(Ruby) Akeneo: Create New Product

Demonstrates how to create a new product.

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require 'chilkat'

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

http = Chilkat::CkHttp.new()

# Use your previously obtained access token.
# See Get Akeneo Access Token
http.put_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": "Dbardeur",
#         "locale": "fr_FR",
#         "scope": null
#       }
#     ],
#     "description": [
#       {
#         "data": "Summer top",
#         "locale": "en_US",
#         "scope": "ecommerce"
#       },
#       {
#         "data": "Top",
#         "locale": "en_US",
#         "scope": "tablet"
#       },
#       {
#         "data": "Dbardeur pour l't",
#         "locale": "fr_FR",
#         "scope": "ecommerce"
#       },
#       {
#         "data": "Dbardeur",
#         "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 = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
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","Dbardeur")
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","Dbardeur pour l't")
json.UpdateString("values.description[2].locale","fr_FR")
json.UpdateString("values.description[2].scope","ecommerce")
json.UpdateString("values.description[3].data","Dbardeur")
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.put_EmitCompact(false)
# Show the JSON to be sent..
print json.emit() + "\n";

url = "http://pim.my-akeneo-site.com/api/rest/v1/products"
# resp is a CkHttpResponse
resp = http.PostJson3(url,"application/json",json)
if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true)
    print http.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print "Response Status Code: " + resp.get_StatusCode().to_s() + "\n";
print "Response Body: " + "\n";
print resp.bodyStr() + "\n";

# 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")
print "Location: " + location + "\n";