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

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Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Handle hoHttp
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoXml
    Variant vSbRequestBody
    Handle hoSbRequestBody
    Variant vResp
    Handle hoResp
    String sTemp1
    Integer iTemp1
    Boolean bTemp1

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

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttp)) To hoHttp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoHttp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoHttp
    End

    Set ComBasicAuth Of hoHttp To True
    Set ComLogin Of hoHttp To "{{webservice_key}}"
    Set ComPassword Of hoHttp To "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>
    // 

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatXml)) To hoXml
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoXml))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoXml
    End
    Set ComTag Of hoXml To "prestashop"
    Get ComAddAttribute Of hoXml "xmlns:xlink" "http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateAttrAt Of hoXml "category|name|language" True "id" "1" To iSuccess
    Send ComUpdateChildContent To hoXml "category|name|language" "Category demo"
    Get ComUpdateAttrAt Of hoXml "category|link_rewrite|language" True "id" "1" To iSuccess
    Send ComUpdateChildContent To hoXml "category|link_rewrite|language" "category-demo"
    Get ComUpdateAttrAt Of hoXml "category|description|language" True "id" "1" To iSuccess
    Send ComUpdateChildContent To hoXml "category|description|language" "my awesome category description"
    Send ComUpdateChildContentInt To hoXml "category|active" 1
    Send ComUpdateChildContentInt To hoXml "category|id_parent" 1

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatStringBuilder)) To hoSbRequestBody
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSbRequestBody))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoSbRequestBody
    End
    Get pvComObject of hoSbRequestBody to vSbRequestBody
    Get ComGetXmlSb Of hoXml vSbRequestBody To iSuccess

    Get pvComObject of hoSbRequestBody to vSbRequestBody
    Get ComPTextSb Of hoHttp "POST" "https://localhost:8080/api/categories" vSbRequestBody "utf-8" "application/xml" False False To vResp
    If (IsComObject(vResp)) Begin
        Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttpResponse)) To hoResp
        Set pvComObject Of hoResp To vResp
    End
    Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoHttp To bTemp1
    If (bTemp1 = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoHttp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Get ComStatusCode Of hoResp To iTemp1
    Showln iTemp1
    Get ComBodyStr Of hoResp To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1
    Send Destroy of hoResp


End_Procedure

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": [
  ]
}