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; This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
; See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
$oHttp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Http")
Local $bSuccess
; 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"?>
; <commodity>
; <active>true</active>
; <name>Microsoft Office</name>
; <category/>
; <parent>
; <name>Microsoft Services</name>
; </parent>
; <custom-fields>
; <gl-account>0010</gl-account>
; </custom-fields>
; </commodity>
;
$oXml = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Xml")
$oXml.Tag = "commodity"
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "active","true"
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "name","Microsoft Office"
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "category",""
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "parent|name","Microsoft Services"
$oXml.UpdateChildContentInt "custom-fields|gl-account",0010
; Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
$oHttp.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
$oSbRequestBody = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oXml.GetXmlSb($oSbRequestBody)
Local $oResp = $oHttp.PTextSb("POST","https://domain.com/commodities?fields=[""id"",""category"",""name"",""active"",{""parent"":[""id"",""name"",""category"",{""custom_fields"":{}}]},{""custom_fields"":{}}]",$oSbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/xml",False,False)
If ($oHttp.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
Exit
EndIf
ConsoleWrite($oResp.StatusCode & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite($oResp.BodyStr & @CRLF)
Curl Command
curl -X POST
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-d '<commodity>
<active>true</active>
<name>Microsoft Office</name>
<category></category>
<parent>
<name>Microsoft Services</name>
</parent>
<custom-fields>
<gl-account>0010</gl-account>
</custom-fields>
</commodity>'
https://domain.com/commodities?fields=["id","category","name","active",{"parent":["id","name","category",{"custom_fields":{}}]},{"custom_fields":{}}]
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Create Commodity with a Parent",
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "<commodity>\n <active>true</active>\n <name>Microsoft Office</name>\n <category></category>\n <parent>\n <name>Microsoft Services</name>\n </parent>\n <custom-fields>\n <gl-account>0010</gl-account>\n </custom-fields>\n</commodity>",
"options": {
"raw": {
"language": "xml"
}
}
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{URL}}/commodities?fields=[\"id\",\"category\",\"name\",\"active\",{\"parent\":[\"id\",\"name\",\"category\",{\"custom_fields\":{}}]},{\"custom_fields\":{}}]",
"host": [
"{{URL}}"
],
"path": [
"commodities"
],
"query": [
{
"key": "fields",
"value": "[\"id\",\"category\",\"name\",\"active\",{\"parent\":[\"id\",\"name\",\"category\",{\"custom_fields\":{}}]},{\"custom_fields\":{}}]"
}
]
}
},
"response": [
]
}