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eBay -- Download Data using FileTransferService

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Demonstrates how to download a data file using the eBay File Transfer API.

Chilkat Unicode C Downloads

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#include <C_CkHttpW.h>
#include <C_CkHttpRequestW.h>
#include <C_CkXmlW.h>
#include <C_CkHttpResponseW.h>
#include <C_CkBinDataW.h>
#include <C_CkMimeW.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilderW.h>
#include <C_CkGzipW.h>
#include <C_CkZipW.h>
#include <C_CkZipEntryW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    const wchar_t *accessToken;
    HCkHttpW http;
    HCkHttpRequestW req;
    HCkXmlW xml;
    HCkHttpResponseW resp;
    int statusCode;
    HCkBinDataW responseBody;
    HCkMimeW mime;
    HCkMimeW part0;
    const wchar_t *downloadResponseXml;
    HCkXmlW xmlResp;
    HCkMimeW part1;
    HCkBinDataW zipData;
    HCkStringBuilderW sbContentType;
    HCkXmlW xmlFromZip;
    HCkGzipW gzip;
    HCkZipW zip;
    HCkZipEntryW entry;

    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 = L"EBAY_ACCESS_TOKEN";

    http = CkHttpW_Create();

    req = CkHttpRequestW_Create();

    CkHttpRequestW_putHttpVerb(req,L"POST");
    CkHttpRequestW_putPath(req,L"/FileTransferService");
    CkHttpRequestW_putContentType(req,L"application/xml");

    // Build the XML body for the request.
    xml = CkXmlW_Create();
    CkXmlW_putTag(xml,L"downloadFileRequest");
    CkXmlW_AddAttribute(xml,L"xmlns",L"http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/services");
    CkXmlW_UpdateChildContent(xml,L"taskReferenceId",L"50013004806");
    CkXmlW_UpdateChildContent(xml,L"fileReferenceId",L"50015579016");

    CkHttpRequestW_LoadBodyFromString(req,CkXmlW_getXml(xml),L"utf-8");

    // The XML body looks like this:

    // 	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    // 	<downloadFileRequest xmlns="http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/services">
    // 	<taskReferenceId>50013004806</taskReferenceId>
    // 	<fileReferenceId>50015579016</fileReferenceId>
    // 	</downloadFileRequest>

    CkHttpRequestW_AddHeader(req,L"X-EBAY-SOA-OPERATION-NAME",L"downloadFile");
    CkHttpRequestW_AddHeader(req,L"X-EBAY-SOA-SECURITY-TOKEN",accessToken);

    resp = CkHttpResponseW_Create();
    success = CkHttpW_HttpSReq(http,L"storage.sandbox.ebay.com",443,TRUE,req,resp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkHttpW_lastErrorText(http));
        CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
        CkHttpRequestW_Dispose(req);
        CkXmlW_Dispose(xml);
        CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
        return;
    }

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

    responseBody = CkBinDataW_Create();
    CkHttpResponseW_GetBodyBd(resp,responseBody);

    // We can save the response body to a file for examination if we get an unanticipated response.  
    // (It's binary, so it won't open well in a text editor.)
    CkBinDataW_WriteFile(responseBody,L"qa_output/response.mime");

    if (statusCode != 200) {
        wprintf(L"Failed.\n");
        CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
        CkHttpRequestW_Dispose(req);
        CkXmlW_Dispose(xml);
        CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
        CkBinDataW_Dispose(responseBody);
        return;
    }

    // The response body looks like this:

    // 	--MIMEBoundaryurn_uuid_2B668636C1E17A4D4114925305818684241
    // 	Content-Type: application/xop+xml; charset=utf-8; type="text/xml"
    // 	Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
    // 	Content-ID: <0.urn:uuid:2B668636C1E17A4D4114925305818684242>
    // 
    // 	<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
    // 	<downloadFileResponse xmlns="http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/services">
    // 	<ack>Success</ack>
    // 	<version>1.1.0</version>
    // 	<timestamp>2017-04-18T15:49:41.868Z</timestamp>
    // 	<fileAttachment>
    // 	    <Size>587</Size>
    // 	    <Data>
    //                 <xop:Include xmlns:xop="http://www.w3.org/2004/08/xop/include" href="cid:urn:uuid:A37C3C73E994C267F11492530585522"/>
    // 	    </Data>
    // 	</fileAttachment>
    // 	</downloadFileResponse>
    // 	--MIMEBoundaryurn_uuid_2B668636C1E17A4D4114925305818684241
    // 	Content-Type: application/zip
    // 	Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
    // 	Content-ID: <urn:uuid:A37C3C73E994C267F11492530585522>
    // 
    // 	<the binary bytes of the zip start here...>
    // 

    // Load the binary response into a MIME object.
    mime = CkMimeW_Create();
    success = CkMimeW_LoadMimeBd(mime,responseBody);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkMimeW_lastErrorText(mime));
        CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
        CkHttpRequestW_Dispose(req);
        CkXmlW_Dispose(xml);
        CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
        CkBinDataW_Dispose(responseBody);
        CkMimeW_Dispose(mime);
        return;
    }

    // Make sure we have 2 sub-parts.  The 1st sub-part is the XML response, the 2nd sub-part
    // is the zip containing the data.

    // Note: The 2nd sub-part can be a "zip" or "gzip".  These are two different file formats.
    // A zip is indicated with a Content-Type header equal to "application/zip",
    // whereas a gzip is indicated with a Content-Type header equal to "application/x-gzip"
    if (CkMimeW_getNumParts(mime) != 2) {
        wprintf(L"Expected the MIME to have 2 parts.\n");
        wprintf(L"NumParts = %d\n",CkMimeW_getNumParts(mime));
        wprintf(L"Failed.\n");
        CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
        CkHttpRequestW_Dispose(req);
        CkXmlW_Dispose(xml);
        CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
        CkBinDataW_Dispose(responseBody);
        CkMimeW_Dispose(mime);
        return;
    }

    // Get the XML from the 1st MIME sub-part.

    part0 = CkMimeW_Create();
    success = CkMimeW_PartAt(mime,0,part0);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkMimeW_lastErrorText(mime));
        CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
        CkHttpRequestW_Dispose(req);
        CkXmlW_Dispose(xml);
        CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
        CkBinDataW_Dispose(responseBody);
        CkMimeW_Dispose(mime);
        CkMimeW_Dispose(part0);
        return;
    }

    downloadResponseXml = CkMimeW_getBodyDecoded(part0);
    xmlResp = CkXmlW_Create();
    CkXmlW_LoadXml(xmlResp,downloadResponseXml);
    wprintf(L"Download Response XML:\n");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkXmlW_getXml(xmlResp));

    wprintf(L"----\n");

    // Now get the zip from the second part (index=1), unzip, and examine..

    part1 = CkMimeW_Create();
    success = CkMimeW_PartAt(mime,1,part1);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkMimeW_lastErrorText(mime));
        CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
        CkHttpRequestW_Dispose(req);
        CkXmlW_Dispose(xml);
        CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
        CkBinDataW_Dispose(responseBody);
        CkMimeW_Dispose(mime);
        CkMimeW_Dispose(part0);
        CkXmlW_Dispose(xmlResp);
        CkMimeW_Dispose(part1);
        return;
    }

    zipData = CkBinDataW_Create();
    CkMimeW_GetBodyBd(part1,zipData);

    // Check to see if we have a zip or gzip.
    sbContentType = CkStringBuilderW_Create();
    CkStringBuilderW_Append(sbContentType,CkMimeW_contentType(part1));

    xmlFromZip = CkXmlW_Create();

    if (CkStringBuilderW_Contains(sbContentType,L"gzip",FALSE) == TRUE) {
        // This is a gzip compressed file.
        gzip = CkGzipW_Create();

        // in-place uncompress the data.
        // Note: The UncompressBd method was added in Chilkat v9.5.0.67
        success = CkGzipW_UncompressBd(gzip,zipData);
        if (success == FALSE) {
            wprintf(L"%s\n",CkGzipW_lastErrorText(gzip));
            CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
            CkHttpRequestW_Dispose(req);
            CkXmlW_Dispose(xml);
            CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
            CkBinDataW_Dispose(responseBody);
            CkMimeW_Dispose(mime);
            CkMimeW_Dispose(part0);
            CkXmlW_Dispose(xmlResp);
            CkMimeW_Dispose(part1);
            CkBinDataW_Dispose(zipData);
            CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbContentType);
            CkXmlW_Dispose(xmlFromZip);
            CkGzipW_Dispose(gzip);
            return;
        }

        CkXmlW_LoadXml(xmlFromZip,CkBinDataW_getString(zipData,L"utf-8"));

    }
    else {
        // This is a zip archive.

        // Load the body into a Zip object.
        zip = CkZipW_Create();
        success = CkZipW_OpenBd(zip,zipData);
        if (success == FALSE) {
            wprintf(L"%s\n",CkZipW_lastErrorText(zip));
            CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
            CkHttpRequestW_Dispose(req);
            CkXmlW_Dispose(xml);
            CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
            CkBinDataW_Dispose(responseBody);
            CkMimeW_Dispose(mime);
            CkMimeW_Dispose(part0);
            CkXmlW_Dispose(xmlResp);
            CkMimeW_Dispose(part1);
            CkBinDataW_Dispose(zipData);
            CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbContentType);
            CkXmlW_Dispose(xmlFromZip);
            CkGzipW_Dispose(gzip);
            CkZipW_Dispose(zip);
            return;
        }

        // Save the .zip to a file (so we can examine it for debugging if something is not as expected)
        CkBinDataW_WriteFile(zipData,L"qa_output/ebay_data.zip");

        // The zip should contain a single XML file.
        if (CkZipW_getNumEntries(zip) != 1) {
            wprintf(L"Expected the .zip to have 1 entry.\n");
            wprintf(L"NumEntries = %d\n",CkZipW_getNumEntries(zip));
            wprintf(L"Failed.\n");
            CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
            CkHttpRequestW_Dispose(req);
            CkXmlW_Dispose(xml);
            CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
            CkBinDataW_Dispose(responseBody);
            CkMimeW_Dispose(mime);
            CkMimeW_Dispose(part0);
            CkXmlW_Dispose(xmlResp);
            CkMimeW_Dispose(part1);
            CkBinDataW_Dispose(zipData);
            CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbContentType);
            CkXmlW_Dispose(xmlFromZip);
            CkGzipW_Dispose(gzip);
            CkZipW_Dispose(zip);
            return;
        }

        entry = CkZipEntryW_Create();
        success = CkZipW_EntryAt(zip,0,entry);
        if (success == FALSE) {
            wprintf(L"%s\n",CkZipW_lastErrorText(zip));
            CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
            CkHttpRequestW_Dispose(req);
            CkXmlW_Dispose(xml);
            CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
            CkBinDataW_Dispose(responseBody);
            CkMimeW_Dispose(mime);
            CkMimeW_Dispose(part0);
            CkXmlW_Dispose(xmlResp);
            CkMimeW_Dispose(part1);
            CkBinDataW_Dispose(zipData);
            CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbContentType);
            CkXmlW_Dispose(xmlFromZip);
            CkGzipW_Dispose(gzip);
            CkZipW_Dispose(zip);
            CkZipEntryW_Dispose(entry);
            return;
        }

        CkXmlW_LoadXml(xmlFromZip,CkZipEntryW_unzipToString(entry,0,L"utf-8"));
    }

    wprintf(L"XML contained in the zip:\n");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkXmlW_getXml(xmlFromZip));
    wprintf(L"----\n");

    wprintf(L"Success.\n");


    CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
    CkHttpRequestW_Dispose(req);
    CkXmlW_Dispose(xml);
    CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
    CkBinDataW_Dispose(responseBody);
    CkMimeW_Dispose(mime);
    CkMimeW_Dispose(part0);
    CkXmlW_Dispose(xmlResp);
    CkMimeW_Dispose(part1);
    CkBinDataW_Dispose(zipData);
    CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbContentType);
    CkXmlW_Dispose(xmlFromZip);
    CkGzipW_Dispose(gzip);
    CkZipW_Dispose(zip);
    CkZipEntryW_Dispose(entry);

    }