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Shopware 6 - List Categories

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Get a list of categories.
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 assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

var http = new CkHttp();

// Sends the following POST

// POST /store-api/v3/category
// {
//     "includes": {
//         "category": ["id", "name"]
//     }
// }

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

var json = new CkJsonObject();
json.UpdateString("includes.category[0]","id");
json.UpdateString("includes.category[1]","name");

// This request simply authenticate with the sw-access-key you can interactively copy from your 
// sales channel in the Shopware 6 administration web portal.

// (image:https://example-code.com/images/shopware_sales_channel.jpg/endImage)

// We do NOT use OAuth2 for Store API requests.
http.SetRequestHeader("sw-access-key","<sales-channel-api-access-key>");

var resp = new CkHttpResponse();
success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://my-shopware-6-shop.de/store-api/v3/category",json,"application/json",resp);
if (success == false) {
    console.log(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

var sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);
var jResp = new CkJsonObject();
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
jResp.EmitCompact = false;

console.log("Response Body:");
console.log(jResp.Emit());

// If we get a 401 response, it may be that our access token expired and we need to fetch a new one.
var respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode;
console.log("Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode);
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    console.log("Response Header:");
    console.log(resp.Header);
    console.log("Failed.");
    return;
}

// Sample JSON response:
// (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

// {
//   "total": 2,
//   "aggregations": [],
//   "elements": [
//     {
//       "id": "00a284072bcb42ed8fee31e26ea53b60",
//       "name": "Home",
//       "apiAlias": "category"
//     },
//     {
//       "id": "bd835e75afa14b09b7da156d095a9a30",
//       "name": "Outdoors",
//       "apiAlias": "category"
//     }
//   ],
//   "apiAlias": "dal_entity_search_result"
// }

// Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
// Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON

var id;
var name;

var total = jResp.IntOf("total");
var apiAlias = jResp.StringOf("apiAlias");
var i = 0;
var count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("elements");
while (i < count_i) {
    jResp.I = i;
    id = jResp.StringOf("elements[i].id");
    name = jResp.StringOf("elements[i].name");
    apiAlias = jResp.StringOf("elements[i].apiAlias");
    i = i+1;
}