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Akeneo: Create New Product

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Demonstrates how to create a new product.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

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

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http

# Use your previously obtained access token.
# See Get Akeneo Access Token
$http.AuthToken = "access_token"

# Build the following JSON to be sent in the request body:
# Use this online tool to generate the code from sample JSON: 
# Generate Code to Create JSON

# {
#   "identifier": "top",
#   "enabled": true,
#   "family": "tshirt",
#   "categories": [
#     "summer_collection"
#   ],
#   "groups": [],
#   "parent": null,
#   "values": {
#     "name": [
#       {
#         "data": "Top",
#         "locale": "en_US",
#         "scope": null
#       },
#       {
#         "data": "D�bardeur",
#         "locale": "fr_FR",
#         "scope": null
#       }
#     ],
#     "description": [
#       {
#         "data": "Summer top",
#         "locale": "en_US",
#         "scope": "ecommerce"
#       },
#       {
#         "data": "Top",
#         "locale": "en_US",
#         "scope": "tablet"
#       },
#       {
#         "data": "D�bardeur pour l'�t�",
#         "locale": "fr_FR",
#         "scope": "ecommerce"
#       },
#       {
#         "data": "D�bardeur",
#         "locale": "fr_FR",
#         "scope": "tablet"
#       }
#     ],
#     "price": [
#       {
#         "locale": null,
#         "scope": null,
#         "data": [
#           {
#             "amount": "150.5",
#             "currency": "EUR"
#           },
#           {
#             "amount": "150",
#             "currency": "USD"
#           }
#         ]
#       }
#     ],
#     "color": [
#       {
#         "locale": null,
#         "scope": null,
#         "data": "black"
#       }
#     ],
#     "size": [
#       {
#         "locale": null,
#         "scope": null,
#         "data": "m"
#       }
#     ]
#   },
#   "associations": {
#     "PACK": {
#       "products": [
#         "sunglass"
#       ],
#       "groups": []
#     }
#   }
# }
# 

$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$json.UpdateString("identifier","top")
$json.UpdateBool("enabled",$true)
$json.UpdateString("family","tshirt")
$json.UpdateString("categories[0]","summer_collection")
$json.UpdateNewArray("groups")
$json.UpdateNull("parent")
$json.UpdateString("values.name[0].data","Top")
$json.UpdateString("values.name[0].locale","en_US")
$json.UpdateNull("values.name[0].scope")
$json.UpdateString("values.name[1].data","D�bardeur")
$json.UpdateString("values.name[1].locale","fr_FR")
$json.UpdateNull("values.name[1].scope")
$json.UpdateString("values.description[0].data","Summer top")
$json.UpdateString("values.description[0].locale","en_US")
$json.UpdateString("values.description[0].scope","ecommerce")
$json.UpdateString("values.description[1].data","Top")
$json.UpdateString("values.description[1].locale","en_US")
$json.UpdateString("values.description[1].scope","tablet")
$json.UpdateString("values.description[2].data","D�bardeur pour l'�t�")
$json.UpdateString("values.description[2].locale","fr_FR")
$json.UpdateString("values.description[2].scope","ecommerce")
$json.UpdateString("values.description[3].data","D�bardeur")
$json.UpdateString("values.description[3].locale","fr_FR")
$json.UpdateString("values.description[3].scope","tablet")
$json.UpdateNull("values.price[0].locale")
$json.UpdateNull("values.price[0].scope")
$json.UpdateString("values.price[0].data[0].amount","150.5")
$json.UpdateString("values.price[0].data[0].currency","EUR")
$json.UpdateString("values.price[0].data[1].amount","150")
$json.UpdateString("values.price[0].data[1].currency","USD")
$json.UpdateNull("values.color[0].locale")
$json.UpdateNull("values.color[0].scope")
$json.UpdateString("values.color[0].data","black")
$json.UpdateNull("values.size[0].locale")
$json.UpdateNull("values.size[0].scope")
$json.UpdateString("values.size[0].data","m")
$json.UpdateString("associations.PACK.products[0]","sunglass")
$json.UpdateNewArray("associations.PACK.groups")

$json.EmitCompact = $false
# Show the JSON to be sent..
$($json.Emit())

$url = "http://pim.my-akeneo-site.com/api/rest/v1/products"
$resp = New-Object Chilkat.HttpResponse
$success = $http.HttpJson("POST",$url,$json,"application/json",$resp)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Response Status Code: " + $resp.StatusCode)
$("Response Body: ")
$($resp.BodyStr)

# The akeneo response will include a "Location" header, such as the following:
# HTTP/1.1 201 Created
# Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:36:35 GMT
# Server: Apache/2
# X-Powered-By: PHP/7.1.25
# Cache-Control: max-age=0, private, must-revalidate, no-cache, private
# Set-Cookie: abcdefg; path=/; HttpOnly
# Location: http://xyz.example.com/api/rest/v1/products/L0000123
# Vary: User-Agent
# Content-Length: 0
# Keep-Alive: timeout=2, max=100
# Connection: Keep-Alive
# Content-Type: application/json

# Get the location header using resp.GetHeaderField
$location = $resp.GetHeaderField("Location")
$("Location: " + $location)