Xojo Plugin

MWS RequestReport (Amazon Marketplace Web Service)

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Creates a report request and submits the request to Amazon MWS.

See Amazon MWS RequestReport for more information.

Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

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

Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest

// Connect to the Amazon MWS REST server.
// 
// Make sure to connect to the correct Amazon MWS Endpoint, otherwise
// you'll get an HTTP 401 response code.
// 
// The possible servers are:
// 
// North America (NA) 	https://mws.amazonservices.com
// Europe (EU) 	https://mws-eu.amazonservices.com
// India (IN) 	https://mws.amazonservices.in
// China (CN) 	https://mws.amazonservices.com.cn
// Japan (JP) 	https://mws.amazonservices.jp 
// 
Dim bTls As Boolean
bTls = True
Dim port As Int32
port = 443
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean
bAutoReconnect = True
success = rest.Connect("mws.amazonservices.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog("ConnectFailReason: " + Str(rest.ConnectFailReason))
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

rest.Host = "mws.amazonservices.com"

success = rest.AddQueryParam("AWSAccessKeyId","0PB842EXAMPLE7N4ZTR2")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("Action","RequestReport")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("EndDate","2008-06-26T18:12:21")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("MWSAuthToken","amzn.mws.4ea38b7b-f563-7709-4bae-87aeaEXAMPLE")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("Marketplace","ATVPDKIKX0DER")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("ReportType","_GET_MERCHANT_LISTINGS_DATA_")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("SellerId","A1XEXAMPLE5E6")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("SignatureMethod","HmacSHA256")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("SignatureVersion","2")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("StartDate","2009-01-03T18:12:21")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("Version","2009-01-01")

// Add the MWS Signature param.  (Also adds the Timestamp parameter using the curent system date/time.)
// The AddMwsSignature method adds the Timestamp and Signature query params.
success = rest.AddMwsSignature("POST","/Reports/2009-01-01","mws.amazonservices.com","MWS_SECRET_KEY")

Dim responseXml As String
responseXml = rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/Reports/2009-01-01")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    System.DebugLog("response status code = " + Str(rest.ResponseStatusCode))
    System.DebugLog("response status text = " + rest.ResponseStatusText)
    System.DebugLog("response header: " + rest.ResponseHeader)
    System.DebugLog("response body: " + responseXml)
    System.DebugLog("---")
    System.DebugLog("LastRequestStartLine: " + rest.LastRequestStartLine)
    System.DebugLog("LastRequestHeader: " + rest.LastRequestHeader)
End If

// Examine the XML returned in the response body.
System.DebugLog(responseXml)
System.DebugLog("----")
System.DebugLog("Success.")

// Sample Response

// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: 
// Generate Parsing Code from XML

// <?xml version="1.0"?>
// <RequestReportResponse
//     xmlns="http://mws.amazonaws.com/doc/2009-01-01/">
//     <RequestReportResult>
//         <ReportRequestInfo>
//             <ReportRequestId>2291326454</ReportRequestId>
//             <ReportType>_GET_MERCHANT_LISTINGS_DATA_</ReportType>
//             <StartDate>2009-01-21T02:10:39+00:00</StartDate>
//             <EndDate>2009-02-13T02:10:39+00:00</EndDate>
//             <Scheduled>false</Scheduled>
//             <SubmittedDate>2009-02-20T02:10:39+00:00</SubmittedDate>
//             <ReportProcessingStatus>_SUBMITTED_</ReportProcessingStatus>
//         </ReportRequestInfo>
//     </RequestReportResult>
//     <ResponseMetadata>
//         <RequestId>88faca76-b600-46d2-b53c-0c8c4533e43a</RequestId>
//     </ResponseMetadata>
// </RequestReportResponse>

Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
success = xml.LoadXml(responseXml)

Dim RequestReportResponse_xmlns As String
RequestReportResponse_xmlns = xml.GetAttrValue("xmlns")
Dim ReportRequestId As String
ReportRequestId = xml.GetChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|ReportRequestId")
Dim ReportType As String
ReportType = xml.GetChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|ReportType")
Dim StartDate As String
StartDate = xml.GetChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|StartDate")
Dim EndDate As String
EndDate = xml.GetChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|EndDate")
Dim Scheduled As String
Scheduled = xml.GetChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|Scheduled")
Dim SubmittedDate As String
SubmittedDate = xml.GetChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|SubmittedDate")
Dim ReportProcessingStatus As String
ReportProcessingStatus = xml.GetChildContent("RequestReportResult|ReportRequestInfo|ReportProcessingStatus")
Dim RequestId As String
RequestId = xml.GetChildContent("ResponseMetadata|RequestId")