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effectconnect Create or Replace Product Catalog

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Use this call to create or replace a product catalog in EffectConnect. This is always a purge and replace action for the entire catalog.

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#include <CkHttpW.h>
#include <CkHttpRequestW.h>
#include <CkDateTimeW.h>
#include <CkStringBuilderW.h>
#include <CkCrypt2W.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.

    const wchar_t *uri = L"/products";
    const wchar_t *apiVersion = L"2.0";

    CkHttpW http;
    CkHttpRequestW req;

    // Use your effectconnect public key here...
    req.AddHeader(L"KEY",L"PUBLIC_KEY");
    req.AddHeader(L"VERSION",apiVersion);
    req.AddHeader(L"URI",uri);
    req.AddHeader(L"RESPONSETYPE",L"XML");
    req.AddHeader(L"RESPONSELANGUAGE",L"en");

    // Get the current date/time in timestamp format.
    CkDateTimeW dt;
    dt.SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
    const wchar_t *timestamp = dt.getAsTimestamp(true);

    req.AddHeader(L"TIME",timestamp);
    wprintf(L"timestamp = %s\n",timestamp);

    CkStringBuilderW sbXml;
    success = sbXml.LoadFile(L"qa_data/xml/effectconnect/effconCreate.xml",L"utf-8");
    wprintf(L"length = %d\n",sbXml.get_Length());

    req.put_HttpVerb(L"POST");
    req.put_Path(uri);
    req.put_ContentType(L"multipart/form-data");
    success = req.AddStringForUpload(L"payload",L"effcon.xml",sbXml.getAsString(),L"utf-8");
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",req.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Build a string-to-sign and sign it using our effectconnect private key
    CkStringBuilderW sbStringToSign;
    sbStringToSign.AppendInt(sbXml.get_Length());
    sbStringToSign.Append(L"POST");
    sbStringToSign.Append(uri);
    sbStringToSign.Append(apiVersion);
    sbStringToSign.Append(timestamp);

    CkCrypt2W crypt;
    crypt.put_MacAlgorithm(L"hmac");
    crypt.put_HashAlgorithm(L"sha512");
    crypt.put_EncodingMode(L"base64");
    // Use your effectconnect private key here:
    crypt.SetMacKeyString(L"PRIVATE_KEY");
    req.AddHeader(L"SIGNATURE",crypt.macStringENC(sbStringToSign.getAsString()));

    CkHttpResponseW resp;
    success = http.HttpSReq(L"submit.effectconnect.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());

    // Examine the response.  The response status code can be 200 for both errors and success.
    // The success or error is based on the XML returned in the response body.
    CkXmlW xmlResp;
    xmlResp.LoadXml(resp.bodyStr());

    wprintf(L"response body:\n");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",xmlResp.getXml());

    // A sample response:

    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    // <ApiResponseContainer>
    //     <Request>
    //         <RequestType>Products</RequestType>
    //         <RequestAction>Create</RequestAction>
    //         <RequestVersion>2.0</RequestVersion>
    //         <RequestIdentifier/>
    //         <ProcessedAt>2019-04-18T15:28:55+02:00</ProcessedAt>
    //     </Request>
    //     <Response>
    //         <Result>Success</Result>
    //         <ProductsCreateResponseContainer>
    //             <ProcessID><![CDATA[J048hgS4OkNn0JnH]]></ProcessID>
    //         </ProductsCreateResponseContainer>
    //     </Response>
    // </ApiResponseContainer>

    // Parsing the response...
    const wchar_t *tagPath = 0;
    const wchar_t *RequestType = 0;
    const wchar_t *RequestAction = 0;
    const wchar_t *RequestVersion = 0;
    const wchar_t *ProcessedAt = 0;
    const wchar_t *Result = 0;
    const wchar_t *ProcessID = 0;

    RequestType = xmlResp.getChildContent(L"Request|RequestType");
    RequestAction = xmlResp.getChildContent(L"Request|RequestAction");
    RequestVersion = xmlResp.getChildContent(L"Request|RequestVersion");
    ProcessedAt = xmlResp.getChildContent(L"Request|ProcessedAt");
    Result = xmlResp.getChildContent(L"Response|Result");
    ProcessID = xmlResp.getChildContent(L"Response|ProductsCreateResponseContainer|ProcessID");
    }