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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

$oHttp.BasicAuth = True
$oHttp.Login = "{{webservice_key}}"
$oHttp.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">
;     <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>
; 

$oXml = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Xml")
$oXml.Tag = "prestashop"
$oXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:xlink","http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink")
$oXml.UpdateAttrAt("article|title|language",True,"id","1")
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "article|title|language","My title in english"
$oXml.UpdateAttrAt("article|title|language[1]",True,"id","2")
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "article|title|language[1]","Mon titre en français"
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "article|type","Blog post"

$oSbRequestBody = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oXml.GetXmlSb($oSbRequestBody)

Local $oResp = $oHttp.PTextSb("POST","https://localhost:8080/api/articles",$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
	-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": [
  ]
}