(VBScript) Shopify Private Authentication for Private Apps

Shopify private authentication is for interacting with your own store through private applications. It uses HTTP "Basic" authentication with your Shopify private application key and secret key.

This example demonstrates how to send a private authenticated request using Chilkat Http, and then the same using Chilkat Rest.

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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

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

' First demonstrate sending a simple request using Shopify private authentication w/ the Chilkat Http API.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")
set http = CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

' To use HTTP Basic Authentication with any HTTP request, we simply set the Login, Password, and BasicAuth properties.
' Important: All HTTP requests using Basic authentication must be over SSL/TLS.
http.Login = "SHOPIFY_PRIVATE_API_KEY"
http.Password = "SHOPIFY_PRIVATE_API_SECRET_KEY"
http.BasicAuth = 1

' Make sure to replace "chilkat" with your store name.
' resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.QuickGetObj("https://chilkat.myshopify.com/admin/products.json")
If (http.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Examine the response code.
If (resp.StatusCode <> 200) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("Received error response code: " & resp.StatusCode)
    outFile.WriteLine("Response body:")
    outFile.WriteLine(resp.BodyStr)

    WScript.Quit
End If

' Success.
outFile.WriteLine("Success.")

' Examine the JSON response 
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
set sbJson = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = resp.GetBodySb(sbJson)

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set json = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.LoadSb(sbJson)
json.EmitCompact = 0
outFile.WriteLine(json.Emit())

' -------------------------------------------------
' Now let's do the same using the Chilkat Rest API.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Rest")
set rest = CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")

' Provide the private app credentials:
success = rest.SetAuthBasic("SHOPIFY_PRIVATE_API_KEY","SHOPIFY_PRIVATE_API_SECRET_KEY")

' Connect to the shopify server.
bTls = 1
port = 443
bAutoReconnect = 1
' Make sure to replace "chilkat" with your store name.
success = rest.Connect("chilkat.myshopify.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

sbJson.Clear 
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/admin/products.json",sbJson)
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("Received error response code: " & rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    outFile.WriteLine("Response body:")
    outFile.WriteLine(sbJson.GetAsString())
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Success...
success = json.LoadSb(sbJson)
outFile.WriteLine(json.Emit())

outFile.Close