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

$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-Object Chilkat.Http

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

$req = New-Object Chilkat.HttpRequest

$req.HttpVerb = "POST"
$req.Path = "/FileTransferService"

$sbContentType = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$sbContentType.Append("multipart/related; type=`"application/xop+xml`"; start=`"XMLUUID`"; start-info=`"text/xml`"")
$replaceCount = $sbContentType.Replace("XMLUUID",$xmlUuid)
$req.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 -eq $false) {
    $($req.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$pathToFileOnDisk2 = "qa_data/ebay/BulkDataExchangeRequests.gz"
$success = $req.AddFileForUpload("BulkDataExchangeRequests.gz",$pathToFileOnDisk2)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($req.LastErrorText)
    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-Object Chilkat.HttpResponse
$success = $http.HttpSReq("storage.sandbox.ebay.com",443,$true,$req,$resp)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Response status code = " + $resp.StatusCode)

$xml = New-Object Chilkat.Xml
$xml.LoadXml($resp.BodyStr)

if ($resp.StatusCode -ne 200) {
    $($xml.GetXml())
    $("Failed.")
    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>

$($xml.GetXml())

# Get the "ack" to see if it's "Failure" or "Success"
if ($xml.ChildContentMatches("ack","Success",$false)) {
    $("Success.")
}
else {
    $("Failure.")
}