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Android / PrestaShop Webservice Product Resource A-Z / 3 - Create category

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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

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

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    boolean success;

    http.put_BasicAuth(true);
    http.put_Login("{{webservice_key}}");
    http.put_Password("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">
    //     <category>
    //         <name>
    //             <language id="1"><![CDATA[Category demo]]></language>
    //         </name>
    //         <link_rewrite>
    //             <language id="1"><![CDATA[category-demo]]></language>
    //         </link_rewrite>
    //         <description>
    //             <language id="1"><![CDATA[my awesome category description]]></language>
    //         </description>
    //         <active>1</active>
    //         <id_parent>1</id_parent>
    //     </category>
    // </prestashop>
    // 

    CkXml xml = new CkXml();
    xml.put_Tag("prestashop");
    xml.AddAttribute("xmlns:xlink","http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink");
    xml.UpdateAttrAt("category|name|language",true,"id","1");
    xml.UpdateChildContent("category|name|language","Category demo");
    xml.UpdateAttrAt("category|link_rewrite|language",true,"id","1");
    xml.UpdateChildContent("category|link_rewrite|language","category-demo");
    xml.UpdateAttrAt("category|description|language",true,"id","1");
    xml.UpdateChildContent("category|description|language","my awesome category description");
    xml.UpdateChildContentInt("category|active",1);
    xml.UpdateChildContentInt("category|id_parent",1);

    CkStringBuilder sbRequestBody = new CkStringBuilder();
    xml.GetXmlSb(sbRequestBody);

    CkHttpResponse resp = http.PTextSb("POST","https://localhost:8080/api/categories",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/xml",false,false);
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, String.valueOf(resp.get_StatusCode()));
    Log.i(TAG, resp.bodyStr());


  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}

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">
<category>
    <name>
        <language id="1"><![CDATA[Category demo]]></language>
    </name>
    <link_rewrite>
        <language id="1"><![CDATA[category-demo]]></language>
    </link_rewrite>
    <description>
        <language id="1"><![CDATA[my awesome category description]]></language>
    </description>
    <active>1</active>
    <id_parent>1</id_parent>
</category>
</prestashop>'
https://localhost:8080/api/categories

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "3 - Create category",
  "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<category>\n    <name>\n        <language id=\"1\"><![CDATA[Category demo]]></language>\n    </name>\n    <link_rewrite>\n        <language id=\"1\"><![CDATA[category-demo]]></language>\n    </link_rewrite>\n    <description>\n        <language id=\"1\"><![CDATA[my awesome category description]]></language>\n    </description>\n    <active>1</active>\n    <id_parent>1</id_parent>\n</category>\n</prestashop>",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "xml"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{webservice_url}}/api/categories",
      "host": [
        "{{webservice_url}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "api",
        "categories"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}