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use chilkat();

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

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();

$http->put_BasicAuth(1);
$http->put_Login("{{webservice_key}}");
$http->put_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>
# 

$xml = chilkat::CkXml->new();
$xml->put_Tag("prestashop");
$xml->AddAttribute("xmlns:xlink","http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink");
$xml->UpdateAttrAt("category|name|language",1,"id","1");
$xml->UpdateChildContent("category|name|language","Category demo");
$xml->UpdateAttrAt("category|link_rewrite|language",1,"id","1");
$xml->UpdateChildContent("category|link_rewrite|language","category-demo");
$xml->UpdateAttrAt("category|description|language",1,"id","1");
$xml->UpdateChildContent("category|description|language","my awesome category description");
$xml->UpdateChildContentInt("category|active",1);
$xml->UpdateChildContentInt("category|id_parent",1);

$sbRequestBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$xml->GetXmlSb($sbRequestBody);

# resp is a HttpResponse
$resp = $http->PTextSb("POST","https://localhost:8080/api/categories",$sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/xml",0,0);
if ($http->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print $resp->get_StatusCode() . "\r\n";
print $resp->bodyStr() . "\r\n";

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": [
  ]
}