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effectconnect Create or Replace Product Catalog

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Use this call to create or replace a product catalog in EffectConnect. This is always a purge and replace action for the entire catalog.

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Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    String sUri
    String sApiVersion
    Handle hoHttp
    Variant vReq
    Handle hoReq
    Handle hoDt
    String sTimestamp
    Handle hoSbXml
    Handle hoSbStringToSign
    Handle hoCrypt
    Variant vResp
    Handle hoResp
    Handle hoXmlResp
    String sTagPath
    String sRequestType
    String sRequestAction
    String sRequestVersion
    String sProcessedAt
    String sResult
    String sProcessID
    String sTemp1
    Integer iTemp1

    Move False To iSuccess

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

    Move "/products" To sUri
    Move "2.0" To sApiVersion

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttp)) To hoHttp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoHttp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoHttp
    End
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttpRequest)) To hoReq
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoReq))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoReq
    End

    // Use your effectconnect public key here...
    Send ComAddHeader To hoReq "KEY" "PUBLIC_KEY"
    Send ComAddHeader To hoReq "VERSION" sApiVersion
    Send ComAddHeader To hoReq "URI" sUri
    Send ComAddHeader To hoReq "RESPONSETYPE" "XML"
    Send ComAddHeader To hoReq "RESPONSELANGUAGE" "en"

    // Get the current date/time in timestamp format.
    Get Create (RefClass(cComCkDateTime)) To hoDt
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoDt))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoDt
    End
    Get ComSetFromCurrentSystemTime Of hoDt To iSuccess
    Get ComGetAsTimestamp Of hoDt True To sTimestamp

    Send ComAddHeader To hoReq "TIME" sTimestamp
    Showln "timestamp = " sTimestamp

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatStringBuilder)) To hoSbXml
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSbXml))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoSbXml
    End
    Get ComLoadFile Of hoSbXml "qa_data/xml/effectconnect/effconCreate.xml" "utf-8" To iSuccess
    Get ComLength Of hoSbXml To iTemp1
    Showln "length = " iTemp1

    Set ComHttpVerb Of hoReq To "POST"
    Set ComPath Of hoReq To sUri
    Set ComContentType Of hoReq To "multipart/form-data"
    Get ComGetAsString Of hoSbXml To sTemp1
    Get ComAddStringForUpload Of hoReq "payload" "effcon.xml" sTemp1 "utf-8" To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoReq To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // Build a string-to-sign and sign it using our effectconnect private key
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatStringBuilder)) To hoSbStringToSign
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSbStringToSign))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoSbStringToSign
    End
    Get ComLength Of hoSbXml To iTemp1
    Get ComAppendInt Of hoSbStringToSign iTemp1 To iSuccess
    Get ComAppend Of hoSbStringToSign "POST" To iSuccess
    Get ComAppend Of hoSbStringToSign sUri To iSuccess
    Get ComAppend Of hoSbStringToSign sApiVersion To iSuccess
    Get ComAppend Of hoSbStringToSign sTimestamp To iSuccess

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatCrypt2)) To hoCrypt
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoCrypt))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoCrypt
    End
    Set ComMacAlgorithm Of hoCrypt To "hmac"
    Set ComHashAlgorithm Of hoCrypt To "sha512"
    Set ComEncodingMode Of hoCrypt To "base64"
    // Use your effectconnect private key here:
    Get ComSetMacKeyString Of hoCrypt "PRIVATE_KEY" To iSuccess
    Get ComMacStringENC Of hoCrypt (ComGetAsString(hoSbStringToSign)) To sTemp1
    Send ComAddHeader To hoReq "SIGNATURE" sTemp1

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttpResponse)) To hoResp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoResp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoResp
    End
    Get pvComObject of hoReq to vReq
    Get pvComObject of hoResp to vResp
    Get ComHttpSReq Of hoHttp "submit.effectconnect.com" 443 True vReq vResp To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoHttp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Get ComStatusCode Of hoResp To iTemp1
    Showln "response status code = " iTemp1

    // Examine the response.  The response status code can be 200 for both errors and success.
    // The success or error is based on the XML returned in the response body.
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatXml)) To hoXmlResp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoXmlResp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoXmlResp
    End
    Get ComBodyStr Of hoResp To sTemp1
    Get ComLoadXml Of hoXmlResp sTemp1 To iSuccess

    Showln "response body:"
    Get ComGetXml Of hoXmlResp To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1

    // A sample response:

    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    // <ApiResponseContainer>
    //     <Request>
    //         <RequestType>Products</RequestType>
    //         <RequestAction>Create</RequestAction>
    //         <RequestVersion>2.0</RequestVersion>
    //         <RequestIdentifier/>
    //         <ProcessedAt>2019-04-18T15:28:55+02:00</ProcessedAt>
    //     </Request>
    //     <Response>
    //         <Result>Success</Result>
    //         <ProductsCreateResponseContainer>
    //             <ProcessID><![CDATA[J048hgS4OkNn0JnH]]></ProcessID>
    //         </ProductsCreateResponseContainer>
    //     </Response>
    // </ApiResponseContainer>

    // Parsing the response...

    Get ComGetChildContent Of hoXmlResp "Request|RequestType" To sRequestType
    Get ComGetChildContent Of hoXmlResp "Request|RequestAction" To sRequestAction
    Get ComGetChildContent Of hoXmlResp "Request|RequestVersion" To sRequestVersion
    Get ComGetChildContent Of hoXmlResp "Request|ProcessedAt" To sProcessedAt
    Get ComGetChildContent Of hoXmlResp "Response|Result" To sResult
    Get ComGetChildContent Of hoXmlResp "Response|ProductsCreateResponseContainer|ProcessID" To sProcessID


End_Procedure