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<?php

// 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 new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Http')
$http = new COM("Chilkat.Http");

$http->BasicAuth = 1;
$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>
// 

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Xml')
$xml = new COM("Chilkat.Xml");
$xml->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);

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.StringBuilder')
$sbRequestBody = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$xml->GetXmlSb($sbRequestBody);

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

print $resp->StatusCode . "\n";
print $resp->BodyStr . "\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": [
  ]
}