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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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#include <CkHttpW.h>
#include <CkHttpRequestW.h>
#include <CkStringBuilderW.h>
#include <CkHttpResponseW.h>
#include <CkXmlW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool 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 ..."
    const wchar_t *accessToken = L"EBAY_ACCESS_TOKEN";

    CkHttpW http;

    const wchar_t *apiCall = L"uploadFile";
    const wchar_t *fileAttachmentUuid = L"<urn:uuid:bb47b86a237311e793ae92361f002671>";
    const wchar_t *xmlUuid = L"<urn:uuid:bb47b766237311e793ae92361f002671>";

    CkHttpRequestW req;

    req.put_HttpVerb(L"POST");
    req.put_Path(L"/FileTransferService");

    CkStringBuilderW sbContentType;
    sbContentType.Append(L"multipart/related; type=\"application/xop+xml\"; start=\"XMLUUID\"; start-info=\"text/xml\"");
    int replaceCount = sbContentType.Replace(L"XMLUUID",xmlUuid);
    req.put_ContentType(sbContentType.getAsString());

    req.AddHeader(L"X-EBAY-SOA-SERVICE-NAME",L"FileTransferService");
    req.AddHeader(L"X-EBAY-SOA-OPERATION-NAME",apiCall);
    req.AddHeader(L"X-EBAY-SOA-SECURITY-TOKEN",accessToken);
    req.AddHeader(L"X-EBAY-SOA-REQUEST-DATA-FORMAT",L"XML");
    req.AddHeader(L"X-EBAY-SOA-RESPONSE-DATA-FORMAT",L"XML");
    req.AddHeader(L"User-Agent",L"AnythingYouWant");

    const wchar_t *pathToFileOnDisk1 = L"qa_data/ebay/uploadFileRequest.xml";
    success = req.AddFileForUpload(L"uploadFileRequest.xml",pathToFileOnDisk1);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",req.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    const wchar_t *pathToFileOnDisk2 = L"qa_data/ebay/BulkDataExchangeRequests.gz";
    success = req.AddFileForUpload(L"BulkDataExchangeRequests.gz",pathToFileOnDisk2);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",req.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Add sub-headers for each file in the request.
    req.AddSubHeader(0,L"Content-Type",L"application/xop+xml; charset=UTF-8; type=\"text/xml\"");
    req.AddSubHeader(0,L"Content-Transfer-Encoding",L"binary");
    req.AddSubHeader(0,L"Content-ID",xmlUuid);
    req.AddSubHeader(1,L"Content-Type",L"application/octet-stream");
    req.AddSubHeader(1,L"Content-Transfer-Encoding",L"binary");
    req.AddSubHeader(1,L"Content-ID",fileAttachmentUuid);

    CkHttpResponseW resp;
    success = http.HttpSReq(L"storage.sandbox.ebay.com",443,true,req,resp);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Response status code = %d\n",resp.get_StatusCode());

    CkXmlW xml;
    xml.LoadXml(resp.bodyStr());

    if (resp.get_StatusCode() != 200) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",xml.getXml());
        wprintf(L"Failed.\n");
        return;
    }

    // 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>

    wprintf(L"%s\n",xml.getXml());

    // Get the "ack" to see if it's "Failure" or "Success"
    if (xml.ChildContentMatches(L"ack",L"Success",false)) {
        wprintf(L"Success.\n");
    }
    else {
        wprintf(L"Failure.\n");
    }
    }