(Delphi DLL) Akeneo: Create New Product

Demonstrates how to create a new product.

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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, Http, HttpResponse, JsonObject;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
http: HCkHttp;
json: HCkJsonObject;
url: PWideChar;
resp: HCkHttpResponse;
location: PWideChar;

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

http := CkHttp_Create();

// Use your previously obtained access token.
// See Get Akeneo Access Token
CkHttp_putAuthToken(http,'access_token');

// Build the following JSON to be sent in the request body:
// Use this online tool to generate the code from sample JSON: 
// Generate Code to Create JSON

// {
//   "identifier": "top",
//   "enabled": true,
//   "family": "tshirt",
//   "categories": [
//     "summer_collection"
//   ],
//   "groups": [],
//   "parent": null,
//   "values": {
//     "name": [
//       {
//         "data": "Top",
//         "locale": "en_US",
//         "scope": null
//       },
//       {
//         "data": "Dbardeur",
//         "locale": "fr_FR",
//         "scope": null
//       }
//     ],
//     "description": [
//       {
//         "data": "Summer top",
//         "locale": "en_US",
//         "scope": "ecommerce"
//       },
//       {
//         "data": "Top",
//         "locale": "en_US",
//         "scope": "tablet"
//       },
//       {
//         "data": "Dbardeur pour l't",
//         "locale": "fr_FR",
//         "scope": "ecommerce"
//       },
//       {
//         "data": "Dbardeur",
//         "locale": "fr_FR",
//         "scope": "tablet"
//       }
//     ],
//     "price": [
//       {
//         "locale": null,
//         "scope": null,
//         "data": [
//           {
//             "amount": "150.5",
//             "currency": "EUR"
//           },
//           {
//             "amount": "150",
//             "currency": "USD"
//           }
//         ]
//       }
//     ],
//     "color": [
//       {
//         "locale": null,
//         "scope": null,
//         "data": "black"
//       }
//     ],
//     "size": [
//       {
//         "locale": null,
//         "scope": null,
//         "data": "m"
//       }
//     ]
//   },
//   "associations": {
//     "PACK": {
//       "products": [
//         "sunglass"
//       ],
//       "groups": []
//     }
//   }
// }
// 

json := CkJsonObject_Create();
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'identifier','top');
CkJsonObject_UpdateBool(json,'enabled',True);
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'family','tshirt');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'categories[0]','summer_collection');
CkJsonObject_UpdateNewArray(json,'groups');
CkJsonObject_UpdateNull(json,'parent');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'values.name[0].data','Top');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'values.name[0].locale','en_US');
CkJsonObject_UpdateNull(json,'values.name[0].scope');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'values.name[1].data','Dbardeur');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'values.name[1].locale','fr_FR');
CkJsonObject_UpdateNull(json,'values.name[1].scope');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'values.description[0].data','Summer top');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'values.description[0].locale','en_US');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'values.description[0].scope','ecommerce');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'values.description[1].data','Top');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'values.description[1].locale','en_US');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'values.description[1].scope','tablet');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'values.description[2].data','Dbardeur pour l''t');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'values.description[2].locale','fr_FR');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'values.description[2].scope','ecommerce');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'values.description[3].data','Dbardeur');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'values.description[3].locale','fr_FR');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'values.description[3].scope','tablet');
CkJsonObject_UpdateNull(json,'values.price[0].locale');
CkJsonObject_UpdateNull(json,'values.price[0].scope');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'values.price[0].data[0].amount','150.5');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'values.price[0].data[0].currency','EUR');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'values.price[0].data[1].amount','150');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'values.price[0].data[1].currency','USD');
CkJsonObject_UpdateNull(json,'values.color[0].locale');
CkJsonObject_UpdateNull(json,'values.color[0].scope');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'values.color[0].data','black');
CkJsonObject_UpdateNull(json,'values.size[0].locale');
CkJsonObject_UpdateNull(json,'values.size[0].scope');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'values.size[0].data','m');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'associations.PACK.products[0]','sunglass');
CkJsonObject_UpdateNewArray(json,'associations.PACK.groups');

CkJsonObject_putEmitCompact(json,False);
// Show the JSON to be sent..
Memo1.Lines.Add(CkJsonObject__emit(json));

url := 'http://pim.my-akeneo-site.com/api/rest/v1/products';
resp := CkHttp_PostJson3(http,url,'application/json',json);
if (CkHttp_getLastMethodSuccess(http) <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkHttp__lastErrorText(http));
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Status Code: ' + IntToStr(CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp)));
Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Body: ');
Memo1.Lines.Add(CkHttpResponse__bodyStr(resp));

// The akeneo response will include a "Location" header, such as the following:
// HTTP/1.1 201 Created
// Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:36:35 GMT
// Server: Apache/2
// X-Powered-By: PHP/7.1.25
// Cache-Control: max-age=0, private, must-revalidate, no-cache, private
// Set-Cookie: abcdefg; path=/; HttpOnly
// Location: http://xyz.example.com/api/rest/v1/products/L0000123
// Vary: User-Agent
// Content-Length: 0
// Keep-Alive: timeout=2, max=100
// Connection: Keep-Alive
// Content-Type: application/json

// Get the location header using resp.GetHeaderField
location := CkHttpResponse__getHeaderField(resp,'Location');
Memo1.Lines.Add('Location: ' + location);

CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);

CkHttp_Dispose(http);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);

end;