createExternalAssociations

{"auth": {"api_username": "", "api_password": "", "api_key": "", "company_no": 0, "username": "", "password": "" }, "items": [{"authenticated_with": "", "business_name": "", "listing_type": "", "product_flag": "", "external_network": "", "product_brief": "", "product_no": 0, "product_external_no": 0, "product_short": "", "product_long": "", "authenticate_no": 0, "product_description": "", "external_price": 0, "product_sku": "", "external_id": "", "msrp_price": 0, "expires_on": "1/1/1900 12:00 AM", "visibility": "", "external_json": "", "flag_limited": "", "flag_backorders": "", "product_type": "", "meta_keywords": "", "meta_description": "", "tax_rate": 0, "product_weight": 0, "product_above": 0, "created_on": "1/1/1900 12:00 AM", "modified_on": "1/1/1900 12:00 AM", "user_no": 0, "company_no": 0, "business_no": 0 }] }

This sample code is to generate a function leveraging existing core functions you've already built.

                
func getAPIKit() -> (url: String, dict: Dictionary<String, AnyObject>) {

    var authenticated_with = ""
    var business_name = ""
    var listing_type = ""
    var product_flag = ""
    var external_network = ""
    var product_brief = ""
    var product_no = 0
    var product_external_no = 0
    var product_short = ""
    var product_long = ""
    var authenticate_no = 0
    var product_description = ""
    var external_price = 0
    var product_sku = ""
    var external_id = ""
    var msrp_price = 0
    var expires_on = "1/1/1900 12:00 AM"
    var visibility = ""
    var external_json = ""
    var flag_limited = ""
    var flag_backorders = ""
    var product_type = ""
    var meta_keywords = ""
    var meta_description = ""
    var tax_rate = 0
    var product_weight = 0
    var product_above = 0
    var created_on = "1/1/1900 12:00 AM"
    var modified_on = "1/1/1900 12:00 AM"
    var user_no = 0
    var company_no = 0
    var business_no = 0

    let url = "https://api.peoplevine.com/commerceNetworks.asmx/createExternalAssociations"
    
    let key = "items"
    let itemsDict: Dictionary<String, AnyObject> = [["authenticated_with": authenticated_with, "business_name": business_name, "listing_type": listing_type, "product_flag": product_flag, "external_network": external_network, "product_brief": product_brief, "product_no": product_no, "product_external_no": product_external_no, "product_short": product_short, "product_long": product_long, "authenticate_no": authenticate_no, "product_description": product_description, "external_price": external_price, "product_sku": product_sku, "external_id": external_id, "msrp_price": msrp_price, "expires_on": expires_on, "visibility": visibility, "external_json": external_json, "flag_limited": flag_limited, "flag_backorders": flag_backorders, "product_type": product_type, "meta_keywords": meta_keywords, "meta_description": meta_description, "tax_rate": tax_rate, "product_weight": product_weight, "product_above": product_above, "created_on": created_on, "modified_on": modified_on, "user_no": user_no, "company_no": company_no, "business_no": business_no ] ]
    let finalDict = User.getAuthDict(dictToAdd: itemsDict, dictKey: key)
    
    return (url, finalDict)
  }

                
            

To get started we reccomend that you download the Alamofire project to simplify integration: https://github.com/Alamofire/Alamofire, in addition to SwiftyJSON: https://github.com/SwiftyJSON/SwiftyJSON

                
import Foundation

struct AUTH {
    static var api_username = <string>
    static var api_password = <string>
    static var api_key = <string>
    static var company_no = <double>
    static var username = <string>
    static var password = <string>
    static var timezone_offset = <double>
    static var auth_type = <string>
    static var system_name = <string>
    static var system_company_no = <double>}
    
struct ITEMS {[
    static var authenticated_with = <string>
    static var business_name = <string>
    static var listing_type = <string>
    static var product_flag = <string>
    static var external_network = <string>
    static var product_brief = <string>
    static var product_no = <double>
    static var product_external_no = <double>
    static var product_short = <string>
    static var product_long = <string>
    static var authenticate_no = <double>
    static var product_description = <string>
    static var external_price = <double>
    static var product_sku = <string>
    static var external_id = <string>
    static var msrp_price = <double>
    static var expires_on = <dateTime>
    static var visibility = <string>
    static var external_json = <string>
    static var flag_limited = <string>
    static var flag_backorders = <string>
    static var product_type = <string>
    static var meta_keywords = <string>
    static var meta_description = <string>
    static var tax_rate = <double>
    static var product_weight = <double>
    static var product_above = <double>
    static var created_on = <dateTime>
    static var modified_on = <dateTime>
    static var user_no = <double>
    static var company_no = <double>
    static var business_no = <double>]}
    
func createExternalAssociationsRequest() {
    
    var createExternalAssociationsObjects = [AnyObject]()
    let postsEndpoint: String = "https://api.peoplevine.com/commerceNetworks.asmx/createExternalAssociations"

    let authAndFieldsDict = ["auth": ["api_username": AUTH.api_username, "api_password": AUTH.api_password, "api_key": AUTH.api_key, "company_no": AUTH.company_no, "username": AUTH.username, "password": AUTH.password, "timezone_offset": AUTH.timezone_offset, "auth_type": AUTH.auth_type, "system_name": AUTH.system_name, "system_company_no": AUTH.system_company_no ], "items": [["authenticated_with": ITEMS.authenticated_with, "business_name": ITEMS.business_name, "listing_type": ITEMS.listing_type, "product_flag": ITEMS.product_flag, "external_network": ITEMS.external_network, "product_brief": ITEMS.product_brief, "product_no": ITEMS.product_no, "product_external_no": ITEMS.product_external_no, "product_short": ITEMS.product_short, "product_long": ITEMS.product_long, "authenticate_no": ITEMS.authenticate_no, "product_description": ITEMS.product_description, "external_price": ITEMS.external_price, "product_sku": ITEMS.product_sku, "external_id": ITEMS.external_id, "msrp_price": ITEMS.msrp_price, "expires_on": ITEMS.expires_on, "visibility": ITEMS.visibility, "external_json": ITEMS.external_json, "flag_limited": ITEMS.flag_limited, "flag_backorders": ITEMS.flag_backorders, "product_type": ITEMS.product_type, "meta_keywords": ITEMS.meta_keywords, "meta_description": ITEMS.meta_description, "tax_rate": ITEMS.tax_rate, "product_weight": ITEMS.product_weight, "product_above": ITEMS.product_above, "created_on": ITEMS.created_on, "modified_on": ITEMS.modified_on, "user_no": ITEMS.user_no, "company_no": ITEMS.company_no, "business_no": ITEMS.business_no ] ] ]

    Alamofire.request(.POST, postsEndpoint, parameters: authAndFieldsDict, encoding: .JSON).responseJSON { (request, response, data, error) in

      if let anError = error {

        println("error calling POST on /posts")
        println(error)

      } else if let jsonData: AnyObject = data {
        if let dataString = (jsonData.valueForKey("d") as! String).dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding) {
            let json = JSON(data: dataString)  //use this object to parse data
            
            //SAMPLE PARSING
            let varData = json["returnObject"][0]["object"].stringValue

            // ----------
            // BELOW REPRESENTS AN EXAMPLE USING PURE SWIFT JSONSERIALIZATION INSTEAD OF SWIFTYJSON --------//

            //          if let createExternalAssociationsDict = NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(encoString, options: .MutableContainers, error: nil) as? NSDictionary {
            //            if let returnObjectArray = createExternalAssociationsDict["returnObject"] as? NSArray {
            //
            //              for createExternalAssociationsObject in returnObjectArray {
            //                createExternalAssociationsObjects.append(createExternalAssociationsObject)
            //                if let item = createExternalAssociationsObject["object_name"] as? NSDictionary {
            //                  let varItem = item["field_name"] as! String
            //                }
            //              }
            //
            //              println("\n\(createExternalAssociationsObjects.count) Total")
            //            }
            //          }
        }
      }
    }
  }



            

    
System.Net.HttpWebRequest req = System.Net.HttpWebRequest.Create("https://api.peoplevine.com/commerceNetworks.asmx/createExternalAssociations");
req.Method = "POST";
req.ContentType = "application/json; charset=utf-8";

string dataValue = "{auth: {api_username: <string>, api_password: <string>, api_key: <string>, company_no: <double>, username: <string>, password: <string>, timezone_offset: <double>, auth_type: <string>, system_name: <string>, system_company_no: <double> },items: {[authenticated_with: <string>, business_name: <string>, listing_type: <string>, product_flag: <string>, external_network: <string>, product_brief: <string>, product_no: <double>, product_external_no: <double>, product_short: <string>, product_long: <string>, authenticate_no: <double>, product_description: <string>, external_price: <double>, product_sku: <string>, external_id: <string>, msrp_price: <double>, expires_on: <dateTime>, visibility: <string>, external_json: <string>, flag_limited: <string>, flag_backorders: <string>, product_type: <string>, meta_keywords: <string>, meta_description: <string>, tax_rate: <double>, product_weight: <double>, product_above: <double>, created_on: <dateTime>, modified_on: <dateTime>, user_no: <double>, company_no: <double>, business_no: <double> ]}}";

ASCIIEncoding encoding = new ASCIIEncoding();
byte[] bytes = encoding.GetBytes(dataValue);

req.ContentLength = bytes.Length;

System.IO.Stream strm = req.GetRequestStream();
strm.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
strm.Close();

System.Net.HttpWebResponse rsp = req.GetResponse();
System.IO.Stream data = rsp.GetResponseStream();
System.IO.StreamReader rdr = new System.IO.StreamReader(data);

string response = rdr.ReadToEnd();

Dim req As System.Net.HttpWebRequest = System.Net.HttpWebRequest.Create("https://api.peoplevine.com/commerceNetworks.asmx/createExternalAssociations")
req.Method = "POST"
req.ContentType = "application/json; charset=utf-8"
        
Dim dataValue As String = "{auth: {api_username: <string>, api_password: <string>, api_key: <string>, company_no: <double>, username: <string>, password: <string>, timezone_offset: <double>, auth_type: <string>, system_name: <string>, system_company_no: <double> },items: {[authenticated_with: <string>, business_name: <string>, listing_type: <string>, product_flag: <string>, external_network: <string>, product_brief: <string>, product_no: <double>, product_external_no: <double>, product_short: <string>, product_long: <string>, authenticate_no: <double>, product_description: <string>, external_price: <double>, product_sku: <string>, external_id: <string>, msrp_price: <double>, expires_on: <dateTime>, visibility: <string>, external_json: <string>, flag_limited: <string>, flag_backorders: <string>, product_type: <string>, meta_keywords: <string>, meta_description: <string>, tax_rate: <double>, product_weight: <double>, product_above: <double>, created_on: <dateTime>, modified_on: <dateTime>, user_no: <double>, company_no: <double>, business_no: <double> ]}}"
        
Dim encoding As New ASCIIEncoding()
Dim bytes As Byte() = encoding.GetBytes(dataValue)
        
req.ContentLength = bytes.Length
        
Dim strm As System.IO.Stream = req.GetRequestStream()
strm.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length)
strm.Close()
        
Dim rsp As System.Net.HttpWebResponse = req.GetResponse()
Dim data As System.IO.Stream = rsp.GetResponseStream()
Dim rdr As New System.IO.StreamReader(data)

Dim response As String = rdr.ReadToEnd()

// This sample uses the Apache HTTP client from HTTP Components (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/)
import java.net.URI;

import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;

public class JavaSample {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
   HttpClient httpclient = HttpClients.createDefault();

   try
   {
      URIBuilder builder = new URIBuilder("https://peoplevine.azure-api.net/customer/customer/registerCustomer");
      // Specify your subscription key
      builder.setParameter("subscription-key", "");
      URI uri = builder.build();
      HttpPost request = new HttpPost(uri);
      StringEntity reqEntity = new StringEntity("", ContentType.create("application/json"));
      request.setEntity(reqEntity);
      HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(request);
      HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
      if (entity != null) {
         System.out.println(EntityUtils.toString(entity));
      }
   }
   catch (Exception e)
   {
      System.out.println(e.getMessage());
   }
  }
}

<?php

// This sample uses the HTTP_Request2 package. (for more information: http://pear.php.net/package/HTTP_Request2)
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$headers = array(
   'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
);

$query_params = array(
   // Specify your subscription key
   'subscription-key' => '',
);

$request = new Http_Request2('https://peoplevine.azure-api.net/customer/customer/registerCustomer');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_POST);
// Basic Authorization Sample
// $request-setAuth('{username}', '{password}');
$request->setHeader($headers);

$url = $request->getUrl();
$url->setQueryVariables($query_params);
$request->setBody("");

try
{
   $response = $request->send();
   
   echo $response->getBody();
}
catch (HttpException $ex)
{
   echo $ex;
}

?>

    #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
    
    NSDictionary *authDic = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
            <string>, @"api_username",
            <string>, @"api_password",
            <string>, @"api_key",
            <double>, @"company_no",
            <string>, @"username",
            <string>, @"password",
            <double>, @"timezone_offset",
            <string>, @"auth_type",
            <string>, @"system_name",
            <double>, @"system_company_no", nil];
    
    NSDictionary *itemsDic = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
            <string>, @"authenticated_with",
            <string>, @"business_name",
            <string>, @"listing_type",
            <string>, @"product_flag",
            <string>, @"external_network",
            <string>, @"product_brief",
            <double>, @"product_no",
            <double>, @"product_external_no",
            <string>, @"product_short",
            <string>, @"product_long",
            <double>, @"authenticate_no",
            <string>, @"product_description",
            <double>, @"external_price",
            <string>, @"product_sku",
            <string>, @"external_id",
            <double>, @"msrp_price",
            <dateTime>, @"expires_on",
            <string>, @"visibility",
            <string>, @"external_json",
            <string>, @"flag_limited",
            <string>, @"flag_backorders",
            <string>, @"product_type",
            <string>, @"meta_keywords",
            <string>, @"meta_description",
            <double>, @"tax_rate",
            <double>, @"product_weight",
            <double>, @"product_above",
            <dateTime>, @"created_on",
            <dateTime>, @"modified_on",
            <double>, @"user_no",
            <double>, @"company_no",
            <double>, @"business_no", nil];
    
    NSDictionary *finalDic = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                authDic, @"auth",itemsDic, @"items", nil];
 
    NSMutableDictionary* jsonString = nil;
    jsonString = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData: findalDic options:NSJSONReadingMutableContainers];
    
    NSMutableData *bodyData = [NSMutableData dataWithData:[jsonString dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    
    NSString *urlString = @"https://api.peoplevine.com/commerceNetworks.asmx/createExternalAssociations";
    
    ASIFormDataRequest *request = [ASIFormDataRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:urlString]];    
    [request setTimeOutSeconds:250];    
    [request setRequestMethod:@"POST"];    
    [request addRequestHeader:@"Content-Type" value:@"application/json"];    
    [request addRequestHeader:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d",bodyData.length] value:@"Content-length"];    
    [request setPostBody:bodyData];    
    [request startSynchronous];

    NSDictionary *responseDic = (NSDictionary*)[request.responseString JSONValue];   
   
    if (responseDic || [responseDic objectForKey:@"d"])
    {
        NSMutableDictionary *dicSave=[responseDic objectForKey:@"d"];
        // -------------------------------------------------------------------
        // convert into the data and NSUTF8StringEncoding
        // -------------------------------------------------------------------
        NSString *strDic=[dicSave copy];
        NSMutableDictionary *dirJson;
        if (strDic)
        {
            NSData* dataFile=[strDic dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
            NSString* newStr = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:dataFile
                                                     encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
           
            dirJson = [newStr JSONValue] ;
        }
        // -------------------------------------------------------------------
        
        NSString *str=[[dirJson objectForKey:@"returnObject"]valueForKey:@"customer_no"];
    }
    else
    {
        UIAlertView *alert=[[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:@"Error" message:@"An Error Occurred" delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:@"Ok" otherButtonTitles:nil];
        [alert show];
    }

require 'net/http'

uri = URI('https://peoplevine.azure-api.net/customer/customer/registerCustomer')

uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
   # Specify your subscription key
   'subscription-key' => '',
})

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)

# Basic Authorization Sample
# request.basic_auth 'username', 'password'
request['Content-type'] = 'application/json'

request.body = ""

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
    http.request(request)
end

puts response.body

########### Python 2.7 #############
import httplib, urllib, base64

headers = {
   # Basic Authorization Sample
   # 'Authorization': 'Basic %s' % base64.encodestring('{username}:{password}'),
   'Content-type': 'application/json',
}

params = urllib.urlencode({
   # Specify your subscription key
   'subscription-key': '',
})

try:
   conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection('peoplevine.azure-api.net')
   conn.request("POST", "/customer/customer/registerCustomer?%s" % params, "", headers)
   response = conn.getresponse()
   data = response.read()
   print(data)
   conn.close()
except Exception as e:
   print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))

####################################

########### Python 3.2 #############
import http.client, urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error, base64

headers = {
   # Basic Authorization Sample
   # 'Authorization': 'Basic %s' % base64.encodestring('{username}:{password}'),
   'Content-type': 'application/json',
}

params = urllib.parse.urlencode({
   # Specify your subscription key
   'subscription-key': '',
})

try:
   conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection('peoplevine.azure-api.net')
   conn.request("POST", "/customer/customer/registerCustomer?%s" % params, "", headers)
   response = conn.getresponse()
   data = response.read()
   print(data)
   conn.close()
except Exception as e:
   print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))

####################################

@ECHO OFF

REM for Basic Authorization use: --user {username}:{password}
REM Specify values for path parameters (shown as {...}), your subscription key and values for query parameters
curl -v -X POST "https://peoplevine.azure-api.net/customer/customer/registerCustomer?subscription-key="^
 -H "Content-Type: application/json"