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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">
;     <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>
; 

$oXml = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Xml")
$oXml.Tag = "prestashop"
$oXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:xlink","http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink")
$oXml.UpdateAttrAt("category|name|language",True,"id","1")
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "category|name|language","Category demo"
$oXml.UpdateAttrAt("category|link_rewrite|language",True,"id","1")
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "category|link_rewrite|language","category-demo"
$oXml.UpdateAttrAt("category|description|language",True,"id","1")
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "category|description|language","my awesome category description"
$oXml.UpdateChildContentInt "category|active",1
$oXml.UpdateChildContentInt "category|id_parent",1

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

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