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Xojo Plugin Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Shopify GraphQL Simple Query (Get Shop Object)

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Demonstrates a simple Shopify GraphQL query to get specific fields of the Shop object.

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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 http As New Chilkat.Http

//  This example will use private authentication (which is HTTP Basic authentication)
//  See the other Chilkat Shopify examples for OAuth2 authentication.
//  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 = True

//  We're going to do a POST  https://{shop}.myshopify.com/admin/api/2021-04/graphql.json
//  Make sure to replace "chilkat" with your store name.

//  The body of the request will be:
//     {
//         shop {
//             id
//             name
//             description
//             email
//          }
//      }

//  The above query is not JSON.  It looks like JSON, but it's actually not.
//  We'll just make it one line:

Dim query As String
query = "{ shop { id name description email } }"

//  My store name is "chilkat".  Use your store name here instead.
Dim url As String
url = "https://chilkat.myshopify.com/admin/api/2021-04/graphql.json"

Dim resp As New Chilkat.HttpResponse
success = http.HttpStr("POST",url,query,"utf-8","application/graphql",resp)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

//  Examine the response code.
If (resp.StatusCode <> 200) Then
    System.DebugLog("Received error response code: " + Str(resp.StatusCode))
    System.DebugLog("Response body:")
    System.DebugLog(resp.BodyStr)
    Return
End If

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

System.DebugLog("Response Body:")
System.DebugLog(jResp.Emit())

Dim respStatusCode As Int32
respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
System.DebugLog("Response Status Code = " + Str(respStatusCode))
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    System.DebugLog("Response Header:")
    System.DebugLog(resp.Header)
    System.DebugLog("Failed.")
    Return
End If

//  Sample JSON response:
//  (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

//  {
//    "data": {
//      "shop": {
//        "id": "gid:\/\/shopify\/Shop\/24198053",
//        "name": "chilkat",
//        "description": null,
//        "email": "admin@chilkatsoft.com"
//      }
//    },
//    "extensions": {
//      "cost": {
//        "requestedQueryCost": 1,
//        "actualQueryCost": 1,
//        "throttleStatus": {
//          "maximumAvailable": 1000.0,
//          "currentlyAvailable": 999,
//          "restoreRate": 50.0
//        }
//      }
//    }
//  }

//  Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
//  Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
//  Generate Parsing Code from JSON

Dim shopId As String
shopId = jResp.StringOf("data.shop.id")
Dim shopName As String
shopName = jResp.StringOf("data.shop.name")
Dim shopDescription As String
shopDescription = jResp.StringOf("data.shop.description")
Dim shopEmail As String
shopEmail = jResp.StringOf("data.shop.email")
Dim costRequestedQueryCost As Int32
costRequestedQueryCost = jResp.IntOf("extensions.cost.requestedQueryCost")
Dim costActualQueryCost As Int32
costActualQueryCost = jResp.IntOf("extensions.cost.actualQueryCost")
Dim costThrottleStatusMaximumAvailable As String
costThrottleStatusMaximumAvailable = jResp.StringOf("extensions.cost.throttleStatus.maximumAvailable")
Dim costThrottleStatusCurrentlyAvailable As Int32
costThrottleStatusCurrentlyAvailable = jResp.IntOf("extensions.cost.throttleStatus.currentlyAvailable")
Dim costThrottleStatusRestoreRate As String
costThrottleStatusRestoreRate = jResp.StringOf("extensions.cost.throttleStatus.restoreRate")

System.DebugLog("Shop name: " + shopName)
//  ...