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LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loXml
LOCAL loSbRequestBody
LOCAL loResp

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

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.Http')
loHttp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Http')

loHttp.BasicAuth = 1
loHttp.Login = "{{webservice_key}}"
loHttp.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>
* 

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.Xml')
loXml = CreateObject('Chilkat.Xml')
loXml.Tag = "prestashop"
loXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:xlink","http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink")
loXml.UpdateAttrAt("article|title|language",1,"id","1")
loXml.UpdateChildContent("article|title|language","My title in english")
loXml.UpdateAttrAt("article|title|language[1]",1,"id","2")
loXml.UpdateChildContent("article|title|language[1]","Mon titre en français")
loXml.UpdateChildContent("article|type","Blog post")

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder')
loSbRequestBody = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')
loXml.GetXmlSb(loSbRequestBody)

loResp = loHttp.PTextSb("POST","https://localhost:8080/api/articles",loSbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/xml",0,0)
IF (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loXml
    RELEASE loSbRequestBody
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? STR(loResp.StatusCode)
? loResp.BodyStr
RELEASE loResp

RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loXml
RELEASE loSbRequestBody

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": [
  ]
}