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eBay -- Download Data using FileTransferService

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Demonstrates how to download a data file using the eBay File Transfer API.

Chilkat PHP Extension Downloads

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

// Use a previously obtained access token.  The token should look something like this:
// "AgAAAA**AQA ..."
$accessToken = 'EBAY_ACCESS_TOKEN';

$http = new CkHttp();

$req = new CkHttpRequest();

$req->put_HttpVerb('POST');
$req->put_Path('/FileTransferService');
$req->put_ContentType('application/xml');

// Build the XML body for the request.
$xml = new CkXml();
$xml->put_Tag('downloadFileRequest');
$xml->AddAttribute('xmlns','http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/services');
$xml->UpdateChildContent('taskReferenceId','50013004806');
$xml->UpdateChildContent('fileReferenceId','50015579016');

$req->LoadBodyFromString($xml->getXml(),'utf-8');

// The XML body looks like this:

// 	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
// 	<downloadFileRequest xmlns="http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/services">
// 	<taskReferenceId>50013004806</taskReferenceId>
// 	<fileReferenceId>50015579016</fileReferenceId>
// 	</downloadFileRequest>

$req->AddHeader('X-EBAY-SOA-OPERATION-NAME','downloadFile');
$req->AddHeader('X-EBAY-SOA-SECURITY-TOKEN',$accessToken);

$resp = new CkHttpResponse();
$success = $http->HttpSReq('storage.sandbox.ebay.com',443,true,$req,$resp);
if ($success == false) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$statusCode = $resp->get_StatusCode();
print 'Response status code = ' . $statusCode . "\n";

$responseBody = new CkBinData();
$resp->GetBodyBd($responseBody);

// We can save the response body to a file for examination if we get an unanticipated response.  
// (It's binary, so it won't open well in a text editor.)
$responseBody->WriteFile('qa_output/response.mime');

if ($statusCode != 200) {
    print 'Failed.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

// The response body looks like this:

// 	--MIMEBoundaryurn_uuid_2B668636C1E17A4D4114925305818684241
// 	Content-Type: application/xop+xml; charset=utf-8; type="text/xml"
// 	Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
// 	Content-ID: <0.urn:uuid:2B668636C1E17A4D4114925305818684242>
// 
// 	<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
// 	<downloadFileResponse xmlns="http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/services">
// 	<ack>Success</ack>
// 	<version>1.1.0</version>
// 	<timestamp>2017-04-18T15:49:41.868Z</timestamp>
// 	<fileAttachment>
// 	    <Size>587</Size>
// 	    <Data>
//                 <xop:Include xmlns:xop="http://www.w3.org/2004/08/xop/include" href="cid:urn:uuid:A37C3C73E994C267F11492530585522"/>
// 	    </Data>
// 	</fileAttachment>
// 	</downloadFileResponse>
// 	--MIMEBoundaryurn_uuid_2B668636C1E17A4D4114925305818684241
// 	Content-Type: application/zip
// 	Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
// 	Content-ID: <urn:uuid:A37C3C73E994C267F11492530585522>
// 
// 	<the binary bytes of the zip start here...>
// 

// Load the binary response into a MIME object.
$mime = new CkMime();
$success = $mime->LoadMimeBd($responseBody);
if ($success == false) {
    print $mime->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Make sure we have 2 sub-parts.  The 1st sub-part is the XML response, the 2nd sub-part
// is the zip containing the data.

// Note: The 2nd sub-part can be a "zip" or "gzip".  These are two different file formats.
// A zip is indicated with a Content-Type header equal to "application/zip",
// whereas a gzip is indicated with a Content-Type header equal to "application/x-gzip"
if ($mime->get_NumParts() != 2) {
    print 'Expected the MIME to have 2 parts.' . "\n";
    print 'NumParts = ' . $mime->get_NumParts() . "\n";
    print 'Failed.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Get the XML from the 1st MIME sub-part.

$part0 = new CkMime();
$success = $mime->PartAt(0,$part0);
if ($success == false) {
    print $mime->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$downloadResponseXml = $part0->getBodyDecoded();
$xmlResp = new CkXml();
$xmlResp->LoadXml($downloadResponseXml);
print 'Download Response XML:' . "\n";
print $xmlResp->getXml() . "\n";

print '----' . "\n";

// Now get the zip from the second part (index=1), unzip, and examine..

$part1 = new CkMime();
$success = $mime->PartAt(1,$part1);
if ($success == false) {
    print $mime->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$zipData = new CkBinData();
$part1->GetBodyBd($zipData);

// Check to see if we have a zip or gzip.
$sbContentType = new CkStringBuilder();
$sbContentType->Append($part1->contentType());

$xmlFromZip = new CkXml();

if ($sbContentType->Contains('gzip',false) == true) {
    // This is a gzip compressed file.
    $gzip = new CkGzip();

    // in-place uncompress the data.
    // Note: The UncompressBd method was added in Chilkat v9.5.0.67
    $success = $gzip->UncompressBd($zipData);
    if ($success == false) {
        print $gzip->lastErrorText() . "\n";
        exit;
    }

    $xmlFromZip->LoadXml($zipData->getString('utf-8'));

}
else {
    // This is a zip archive.

    // Load the body into a Zip object.
    $zip = new CkZip();
    $success = $zip->OpenBd($zipData);
    if ($success == false) {
        print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\n";
        exit;
    }

    // Save the .zip to a file (so we can examine it for debugging if something is not as expected)
    $zipData->WriteFile('qa_output/ebay_data.zip');

    // The zip should contain a single XML file.
    if ($zip->get_NumEntries() != 1) {
        print 'Expected the .zip to have 1 entry.' . "\n";
        print 'NumEntries = ' . $zip->get_NumEntries() . "\n";
        print 'Failed.' . "\n";
        exit;
    }

    $entry = new CkZipEntry();
    $success = $zip->EntryAt(0,$entry);
    if ($success == false) {
        print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\n";
        exit;
    }

    $xmlFromZip->LoadXml($entry->unzipToString(0,'utf-8'));
}

print 'XML contained in the zip:' . "\n";
print $xmlFromZip->getXml() . "\n";
print '----' . "\n";

print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>