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Visual Basic 6.0

effectconnect Read Orderlist

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Get a set of orders filtered by the parameters in the XML payload.

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Visual Basic 6.0
Dim success As Long
success = 0

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

Dim fullUri As String
fullUri = "https://submit.effectconnect.com/orderlist"
Dim uri As String
uri = "/orderlist"
Dim apiVersion As String
apiVersion = "2.0"

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp

' Use your effectconnect public key here..
http.SetRequestHeader "KEY","PUBLIC_KEY"
http.SetRequestHeader "VERSION",apiVersion
http.SetRequestHeader "URI",uri
http.SetRequestHeader "RESPONSETYPE","XML"
http.SetRequestHeader "RESPONSELANGUAGE","en"

' Get the current date/time in timestamp format.
Dim dt As New CkDateTime
success = dt.SetFromCurrentSystemTime()
Dim timestamp As String
timestamp = dt.GetAsTimestamp(1)

http.SetRequestHeader "TIME",timestamp
Debug.Print "timestamp = " & timestamp

' Create the following XML request body:
' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
' <list>
'   <filters>
'     <fromDateFilter>
'       <filterValue>2018-09-14T12:12:12+01:00</filterValue>
'     </fromDateFilter>
'     <toDateFilter>
'       <filterValue>2019-04-13T23:59:59+01:00</filterValue>
'     </toDateFilter>
'     <hasStatusFilter>
'       <filterValue>paid</filterValue>
'     </hasStatusFilter>
'     <hasTagFilter>
'       <filterValue>
'         <tagName>Test</tagName>
'         <exclude>false</exclude>
'       </filterValue>
'     </hasTagFilter>
'   </filters>
' </list>

' Use this online tool to generate the code from sample XML: 
' Generate Code to Create XML

Dim xml As New ChilkatXml
xml.Tag = "list"
xml.UpdateChildContent "filters|fromDateFilter|filterValue","2018-09-14T12:12:12+01:00"
xml.UpdateChildContent "filters|toDateFilter|filterValue","2019-04-13T23:59:59+01:00"
xml.UpdateChildContent "filters|hasStatusFilter|filterValue","paid"
xml.UpdateChildContent "filters|hasTagFilter|filterValue|tagName","Test"
xml.UpdateChildContent "filters|hasTagFilter|filterValue|exclude","false"
xml.EmitCompact = 1

Dim sbXml As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = xml.GetXmlSb(sbXml)

' Build a string-to-sign and sign it using our effectconnect private key
Dim sbStringToSign As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = sbStringToSign.AppendInt(sbXml.Length)
success = sbStringToSign.Append("POST")
success = sbStringToSign.Append(uri)
success = sbStringToSign.Append(apiVersion)
success = sbStringToSign.Append(timestamp)

Dim crypt As New ChilkatCrypt2
crypt.MacAlgorithm = "hmac"
crypt.HashAlgorithm = "sha512"
crypt.EncodingMode = "base64"
' Use your effectconnect private key here:
success = crypt.SetMacKeyString("PRIVATE_KEY")
http.SetRequestHeader "SIGNATURE",crypt.MacStringENC(sbStringToSign.GetAsString())

' Send the POST..
Dim resp As New ChilkatHttpResponse
success = http.HttpStr("POST",fullUri,xml.GetXml(),"utf-8","application/xml",resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "response status code = " & resp.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.
Dim xmlResp As New ChilkatXml
success = xmlResp.LoadXml(resp.BodyStr)

Debug.Print "response body:"
Debug.Print xmlResp.GetXml()

' Remove previously set headers (unless we want the same headers for the next request,
' in which case we may remove or update individual headers by calling SetRequestHeader.
http.ClearHeaders