",xmlUuid)
req.AddSubHeader(1,"Content-Type","application/octet-stream")
req.AddSubHeader(1,"Content-Transfer-Encoding","binary")
req.AddSubHeader(1,"Content-ID",fileAttachmentUuid)

resp = chilkat2.HttpResponse()
success = http.HttpSReq("storage.sandbox.ebay.com",443,True,req,resp)
if (success == False):
    print(http.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

print("Response status code = " + str(resp.StatusCode))

xml = chilkat2.Xml()
xml.LoadXml(resp.BodyStr)

if (resp.StatusCode != 200):
    print(xml.GetXml())
    print("Failed.")
    sys.exit()

# We still may have a failure.  The XML needs to be checked.
# A failed response might look like this:

# 	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
# 	<uploadFileResponse xmlns="http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/services">
# 	    <ack>Failure</ack>
# 	    <errorMessage>
# 	        <error>
# 	            <errorId>1</errorId>
# 	            <domain>Marketplace</domain>
# 	            <severity>Error</severity>
# 	            <category>Application</category>
# 	            <message>Task Reference Id is invalid</message>
# 	            <subdomain>FileTransfer</subdomain>
# 	        </error>
# 	    </errorMessage>
# 	    <version>1.1.0</version>
# 	    <timestamp>2017-04-18T01:05:27.475Z</timestamp>
# 	</uploadFileResponse>

# A successful response looks like this:

# 	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
# 	<uploadFileResponse xmlns="http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/services">
# 	    <ack>Success</ack>
# 	    <version>1.1.0</version>
# 	    <timestamp>2017-04-18T01:22:47.853Z</timestamp>
# 	</uploadFileResponse>

print(xml.GetXml())

# Get the "ack" to see if it's "Failure" or "Success"
if (xml.ChildContentMatches("ack","Success",False)):
    print("Success.")
else:
    print("Failure.")