JavaScript

effectconnect Create or Replace Product Catalog

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Use this call to create or replace a product catalog in EffectConnect. This is always a purge and replace action for the entire catalog. JavaScript

var success = false;

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

var uri = "/products";
var apiVersion = "2.0";

var http = new CkHttp();
var req = new CkHttpRequest();

// Use your effectconnect public key here...
req.AddHeader("KEY","PUBLIC_KEY");
req.AddHeader("VERSION",apiVersion);
req.AddHeader("URI",uri);
req.AddHeader("RESPONSETYPE","XML");
req.AddHeader("RESPONSELANGUAGE","en");

// Get the current date/time in timestamp format.
var dt = new CkDateTime();
dt.SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
var timestamp = dt.GetAsTimestamp(true);

req.AddHeader("TIME",timestamp);
console.log("timestamp = " + timestamp);

var sbXml = new CkStringBuilder();
success = sbXml.LoadFile("qa_data/xml/effectconnect/effconCreate.xml","utf-8");
console.log("length = " + sbXml.Length);

req.HttpVerb = "POST";
req.Path = uri;
req.ContentType = "multipart/form-data";
success = req.AddStringForUpload("payload","effcon.xml",sbXml.GetAsString(),"utf-8");
if (success == false) {
    console.log(req.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Build a string-to-sign and sign it using our effectconnect private key
var sbStringToSign = new CkStringBuilder();
sbStringToSign.AppendInt(sbXml.Length);
sbStringToSign.Append("POST");
sbStringToSign.Append(uri);
sbStringToSign.Append(apiVersion);
sbStringToSign.Append(timestamp);

var crypt = new CkCrypt2();
crypt.MacAlgorithm = "hmac";
crypt.HashAlgorithm = "sha512";
crypt.EncodingMode = "base64";
// Use your effectconnect private key here:
crypt.SetMacKeyString("PRIVATE_KEY");
req.AddHeader("SIGNATURE",crypt.MacStringENC(sbStringToSign.GetAsString()));

var resp = new CkHttpResponse();
success = http.HttpSReq("submit.effectconnect.com",443,true,req,resp);
if (success == false) {
    console.log(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

console.log("response status code = " + resp.StatusCode);

// Examine the response.  The response status code can be 200 for both errors and success.
// The success or error is based on the XML returned in the response body.
var xmlResp = new CkXml();
xmlResp.LoadXml(resp.BodyStr);

console.log("response body:");
console.log(xmlResp.GetXml());

// A sample response:

// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
// <ApiResponseContainer>
//     <Request>
//         <RequestType>Products</RequestType>
//         <RequestAction>Create</RequestAction>
//         <RequestVersion>2.0</RequestVersion>
//         <RequestIdentifier/>
//         <ProcessedAt>2019-04-18T15:28:55+02:00</ProcessedAt>
//     </Request>
//     <Response>
//         <Result>Success</Result>
//         <ProductsCreateResponseContainer>
//             <ProcessID><![CDATA[J048hgS4OkNn0JnH]]></ProcessID>
//         </ProductsCreateResponseContainer>
//     </Response>
// </ApiResponseContainer>

// Parsing the response...
var tagPath;
var RequestType;
var RequestAction;
var RequestVersion;
var ProcessedAt;
var Result;
var ProcessID;

RequestType = xmlResp.GetChildContent("Request|RequestType");
RequestAction = xmlResp.GetChildContent("Request|RequestAction");
RequestVersion = xmlResp.GetChildContent("Request|RequestVersion");
ProcessedAt = xmlResp.GetChildContent("Request|ProcessedAt");
Result = xmlResp.GetChildContent("Response|Result");
ProcessID = xmlResp.GetChildContent("Response|ProductsCreateResponseContainer|ProcessID");