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

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();
bool success;

http.BasicAuth = true;
http.Login = "{{webservice_key}}";
http.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>
// 

Chilkat.Xml xml = new Chilkat.Xml();
xml.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);

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbRequestBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
xml.GetXmlSb(sbRequestBody);

Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = http.PTextSb("POST","https://localhost:8080/api/categories",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/xml",false,false);
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine(Convert.ToString(resp.StatusCode));
Debug.WriteLine(resp.BodyStr);

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": [
  ]
}