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Shopify Query a variant for its inventory item ID

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Query a product variant to find the ID of its inventory item.

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C++
#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkHttpResponse.h>
#include <CkJsonObject.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkHttp http;

    http.put_Login("SHOPIFY_PRIVATE_API_KEY");
    http.put_Password("SHOPIFY_PRIVATE_API_KEY");

    http.put_Accept("application/json");

    CkHttpResponse resp;
    success = http.HttpNoBody("GET","https://{shop}.myshopify.com/admin/api/2020-04/products/{product_id}/variants/{variant_id}.json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << http.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "Response Status Code: " << resp.get_StatusCode() << "\r\n";

    CkJsonObject jsonResponse;
    jsonResponse.Load(resp.bodyStr());
    jsonResponse.put_EmitCompact(false);
    std::cout << jsonResponse.emit() << "\r\n";

    if (resp.get_StatusCode() != 200) {
        std::cout << "Failed." << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Sample output...
    // (See the parsing code below..)
    // 
    // Use the this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
    // Generate Parsing Code from JSON

    // {
    //   "id": 12195009364024,
    //   "product_id": 1321541042232,
    //   "title": "xs",
    // ...
    //   "inventory_item_id": 12250274365496,
    // ...
    //   "admin_graphql_api_id": "gid://shopify/ProductVariant/12195009364024"
    // }
    // 

    int id = jsonResponse.IntOf("id");
    int product_id = jsonResponse.IntOf("product_id");
    const char *title = jsonResponse.stringOf("title");
    int inventory_item_id = jsonResponse.IntOf("inventory_item_id");
    const char *admin_graphql_api_id = jsonResponse.stringOf("admin_graphql_api_id");
    }