(Mono C#) Shopware 6 - List Categories

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For more information, see https://docs.shopware.com/en/shopware-platform-dev-en/store-api-guide/navigation?category=shopware-platform-dev-en/store-api-guide

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

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();
bool success;

// 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

Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
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.



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

Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = http.PostJson3("https://my-shopware-6-shop.de/store-api/v3/category","application/json",json);
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbResponseBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);
Chilkat.JsonObject jResp = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
jResp.EmitCompact = false;

Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit());

// If we get a 401 response, it may be that our access token expired and we need to fetch a new one.
int respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode;
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " + Convert.ToString(respStatusCode));
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
    Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header);
    Debug.WriteLine("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

string id;
string name;

int total = jResp.IntOf("total");
string apiAlias = jResp.StringOf("apiAlias");
int i = 0;
int 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;
}