(PHP ActiveX) Shopware 6 - Delete Category

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Delete a category by name.

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<?php

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

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Http')
$http = new COM("Chilkat.Http");

// First, let's search for the category by name because we'll need to know the category's id to delete.

// Sends the following POST

// POST /api/v3/search/category
// {
//     "filter": [
//         { "type": "equals", "field": "name", "value": "Test123" }
//     ],
//     "includes": {
//         "category": ["id", "name"]
//     }
// }

// Create the above JSON.
// Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
// Generate Code to Create JSON

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.JsonObject')
$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$json->UpdateString('filter[0].type','equals');
$json->UpdateString('filter[0].field','name');
$json->UpdateString('filter[0].value','Test123');
$json->UpdateString('includes.category[0]','id');
$json->UpdateString('includes.category[1]','name');

// Load the access token previously obtained in Shopware 6 OAuth2 Client Credentials
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.JsonObject')
$jsonToken = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$jsonToken->LoadFile('qa_data/tokens/shopware6.json');

// This causes the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header to be added.
$http->AuthToken = $jsonToken->stringOf('access_token');

// Note: If you get a 401 response status code, then fetch a new access token and retry.
// resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
$resp = $http->PostJson3('https://my-shopware-6-shop.de/api/v3/search/category','application/json',$json);
if ($http->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.StringBuilder')
$sbResponseBody = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$resp->GetBodySb($sbResponseBody);
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.JsonObject')
$jResp = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$jResp->LoadSb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp->EmitCompact = 0;

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

// If we get a 401 response, it may be that our access token expired and we need to fetch a new one.
$respStatusCode = $resp->StatusCode;
print 'Response Status Code = ' . $respStatusCode . "\n";
if ($respStatusCode >= 400) {
    print 'Response Header:' . "\n";
    print $resp->Header . "\n";
    print 'Failed.' . "\n";

    exit;
}

// The response looks like this:
// Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON

// {
//   "data": [
//     {
//       "id": "89c4131789fd422c8f00cf37bbb83330",
//       "type": "category",
//       "attributes": {
//         "name": "Test123",
//         "apiAlias": null
//       },
//       "links": {
//         "self": "https:\/\/***.de\/api\/v3\/category\/89c4131789fd422c8f00cf37bbb83330"
//       },
//       "relationships": [
//       ],
//       "meta": null
//     }
//   ],
//   "included": [
//   ],
//   "links": {
//     "self": "https:\/\/***.de\/api\/v3\/search\/category"
//   },
//   "meta": {
//     "totalCountMode": 0,
//     "total": 1
//   },
//   "aggregations": [
//   ]
// }

$numSearchResults = $jResp->SizeOfArray('data');
if ($numSearchResults != 1) {
    print 'numSearchResults = ' . $numSearchResults . "\n";
    print 'Did not find the category, or unexpectedly found more than one with the same name.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

$categoryId = $jResp->stringOf('data[0].id');

print 'Category ID = ' . $categoryId . "\n";

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Delete this category by the given ID.

// We need to send a DELETE request like this:
// DELETE /api/v3/category/5840ff0975ac428ebf7838359e47737f

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.StringBuilder')
$sbUrl = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$sbUrl->Append('https://my-shopware-6-shop.de/api/v3/category/');
$sbUrl->Append($categoryId);

// If successful (204 response code), then the jsonStr will be empty.
// Otherwise it will be a JSON error message.
$jsonStr = $http->quickDeleteStr($sbUrl->getAsString());
if ($http->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// A 204 status code indicates success.
$respStatusCode = $http->LastStatus;
print 'Response status code for DELETE: ' . $respStatusCode . "\n";

// This will be non-empty if an error occurred.
print $jsonStr . "\n";

?>