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Akeneo: Create New Product

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Demonstrates how to create a new product.

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func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

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

    let http = CkoHttp()!

    // 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": []
    //     }
    //   }
    // }
    // 

    let json = CkoJsonObject()!
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "identifier", value: "top")
    json.updateBool(jsonPath: "enabled", value: true)
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "family", value: "tshirt")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "categories[0]", value: "summer_collection")
    json.updateNewArray(jsonPath: "groups")
    json.updateNull(jsonPath: "parent")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "values.name[0].data", value: "Top")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "values.name[0].locale", value: "en_US")
    json.updateNull(jsonPath: "values.name[0].scope")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "values.name[1].data", value: "D�bardeur")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "values.name[1].locale", value: "fr_FR")
    json.updateNull(jsonPath: "values.name[1].scope")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "values.description[0].data", value: "Summer top")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "values.description[0].locale", value: "en_US")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "values.description[0].scope", value: "ecommerce")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "values.description[1].data", value: "Top")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "values.description[1].locale", value: "en_US")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "values.description[1].scope", value: "tablet")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "values.description[2].data", value: "D�bardeur pour l'�t�")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "values.description[2].locale", value: "fr_FR")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "values.description[2].scope", value: "ecommerce")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "values.description[3].data", value: "D�bardeur")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "values.description[3].locale", value: "fr_FR")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "values.description[3].scope", value: "tablet")
    json.updateNull(jsonPath: "values.price[0].locale")
    json.updateNull(jsonPath: "values.price[0].scope")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "values.price[0].data[0].amount", value: "150.5")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "values.price[0].data[0].currency", value: "EUR")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "values.price[0].data[1].amount", value: "150")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "values.price[0].data[1].currency", value: "USD")
    json.updateNull(jsonPath: "values.color[0].locale")
    json.updateNull(jsonPath: "values.color[0].scope")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "values.color[0].data", value: "black")
    json.updateNull(jsonPath: "values.size[0].locale")
    json.updateNull(jsonPath: "values.size[0].scope")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "values.size[0].data", value: "m")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "associations.PACK.products[0]", value: "sunglass")
    json.updateNewArray(jsonPath: "associations.PACK.groups")

    json.emitCompact = false
    // Show the JSON to be sent..
    print("\(json.emit()!)")

    var url: String? = "http://pim.my-akeneo-site.com/api/rest/v1/products"
    let resp = CkoHttpResponse()!
    success = http.httpJson(verb: "POST", url: url, json: json, contentType: "application/json", response: resp)
    if success == false {
        print("\(http.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    print("Response Status Code: \(resp.statusCode.intValue)")
    print("Response Body: ")
    print("\(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
    var location: String? = resp.getHeaderField(fieldName: "Location")
    print("Location: \(location!)")

}