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PHP Extension 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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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

$http = new CkHttp();

//  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(true);

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

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

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

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

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

?>