(Go) Shopware 6 - Delete Category

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Delete a category by name.

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

    http := chilkat.NewHttp()
    var success bool

    // First, let's search for the category by name because we'll need to know the category's id to delete.

    // Sends the following POST

    // POST /api/v3/search/category
    // {
    //     "filter": [
    //         { "type": "equals", "field": "name", "value": "Test123" }
    //     ],
    //     "includes": {
    //         "category": ["id", "name"]
    //     }
    // }

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

    json := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    json.UpdateString("filter[0].type","equals")
    json.UpdateString("filter[0].field","name")
    json.UpdateString("filter[0].value","Test123")
    json.UpdateString("includes.category[0]","id")
    json.UpdateString("includes.category[1]","name")

    // Load the access token previously obtained in Shopware 6 OAuth2 Client Credentials
    jsonToken := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/shopware6.json")

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

    // Note: If you get a 401 response status code, then fetch a new access token and retry.
    resp := http.PostJson3("https://my-shopware-6-shop.de/api/v3/search/category","application/json",json)
    if http.LastMethodSuccess() == false {
        fmt.Println(http.LastErrorText())
        http.DisposeHttp()
        json.DisposeJsonObject()
        jsonToken.DisposeJsonObject()
        return
    }

    sbResponseBody := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
    jResp := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
    jResp.SetEmitCompact(false)

    fmt.Println("Response Body:")
    fmt.Println(*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()
    fmt.Println("Response Status Code = ", respStatusCode)
    if respStatusCode >= 400 {
        fmt.Println("Response Header:")
        fmt.Println(resp.Header())
        fmt.Println("Failed.")
        resp.DisposeHttpResponse()
        http.DisposeHttp()
        json.DisposeJsonObject()
        jsonToken.DisposeJsonObject()
        sbResponseBody.DisposeStringBuilder()
        jResp.DisposeJsonObject()
        return
    }

    resp.DisposeHttpResponse()

    // The response looks like this:
    // Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
    // Generate Parsing Code from JSON

    // {
    //   "data": [
    //     {
    //       "id": "89c4131789fd422c8f00cf37bbb83330",
    //       "type": "category",
    //       "attributes": {
    //         "name": "Test123",
    //         "apiAlias": null
    //       },
    //       "links": {
    //         "self": "https:\/\/***.de\/api\/v3\/category\/89c4131789fd422c8f00cf37bbb83330"
    //       },
    //       "relationships": [
    //       ],
    //       "meta": null
    //     }
    //   ],
    //   "included": [
    //   ],
    //   "links": {
    //     "self": "https:\/\/***.de\/api\/v3\/search\/category"
    //   },
    //   "meta": {
    //     "totalCountMode": 0,
    //     "total": 1
    //   },
    //   "aggregations": [
    //   ]
    // }

    numSearchResults := jResp.SizeOfArray("data")
    if numSearchResults != 1 {
        fmt.Println("numSearchResults = ", numSearchResults)
        fmt.Println("Did not find the category, or unexpectedly found more than one with the same name.")
        http.DisposeHttp()
        json.DisposeJsonObject()
        jsonToken.DisposeJsonObject()
        sbResponseBody.DisposeStringBuilder()
        jResp.DisposeJsonObject()
        return
    }

    categoryId := jResp.StringOf("data[0].id")

    fmt.Println("Category ID = ", *categoryId)

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Delete this category by the given ID.

    // We need to send a DELETE request like this:
    // DELETE /api/v3/category/5840ff0975ac428ebf7838359e47737f

    sbUrl := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    sbUrl.Append("https://my-shopware-6-shop.de/api/v3/category/")
    sbUrl.Append(*categoryId)

    // If successful (204 response code), then the jsonStr will be empty.
    // Otherwise it will be a JSON error message.
    jsonStr := http.QuickDeleteStr(*sbUrl.GetAsString())
    if http.LastMethodSuccess() == false {
        fmt.Println(http.LastErrorText())
        http.DisposeHttp()
        json.DisposeJsonObject()
        jsonToken.DisposeJsonObject()
        sbResponseBody.DisposeStringBuilder()
        jResp.DisposeJsonObject()
        sbUrl.DisposeStringBuilder()
        return
    }

    // A 204 status code indicates success.
    respStatusCode = http.LastStatus()
    fmt.Println("Response status code for DELETE: ", respStatusCode)

    // This will be non-empty if an error occurred.
    fmt.Println(*jsonStr)

    http.DisposeHttp()
    json.DisposeJsonObject()
    jsonToken.DisposeJsonObject()
    sbResponseBody.DisposeStringBuilder()
    jResp.DisposeJsonObject()
    sbUrl.DisposeStringBuilder()