(Excel) Shopware 6 - Create Category

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Create a new category.

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

Dim http As Chilkat.Http
Set http = Chilkat.NewHttp

' Sends the following POST

' POST /api/v3/category
' {
'     "name": "Test123"
' }

' Create a category named "Test123"
Dim json As Chilkat.JsonObject
Set json = Chilkat.NewJsonObject
Dim success As Boolean
success = json.UpdateString("name","Test123")

' Load the access token previously obtained in Shopware 6 OAuth2 Client Credentials
Dim jsonToken As Chilkat.JsonObject
Set jsonToken = Chilkat.NewJsonObject
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/shopware6.json")

' This causes the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header to be added.
http.AuthToken = jsonToken.StringOf("access_token")


Set resp = http.PostJson3("https://my-shopware-6-shop.de/api/v3/category","application/json",json)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim sbResponseBody As Chilkat.StringBuilder
Set sbResponseBody = Chilkat.NewStringBuilder
success = resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
Dim jResp As Chilkat.JsonObject
Set jResp = Chilkat.NewJsonObject
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False

' A successful response is a 204 response status code with an empty response body.
Debug.Print "Response Body:"
Debug.Print 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
Debug.Print "Response Status Code = "; respStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.Print "Response Header:"
    Debug.Print resp.Header
    Debug.Print "Failed."

    Exit Sub
End If