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Perl Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Shopify GraphQL Simple Query (Get Shop Object)

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Demonstrates a simple Shopify GraphQL query to get specific fields of the Shop object.

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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.

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();

#  This example will use private authentication (which is HTTP Basic authentication)
#  See the other Chilkat Shopify examples for OAuth2 authentication.
#  To use HTTP Basic Authentication with any HTTP request, we simply set the Login, Password, and BasicAuth properties.
#  Important: All HTTP requests using Basic authentication must be over SSL/TLS.
$http->put_Login("SHOPIFY_PRIVATE_API_KEY");
$http->put_Password("SHOPIFY_PRIVATE_API_SECRET_KEY");
$http->put_BasicAuth(1);

#  We're going to do a POST  https://{shop}.myshopify.com/admin/api/2021-04/graphql.json
#  Make sure to replace "chilkat" with your store name.

#  The body of the request will be:
#     {
#         shop {
#             id
#             name
#             description
#             email
#          }
#      }

#  The above query is not JSON.  It looks like JSON, but it's actually not.
#  We'll just make it one line:

$query = "{ shop { id name description email } }";

#  My store name is "chilkat".  Use your store name here instead.
$url = "https://chilkat.myshopify.com/admin/api/2021-04/graphql.json";

$resp = chilkat::CkHttpResponse->new();
$success = $http->HttpStr("POST",$url,$query,"utf-8","application/graphql",$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Examine the response code.
if ($resp->get_StatusCode() != 200) {
    print "Received error response code: " . $resp->get_StatusCode() . "\r\n";
    print "Response body:" . "\r\n";
    print $resp->bodyStr() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$sbResponseBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$resp->GetBodySb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jResp->LoadSb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp->put_EmitCompact(0);

print "Response Body:" . "\r\n";
print $jResp->emit() . "\r\n";

$respStatusCode = $resp->get_StatusCode();
print "Response Status Code = " . $respStatusCode . "\r\n";
if ($respStatusCode >= 400) {
    print "Response Header:" . "\r\n";
    print $resp->header() . "\r\n";
    print "Failed." . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

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

#  {
#    "data": {
#      "shop": {
#        "id": "gid:\/\/shopify\/Shop\/24198053",
#        "name": "chilkat",
#        "description": null,
#        "email": "admin@chilkatsoft.com"
#      }
#    },
#    "extensions": {
#      "cost": {
#        "requestedQueryCost": 1,
#        "actualQueryCost": 1,
#        "throttleStatus": {
#          "maximumAvailable": 1000.0,
#          "currentlyAvailable": 999,
#          "restoreRate": 50.0
#        }
#      }
#    }
#  }

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

$shopId = $jResp->stringOf("data.shop.id");
$shopName = $jResp->stringOf("data.shop.name");
$shopDescription = $jResp->stringOf("data.shop.description");
$shopEmail = $jResp->stringOf("data.shop.email");
$costRequestedQueryCost = $jResp->IntOf("extensions.cost.requestedQueryCost");
$costActualQueryCost = $jResp->IntOf("extensions.cost.actualQueryCost");
$costThrottleStatusMaximumAvailable = $jResp->stringOf("extensions.cost.throttleStatus.maximumAvailable");
$costThrottleStatusCurrentlyAvailable = $jResp->IntOf("extensions.cost.throttleStatus.currentlyAvailable");
$costThrottleStatusRestoreRate = $jResp->stringOf("extensions.cost.throttleStatus.restoreRate");

print "Shop name: " . $shopName . "\r\n";
#  ...