(Delphi ActiveX) Shopware 6 - List Categories

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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;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
http: TChilkatHttp;
success: Integer;
json: TChilkatJsonObject;
resp: IChilkatHttpResponse;
sbResponseBody: TChilkatStringBuilder;
jResp: TChilkatJsonObject;
respStatusCode: Integer;
id: WideString;
name: WideString;
total: Integer;
apiAlias: WideString;
i: Integer;
count_i: Integer;

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

http := TChilkatHttp.Create(Self);

// Sends the following POST

// POST /store-api/v3/category
// {
//     "includes": {
//         "category": ["id", "name"]
//     }
// }

// Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
// Generate Code to Create JSON

json := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
json.UpdateString('includes.category[0]','id');
json.UpdateString('includes.category[1]','name');

// This request simply authenticate with the sw-access-key you can interactively copy from your 
// sales channel in the Shopware 6 administration web portal.



// We do NOT use OAuth2 for Store API requests.
http.SetRequestHeader('sw-access-key','<sales-channel-api-access-key>');

resp := http.PostJson3('https://my-shopware-6-shop.de/store-api/v3/category','application/json',json.ControlInterface);
if (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(http.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

sbResponseBody := TChilkatStringBuilder.Create(Self);
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody.ControlInterface);
jResp := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody.ControlInterface);
jResp.EmitCompact := 0;

Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Body:');
Memo1.Lines.Add(jResp.Emit());

// If we get a 401 response, it may be that our access token expired and we need to fetch a new one.
respStatusCode := resp.StatusCode;
Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Status Code = ' + IntToStr(respStatusCode));
if (respStatusCode >= 400) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Header:');
    Memo1.Lines.Add(resp.Header);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Failed.');

    Exit;
  end;

// Sample JSON response:
// (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

// {
//   "total": 2,
//   "aggregations": [],
//   "elements": [
//     {
//       "id": "00a284072bcb42ed8fee31e26ea53b60",
//       "name": "Home",
//       "apiAlias": "category"
//     },
//     {
//       "id": "bd835e75afa14b09b7da156d095a9a30",
//       "name": "Outdoors",
//       "apiAlias": "category"
//     }
//   ],
//   "apiAlias": "dal_entity_search_result"
// }

// Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
// Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON

total := jResp.IntOf('total');
apiAlias := jResp.StringOf('apiAlias');
i := 0;
count_i := jResp.SizeOfArray('elements');
while i < count_i do
  begin
    jResp.I := i;
    id := jResp.StringOf('elements[i].id');
    name := jResp.StringOf('elements[i].name');
    apiAlias := jResp.StringOf('elements[i].apiAlias');
    i := i + 1;
  end;
end;