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eBay -- Upload Bulk Data using FileTransferService

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Demonstrates how to upload your data file using the eBay File Transfer API.

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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();

$apiCall = 'uploadFile';
$fileAttachmentUuid = '<urn:uuid:bb47b86a237311e793ae92361f002671>';
$xmlUuid = '<urn:uuid:bb47b766237311e793ae92361f002671>';

$req = new CkHttpRequest();

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

$sbContentType = new CkStringBuilder();
$sbContentType->Append('multipart/related; type=\'application/xop+xml\'; start=\'XMLUUID\'; start-info=\'text/xml\'');
$replaceCount = $sbContentType->Replace('XMLUUID',$xmlUuid);
$req->put_ContentType($sbContentType->getAsString());

$req->AddHeader('X-EBAY-SOA-SERVICE-NAME','FileTransferService');
$req->AddHeader('X-EBAY-SOA-OPERATION-NAME',$apiCall);
$req->AddHeader('X-EBAY-SOA-SECURITY-TOKEN',$accessToken);
$req->AddHeader('X-EBAY-SOA-REQUEST-DATA-FORMAT','XML');
$req->AddHeader('X-EBAY-SOA-RESPONSE-DATA-FORMAT','XML');
$req->AddHeader('User-Agent','AnythingYouWant');

$pathToFileOnDisk1 = 'qa_data/ebay/uploadFileRequest.xml';
$success = $req->AddFileForUpload('uploadFileRequest.xml',$pathToFileOnDisk1);
if ($success == false) {
    print $req->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$pathToFileOnDisk2 = 'qa_data/ebay/BulkDataExchangeRequests.gz';
$success = $req->AddFileForUpload('BulkDataExchangeRequests.gz',$pathToFileOnDisk2);
if ($success == false) {
    print $req->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Add sub-headers for each file in the request.
$req->AddSubHeader(0,'Content-Type','application/xop+xml; charset=UTF-8; type=\'text/xml\'');
$req->AddSubHeader(0,'Content-Transfer-Encoding','binary');
$req->AddSubHeader(0,'Content-ID',$xmlUuid);
$req->AddSubHeader(1,'Content-Type','application/octet-stream');
$req->AddSubHeader(1,'Content-Transfer-Encoding','binary');
$req->AddSubHeader(1,'Content-ID',$fileAttachmentUuid);

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

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

$xml = new CkXml();
$xml->LoadXml($resp->bodyStr());

if ($resp->get_StatusCode() != 200) {
    print $xml->getXml() . "\n";
    print 'Failed.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

// We still may have a failure.  The XML needs to be checked.
// A failed response might look like this:

// 	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
// 	<uploadFileResponse xmlns="http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/services">
// 	    <ack>Failure</ack>
// 	    <errorMessage>
// 	        <error>
// 	            <errorId>1</errorId>
// 	            <domain>Marketplace</domain>
// 	            <severity>Error</severity>
// 	            <category>Application</category>
// 	            <message>Task Reference Id is invalid</message>
// 	            <subdomain>FileTransfer</subdomain>
// 	        </error>
// 	    </errorMessage>
// 	    <version>1.1.0</version>
// 	    <timestamp>2017-04-18T01:05:27.475Z</timestamp>
// 	</uploadFileResponse>

// A successful response looks like this:

// 	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
// 	<uploadFileResponse xmlns="http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/services">
// 	    <ack>Success</ack>
// 	    <version>1.1.0</version>
// 	    <timestamp>2017-04-18T01:22:47.853Z</timestamp>
// 	</uploadFileResponse>

print $xml->getXml() . "\n";

// Get the "ack" to see if it's "Failure" or "Success"
if ($xml->ChildContentMatches('ack','Success',false)) {
    print 'Success.' . "\n";
}
else {
    print 'Failure.' . "\n";
}


?>