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WooCommerce OAuth 1.0a “one-legged” Authentication

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Demonstrates how to use OAuth 1.0a "one legged" authentication with Woo Commerce.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

# Demonstrates how to do OAuth1 authentication for a Wordpress site using Woo Commerce.

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

# Prepare an OAuth 1.0 object for use with the Chilkat REST API.
oauth1 = chilkat2.OAuth1()
oauth1.ConsumerKey = "WOO_COMMERCE_CONSUMER_KEY"
oauth1.ConsumerSecret = "WOO_COMMERCE_CONSUMER_SECRET"

# The signature method can be HMAC-SHA1 or HMAC-SHA256
oauth1.SignatureMethod = "HMAC-SHA256"

# The OauthUrl property will need to be updated each time a request is sent.
# The domain here must match the domain passed to the Connect method (below).
# The domain must be exact.  For example, "www.your-wordpress-site.com" vs. "your-wordpress-site.com".
# One might work while the other does not..
oauth1.OauthUrl = "http://your-wordpress-site.com/wc-api/v3/orders"

# The OAuthMethod property will be set automatically when the REST request is sent.
# Setting it here is not actually necessary.
oauth1.OauthMethod = "GET"

# Generate an initial nonce so that Chilkat knows the desired size of the nonce.
success = oauth1.GenNonce(32)

rest = chilkat2.Rest()

# Tell the REST object to use the OAuth1 object for authentication.
# Also, indicate that the OAuth authentication parameters should be query parameters
# and not located within the Authorization header.
bUseQueryParams = True
success = rest.SetAuthOAuth1(oauth1,bUseQueryParams)

# Make the initial connection (without sending a request yet) to the WooCommerce endpoint at your Wordpress blog.
bTls = False
port = 80
bAutoReconnect = True
success = rest.Connect("your-wordpress-site.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
if (success != True):
    print(rest.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Send a GET request to list orders.

# When the request is sent, the OAuth1 object's Timestamp and Nonce properties are automatically
# regenerated.  Also, the OAuth1 object's OauthMethod property is automatically set to the HTTP method
# used for the request (in this case it is "GET").
responseJson = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/wc-api/v3/orders")
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess != True):
    print(rest.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# When successful, the response status code will equal 200.
if (rest.ResponseStatusCode != 200):
    # Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    print("response status code = " + str(rest.ResponseStatusCode))
    print("response status text = " + rest.ResponseStatusText)
    print("response header: " + rest.ResponseHeader)
    print("response body (if any): " + responseJson)
    print("---")
    print("LastRequestStartLine: " + rest.LastRequestStartLine)
    print("LastRequestHeader: " + rest.LastRequestHeader)
    sys.exit()

print(responseJson)
print("Success.")