(Xojo Plugin) Shopware 6 - Delete Category

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Delete a category by name.

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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

// First, let's search for the category by name because we'll need to know the category's id to delete.

// Sends the following POST

// POST /api/v3/search/category
// {
//     "filter": [
//         { "type": "equals", "field": "name", "value": "Test123" }
//     ],
//     "includes": {
//         "category": ["id", "name"]
//     }
// }

// Create the above JSON.
// Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
// Generate Code to Create JSON

Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = json.UpdateString("filter[0].type","equals")
success = json.UpdateString("filter[0].field","name")
success = json.UpdateString("filter[0].value","Test123")
success = json.UpdateString("includes.category[0]","id")
success = json.UpdateString("includes.category[1]","name")

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

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

// Note: If you get a 401 response status code, then fetch a new access token and retry.
Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse
resp = http.PostJson3("https://my-shopware-6-shop.de/api/v3/search/category","application/json",json)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(http.LastErrorText)
    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())

// 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 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

// The response looks like this:
// Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON

// {
//   "data": [
//     {
//       "id": "89c4131789fd422c8f00cf37bbb83330",
//       "type": "category",
//       "attributes": {
//         "name": "Test123",
//         "apiAlias": null
//       },
//       "links": {
//         "self": "https:\/\/***.de\/api\/v3\/category\/89c4131789fd422c8f00cf37bbb83330"
//       },
//       "relationships": [
//       ],
//       "meta": null
//     }
//   ],
//   "included": [
//   ],
//   "links": {
//     "self": "https:\/\/***.de\/api\/v3\/search\/category"
//   },
//   "meta": {
//     "totalCountMode": 0,
//     "total": 1
//   },
//   "aggregations": [
//   ]
// }

Dim numSearchResults As Int32
numSearchResults = jResp.SizeOfArray("data")
If (numSearchResults <> 1) Then
    System.DebugLog("numSearchResults = " + Str(numSearchResults))
    System.DebugLog("Did not find the category, or unexpectedly found more than one with the same name.")
    Return
End If

Dim categoryId As String
categoryId = jResp.StringOf("data[0].id")

System.DebugLog("Category ID = " + categoryId)

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Delete this category by the given ID.

// We need to send a DELETE request like this:
// DELETE /api/v3/category/5840ff0975ac428ebf7838359e47737f

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

// If successful (204 response code), then the jsonStr will be empty.
// Otherwise it will be a JSON error message.
Dim jsonStr As String
jsonStr = http.QuickDeleteStr(sbUrl.GetAsString())
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// A 204 status code indicates success.
respStatusCode = http.LastStatus
System.DebugLog("Response status code for DELETE: " + Str(respStatusCode))

// This will be non-empty if an error occurred.
System.DebugLog(jsonStr)