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#include <CkHttpW.h>
#include <CkXmlW.h>
#include <CkStringBuilderW.h>
#include <CkHttpResponseW.h>

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

    CkHttpW http;
    bool success;

    http.put_BasicAuth(true);
    http.put_Login(L"{{webservice_key}}");
    http.put_Password(L"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>
    // 

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

    CkStringBuilderW sbRequestBody;
    xml.GetXmlSb(sbRequestBody);

    CkHttpResponseW *resp = http.PTextSb(L"POST",L"https://localhost:8080/api/categories",sbRequestBody,L"utf-8",L"application/xml",false,false);
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"%d\n",resp->get_StatusCode());
    wprintf(L"%s\n",resp->bodyStr());
    delete resp;
    }

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": [
  ]
}