(Delphi ActiveX) Merge SP-API JSON Order Arrays

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Demonstrates how to merge JSON arrays for the case of Amazon SP-API orders.

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uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
a1: WideString;
a2: WideString;
success: Integer;
json1: TChilkatJsonObject;
json2: TChilkatJsonObject;
jarr1: IChilkatJsonArray;
jarr2: IChilkatJsonArray;
i: Integer;
numOrders: Integer;
jOrder: IChilkatJsonObject;

begin
// Batch 1 File
a1 := '{"payload": {"Orders": [{"AmazonOrderId": "1","OrderStatus": "Unshipped"},{"AmazonOrderId": "2","OrderStatus": "Unshipped"}]}';

// Batch 2 File
a2 := '{"payload": {"Orders": [{"AmazonOrderId": "3","OrderStatus": "Unshipped"},{"AmazonOrderId": "4","OrderStatus": "Unshipped"}]}';

// Required Merged File
// {"payload": {"Orders": [{"AmazonOrderId": "1","OrderStatus": "Unshipped"},{"AmazonOrderId": "2","OrderStatus": "Unshipped"},{"AmazonOrderId": "3","OrderStatus": "Unshipped"},{"AmazonOrderId": "4","OrderStatus": "Unshipped"}]}

success := 1;
json1 := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
json1.Load(a1);

json2 := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
json2.Load(a2);

// We're going to add the order records from json2 to json1.
jarr1 := json1.ArrayOf('payload.Orders');
jarr2 := json2.ArrayOf('payload.Orders');

i := 0;
numOrders := jarr2.Size;
while (i < numOrders) do
  begin
    jOrder := jarr2.ObjectAt(i);
    // Assuming non-null return...
    jarr1.AddObjectCopyAt(-1,jOrder);
    i := i + 1;
  end;

// Show the merged JSON.
json1.EmitCompact := 0;
Memo1.Lines.Add(json1.Emit());

// Result:

// {
//   "payload": {
//     "Orders": [
//       {
//         "AmazonOrderId": "1",
//         "OrderStatus": "Unshipped"
//       },
//       {
//         "AmazonOrderId": "2",
//         "OrderStatus": "Unshipped"
//       },
//       {
//         "AmazonOrderId": "3",
//         "OrderStatus": "Unshipped"
//       },
//       {
//         "AmazonOrderId": "4",
//         "OrderStatus": "Unshipped"
//       }
//     ]
//   }
// }
end;