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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">
*     <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>
* 

* 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("category|name|language",1,"id","1")
loXml.UpdateChildContent("category|name|language","Category demo")
loXml.UpdateAttrAt("category|link_rewrite|language",1,"id","1")
loXml.UpdateChildContent("category|link_rewrite|language","category-demo")
loXml.UpdateAttrAt("category|description|language",1,"id","1")
loXml.UpdateChildContent("category|description|language","my awesome category description")
loXml.UpdateChildContentInt("category|active",1)
loXml.UpdateChildContentInt("category|id_parent",1)

* 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/categories",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">
<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": [
  ]
}