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Shopify Query a variant for its inventory item ID

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Query a product variant to find the ID of its inventory item.
Note
This example is intended for running within a Chilkat.Js embedded JavaScript engine. All Chilkat JavaScript examples require Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.
JavaScript
var success = false;

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

var http = new CkHttp();

http.Login = "SHOPIFY_PRIVATE_API_KEY";
http.Password = "SHOPIFY_PRIVATE_API_KEY";

http.Accept = "application/json";

var resp = new CkHttpResponse();
success = http.HttpNoBody("GET","https://{shop}.myshopify.com/admin/api/2020-04/products/{product_id}/variants/{variant_id}.json",resp);
if (success == false) {
    console.log(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

console.log("Response Status Code: " + resp.StatusCode);

var jsonResponse = new CkJsonObject();
jsonResponse.Load(resp.BodyStr);
jsonResponse.EmitCompact = false;
console.log(jsonResponse.Emit());

if (resp.StatusCode !== 200) {
    console.log("Failed.");
    return;
}

// Sample output...
// (See the parsing code below..)
// 
// Use the this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON

// {
//   "id": 12195009364024,
//   "product_id": 1321541042232,
//   "title": "xs",
// ...
//   "inventory_item_id": 12250274365496,
// ...
//   "admin_graphql_api_id": "gid://shopify/ProductVariant/12195009364024"
// }
// 

var id = jsonResponse.IntOf("id");
var product_id = jsonResponse.IntOf("product_id");
var title = jsonResponse.StringOf("title");
var inventory_item_id = jsonResponse.IntOf("inventory_item_id");
var admin_graphql_api_id = jsonResponse.StringOf("admin_graphql_api_id");