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MWS RequestReport (Amazon Marketplace Web Service)

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Creates a report request and submits the request to Amazon MWS.

See Amazon MWS RequestReport for more information.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

$rest = chilkat::CkRest->new();

# Connect to the Amazon MWS REST server.
# 
# Make sure to connect to the correct Amazon MWS Endpoint, otherwise
# you'll get an HTTP 401 response code.
# 
# The possible servers are:
# 
# North America (NA) 	https://mws.amazonservices.com
# Europe (EU) 	https://mws-eu.amazonservices.com
# India (IN) 	https://mws.amazonservices.in
# China (CN) 	https://mws.amazonservices.com.cn
# Japan (JP) 	https://mws.amazonservices.jp 
# 
$bTls = 1;
$port = 443;
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect("mws.amazonservices.com",$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success != 1) {
    print "ConnectFailReason: " . $rest->get_ConnectFailReason() . "\r\n";
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$rest->put_Host("mws.amazonservices.com");

$rest->AddQueryParam("AWSAccessKeyId","0PB842EXAMPLE7N4ZTR2");
$rest->AddQueryParam("Action","RequestReport");
$rest->AddQueryParam("EndDate","2008-06-26T18:12:21");
$rest->AddQueryParam("MWSAuthToken","amzn.mws.4ea38b7b-f563-7709-4bae-87aeaEXAMPLE");
$rest->AddQueryParam("Marketplace","ATVPDKIKX0DER");
$rest->AddQueryParam("ReportType","_GET_MERCHANT_LISTINGS_DATA_");
$rest->AddQueryParam("SellerId","A1XEXAMPLE5E6");
$rest->AddQueryParam("SignatureMethod","HmacSHA256");
$rest->AddQueryParam("SignatureVersion","2");
$rest->AddQueryParam("StartDate","2009-01-03T18:12:21");
$rest->AddQueryParam("Version","2009-01-01");

# Add the MWS Signature param.  (Also adds the Timestamp parameter using the curent system date/time.)
# The AddMwsSignature method adds the Timestamp and Signature query params.
$rest->AddMwsSignature("POST","/Reports/2009-01-01","mws.amazonservices.com","MWS_SECRET_KEY");

$responseXml = $rest->fullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/Reports/2009-01-01");
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

if ($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
    # Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    print "response status code = " . $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() . "\r\n";
    print "response status text = " . $rest->responseStatusText() . "\r\n";
    print "response header: " . $rest->responseHeader() . "\r\n";
    print "response body: " . $responseXml . "\r\n";
    print "---" . "\r\n";
    print "LastRequestStartLine: " . $rest->lastRequestStartLine() . "\r\n";
    print "LastRequestHeader: " . $rest->lastRequestHeader() . "\r\n";
}

# Examine the XML returned in the response body.
print $responseXml . "\r\n";
print "----" . "\r\n";
print "Success." . "\r\n";

# Sample Response

# Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: 
# Generate Parsing Code from XML

# <?xml version="1.0"?>
# <RequestReportResponse
#     xmlns="http://mws.amazonaws.com/doc/2009-01-01/">
#     <RequestReportResult>
#         <ReportRequestInfo>
#             <ReportRequestId>2291326454</ReportRequestId>
#             <ReportType>_GET_MERCHANT_LISTINGS_DATA_</ReportType>
#             <StartDate>2009-01-21T02:10:39+00:00</StartDate>
#             <EndDate>2009-02-13T02:10:39+00:00</EndDate>
#             <Scheduled>false</Scheduled>
#             <SubmittedDate>2009-02-20T02:10:39+00:00</SubmittedDate>
#             <ReportProcessingStatus>_SUBMITTED_</ReportProcessingStatus>
#         </ReportRequestInfo>
#     </RequestReportResult>
#     <ResponseMetadata>
#         <RequestId>88faca76-b600-46d2-b53c-0c8c4533e43a</RequestId>
#     </ResponseMetadata>
# </RequestReportResponse>

$xml = chilkat::CkXml->new();
$xml->LoadXml($responseXml);

$RequestReportResponse_xmlns = $xml->getAttrValue("xmlns");
$ReportRequestId = $xml->getChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|ReportRequestId");
$ReportType = $xml->getChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|ReportType");
$StartDate = $xml->getChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|StartDate");
$EndDate = $xml->getChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|EndDate");
$Scheduled = $xml->getChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|Scheduled");
$SubmittedDate = $xml->getChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|SubmittedDate");
$ReportProcessingStatus = $xml->getChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|ReportProcessingStatus");
$RequestId = $xml->getChildContent("ResponseMetadata|RequestId");