(VB.NET) Shopware 6 - Rename Category

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Changes the name of an existing category.

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

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean

' You'll need to know the category's id to update the name.
' See Find Shopware Category by Name for example code.

' Load the access token previously obtained in Shopware 6 OAuth2 Client Credentials
Dim jsonToken As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/shopware6.json")

' This causes the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header to be added.
http.AuthToken = jsonToken.StringOf("access_token")


' Send a PATCH request where the category id is in the path and the new name is in the JSON body, like this:
' PATCH /api/v3/category/ab6e524bf224404cb4b675a76550b8cd
' {
'     "name": "new_category_name"
' }

Dim categoryId As String = "ab6e524bf224404cb4b675a76550b8cd"

Dim sbUrl As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
sbUrl.Append("https://my-shopware-6-shop.de/api/v3/category/")
sbUrl.Append(categoryId)

' Rename the category to "TestABC"
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.UpdateString("name","TestABC")

Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.PText("PATCH",sbUrl.GetAsString(),json.Emit(),"utf-8","application/json",False,False)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If



Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
Dim jResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False

' A 204 response status code indicates success.
' The response body will be empty when successful.
Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:")
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit())

' If we get a 401 response, it may be that our access token expired and we need to fetch a new one.
Dim respStatusCode As Integer = resp.StatusCode
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:")
    Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header)
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.")

    Exit Sub
End If