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Good day!
I would like to use the Magento’s SOAP API to manage the product catalog, attributes etc. I'm running following configuration:-
In case someone wants to create a new product, it is necessary to set a few properties of the product object. Following code will demonstrate my approach to do this :
public int createProduct(DatabaseProduct product) {
ArrayOfString categories = new ArrayOfString();
categories.getComplexObjectArray().add(categoryID);
createEntity.setCategoryIds(categories);
CatalogProductCreateEntity createEntity = populateCreateOrUpdateEntity(product);
CatalogProductCreateRequestParam param = new CatalogProductCreateRequestParam();
param.setSessionId(sessionId);
param.setSet(setId);
param.setSku(product.getSku());
param.setType("simple");
param.setStore(storeId);
param.setProductData(createEntity);
CatalogProductCreateResponseParam response = service.catalogProductCreate(param);
return response.getResult();
}
private CatalogProductCreateEntity populateCreateOrUpdateEntity(DatabaseProduct product) {
CatalogProductCreateEntity createEntity = new CatalogProductCreateEntity();
createEntity.setShortDescription(product.getDescription().substring(0, 20) + "...");
createEntity.setDescription(product.getDescription());
createEntity.setName(product.getName());
createEntity.setPrice(String.valueOf(product.getPrice()));
createEntity.setStatus("1"); //active
createEntity.setVisibility("4"); //visible in search/catalog
createEntity.setWeight("70"); //some value
createEntity.setTaxClassId("2"); //standard
AssociativeArray attributes = new AssociativeArray();
AssociativeEntity attr1 = new AssociativeEntity();
attr1.("attribute1_key";
attr1.("attribute1_value");
attributes.getComplexObjectArray().add(attr1);
AssociativeEntity attr2 = new AssociativeEntity();
attr2.("attribute2_key");
attr2.("attribute2_value");
attributes.getComplexObjectArray().add(attr2);
createEntity.setAdditionalAttributes(attributes);
return createEntity;
}
I realized that I get an error written to the "system.log" of Magento.
2012-01-21T09:41:01+00:00 DEBUG (7): First parameter must either be an object or the name of an existing class/opt/website/magento/app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Model/Product/Api/V2.php
I could localize the error in the "V2.php" file on line 265.
According to the php.net documentation the "property_exists()" method only can check for fields in objects.
As a matter of fact the "$productData" variable holds a property called "additional_attributes" which is of the type array.
Therefore the execution of this code will lead to an error.
Moreover I don’t know to reproduce the object the structure of the "$productData" object through the use of Magento’s SOAP API V2.
If I examine this code ("foreach" loop) in line 270, it indicates that there is an object ("$productData") holding an array ("additional_attributes") which again shall encapsulate a set of key/value pairs (if I am right)
253 protected function _prepareDataForSave ($product, $productData)
254 {
255 if (property_exists($productData, 'website_ids') && is_array($productData->website_ids)) {
256 $product->setWebsiteIds($productData->website_ids);
257 }
258
259 Mage::log("debug1");
260 Mage::log(property_exists($productData, 'additional_attributes'));
261
262 Mage::log($productData);
263
264 if (property_exists($productData, 'additional_attributes')) {
265 if (property_exists($productData->additional_attributes, 'single_data')) {
266
267 Mage::log("---> single");
268 Mage::log($productData->additional_attributes);
269
270 foreach ($productData->additional_attributes->single_data as $_attribute) {
271 $_attrCode = $_attribute->key;
272 $productData->$_attrCode = $_attribute->value;
273 }
274 }
275 if (property_exists($productData->additional_attributes, 'multi_data')) {
276
277 Mage::log("---> multi");
278 Mage::log($productData->additional_attributes);
279
280 foreach ($productData->additional_attributes->multi_data as $_attribute) {
281 $_attrCode = $_attribute->key;
282 $productData->$_attrCode = $_attribute->value;
283 }
284 }
285
286 Mage::log("debugXXX");
287 unset($productData->additional_attributes);
288 }
289
290 Mage::log("debug2");
291
292 foreach ($product->getTypeInstance(true)->getEditableAttributes($product) as $attribute) {
293 $_attrCode = $attribute->getAttributeCode();
294 if ($this->_isAllowedAttribute($attribute) && (isset($productData->$_attrCode))) {
295 $product->setData(
296 ... etc ...
This seems to be a bug. So here is my question.
Am I going right to call this an programming issue which shall be posted in the bug base? Is there a way to get over this issue? Shall I rewrite parts of the php.code from above to satisfy my need to handle product information to create a product properly ?
Thanks in advance
$productData
(
[name] => testname
[description] => testdescription
[short_description] => shorttestdescription
[weight] => 70
[status] => 1
[visibility] => 4
[price] => 359.0
[tax_class_id] => 2
[additional_attributes] => Array
(
[attribute1] => 999.0
[attribute2] => testcontent
)
)
the CatalogProductCreate-Call from the WSDL generated by SoapUI:
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:urn="urn:Magento">
<soapenv:Header/>
<soapenv:Body>
<urn:catalogProductCreateRequestParam>
<sessionId>?</sessionId>
<type>?</type>
<set>?</set>
<sku>?</sku>
<productData>
<!--Optional:-->
<categories>
<!--Zero or more repetitions:-->
<complexObjectArray>?</complexObjectArray>
</categories>
<!--Optional:-->
<websites>
<!--Zero or more repetitions:-->
<complexObjectArray>?</complexObjectArray>
</websites>
<!--Optional:-->
<name>?</name>
<!--Optional:-->
<description>?</description>
<!--Optional:-->
<short_description>?</short_description>
<!--Optional:-->
<weight>?</weight>
<!--Optional:-->
<status>?</status>
<!--Optional:-->
<url_key>?</url_key>
<!--Optional:-->
<url_path>?</url_path>
<!--Optional:-->
<visibility>?</visibility>
<!--Optional:-->
<category_ids>
<!--Zero or more repetitions:-->
<complexObjectArray>?</complexObjectArray>
</category_ids>
<!--Optional:-->
<website_ids>
<!--Zero or more repetitions:-->
<complexObjectArray>?</complexObjectArray>
</website_ids>
<!--Optional:-->
<has_options>?</has_options>
<!--Optional:-->
<gift_message_available>?</gift_message_available>
<!--Optional:-->
<price>?</price>
<!--Optional:-->
<special_price>?</special_price>
<!--Optional:-->
<special_from_date>?</special_from_date>
<!--Optional:-->
<special_to_date>?</special_to_date>
<!--Optional:-->
<tax_class_id>?</tax_class_id>
<!--Optional:-->
<tier_price>
<!--Zero or more repetitions:-->
<complexObjectArray>
<!--Optional:-->
<customer_group_id>?</customer_group_id>
<!--Optional:-->
<website>?</website>
<!--Optional:-->
<qty>?</qty>
<!--Optional:-->
<price>?</price>
</complexObjectArray>
</tier_price>
<!--Optional:-->
<meta_title>?</meta_title>
<!--Optional:-->
<meta_keyword>?</meta_keyword>
<!--Optional:-->
<meta_description>?</meta_description>
<!--Optional:-->
<custom_design>?</custom_design>
<!--Optional:-->
<custom_layout_update>?</custom_layout_update>
<!--Optional:-->
<options_container>?</options_container>
<!--Optional:-->
<additional_attributes>
<!--Zero or more repetitions:-->
<complexObjectArray>
<key>?</key>
<value>?</value>
</complexObjectArray>
</additional_attributes>
<!--Optional:-->
<stock_data>
<!--Optional:-->
<qty>?</qty>
<!--Optional:-->
<is_in_stock>?</is_in_stock>
<!--Optional:-->
<manage_stock>?</manage_stock>
<!--Optional:-->
<use_config_manage_stock>?</use_config_manage_stock>
<!--Optional:-->
<min_qty>?</min_qty>
<!--Optional:-->
<use_config_min_qty>?</use_config_min_qty>
<!--Optional:-->
<min_sale_qty>?</min_sale_qty>
<!--Optional:-->
<use_config_min_sale_qty>?</use_config_min_sale_qty>
<!--Optional:-->
<max_sale_qty>?</max_sale_qty>
<!--Optional:-->
<use_config_max_sale_qty>?</use_config_max_sale_qty>
<!--Optional:-->
<is_qty_decimal>?</is_qty_decimal>
<!--Optional:-->
<backorders>?</backorders>
<!--Optional:-->
<use_config_backorders>?</use_config_backorders>
<!--Optional:-->
<notify_stock_qty>?</notify_stock_qty>
<!--Optional:-->
<use_config_notify_stock_qty>?</use_config_notify_stock_qty>
</stock_data>
</productData>
<!--Optional:-->
<store>?</store>
</urn:catalogProductCreateRequestParam>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
616
For the V2 SOAP API it appears that we need to nest the additional_attributes in a multi_data or single_data layer?
Looking at app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Model/Product/Api/V2.php #256 I think we need to use
$manufacturer = new stdClass();
$manufacturer->key = "manufacturer";
$manufacturer->value = "20";
$additionalAttrs['single_data'][] = $manufacturer;
or
$manufacturer = new stdClass();
$manufacturer->key = "manufacturer";
$manufacturer->value = "20";
$additionalAttrs['multi_data'][] = $manufacturer;
to be used like:
$productData = new stdClass();
$additionalAttrs = array();
// manufacturer from one of the two above ^
$productData->name = $data['name'];
$productData->description = $data['description'];
$productData->short_description = $data['short_description'];
$productData->weight = 0;
$productData->status = 2; // 1 = active
$productData->visibility = 4; //visible in search/catalog
$productData->category_ids = $data['categories'];
$productData->price = $data['price'];
$productData->tax_class_id = 2; // 2=standard
$productData->additional_attributes = $additionalAttrs;
// Create new product
try {
$proxy->catalogProductCreate($sessionId, 'virtual', 9, $sku, $productData); // 9 is courses
} catch (SoapFault $e) {
print $e->getMessage(); //Internal Error. Please see log for details.
exit();
}
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