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load ./chilkat.dll

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

set http [new_CkHttp]

CkHttp_put_BasicAuth $http 1
CkHttp_put_Login $http "{{webservice_key}}"
CkHttp_put_Password $http "password"

# Use this online tool to generate code from sample XML: Generate Code to Create XML

# The following XML is sent in the request body.

# <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
# <prestashop xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
#     <article>
#         <title>
#             <language id="1"><![CDATA[My title in english]]></language>
#             <language id="2"><![CDATA[Mon titre en français]]></language>
#         </title>
#         <type><![CDATA[Blog post]]></type>
#     </article>
# </prestashop>
# 

set xml [new_CkXml]

CkXml_put_Tag $xml "prestashop"
CkXml_AddAttribute $xml "xmlns:xlink" "http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
CkXml_UpdateAttrAt $xml "article|title|language" 1 "id" "1"
CkXml_UpdateChildContent $xml "article|title|language" "My title in english"
CkXml_UpdateAttrAt $xml "article|title|language[1]" 1 "id" "2"
CkXml_UpdateChildContent $xml "article|title|language[1]" "Mon titre en français"
CkXml_UpdateChildContent $xml "article|type" "Blog post"

set sbRequestBody [new_CkStringBuilder]

CkXml_GetXmlSb $xml $sbRequestBody

# resp is a CkHttpResponse
set resp [CkHttp_PTextSb $http "POST" "https://localhost:8080/api/articles" $sbRequestBody "utf-8" "application/xml" 0 0]
if {[CkHttp_get_LastMethodSuccess $http] == 0} then {
    puts [CkHttp_lastErrorText $http]
    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkXml $xml
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbRequestBody
    exit
}

puts [CkHttpResponse_get_StatusCode $resp]
puts [CkHttpResponse_bodyStr $resp]
delete_CkHttpResponse $resp


delete_CkHttp $http
delete_CkXml $xml
delete_CkStringBuilder $sbRequestBody

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-u '{{webservice_key}}:password'
	-d '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<prestashop xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
    <article>
        <title>
            <language id="1">
                <![CDATA[My title in english]]>
            </language>
            <language id="2">
                <![CDATA[Mon titre en français]]>
            </language>
        </title>
        <type>
            <![CDATA[Blog post]]>
        </type>
    </article>
</prestashop>'
https://localhost:8080/api/articles

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create article",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<prestashop xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">\n    <article>\n        <title>\n            <language id=\"1\">\n                <![CDATA[My title in english]]>\n            </language>\n            <language id=\"2\">\n                <![CDATA[Mon titre en français]]>\n            </language>\n        </title>\n        <type>\n            <![CDATA[Blog post]]>\n        </type>\n    </article>\n</prestashop>",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "xml"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{webservice_url}}/api/articles",
      "host": [
        "{{webservice_url}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "api",
        "articles"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}