GetCategoryPath

This method can be used to retrieve the path of a specific shop category: all categories up to the specified category are issued as an ordered list of category objects. This category list is included in the returned CategoryResultObject.

To access live data, please use this WSDL file:
https://api.affili.net/V2.0/ProductServices.svc?wsdl
To access demo data, please use this WSDL file:
https://developer-api.affili.net/V2.0/ProductServices.svc?wsdl

Web service description

Test data document

Operation test

With this form, you can try out this web service. We already filled it out with a sample request which will return data. Feel free to fill in different parameter values - our test data reference gives you an overview of our sample data.

Field	Type	Values
PublisherId *	int
ShopId *	int
CategoryId *	int

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Short paramter definitions

PublisherId (int):: Id of the publisher whose account is being used.
ShopId (int):: Id of the shop, whose categories should be retrieved.
CategoryId (int):: Id of the category whose path needs to be retrieved

Complete code examples

<?php

/* <LIVE DATA>
define ("WSDL_LOGON", "https://api.affili.net/V2.0/Logon.svc?wsdl");
define ("WSDL_PROD",  "https://api.affili.net/V2.0/ProductServices.svc?wsdl");

$Username   = ""; // the publisher ID
$Password   = ""; // the product data web services password

$SOAP_LOGON = new SoapClient(WSDL_LOGON);
$Token      = $SOAP_LOGON->Logon(array(
             'Username'  => $Username,
             'Password'  => $Password,
             'WebServiceType' => 'Product'
             ));
$params = array(
          'ShopId' => '13',
          'CategoryId' => '28944109'
          );
</LIVE DATA> */

/* <DEMO DATA>*/
define ("WSDL_LOGON", "https://developer-api.affili.net/V2.0/Logon.svc?wsdl");
define ("WSDL_PROD",  "https://developer-api.affili.net/V2.0/ProductServices.svc?wsdl");

$Username   = '';     // your developer ID
$Password   = '';     // your developer portal password
$DemoPublisherId   = 403233;  // one of the publisher IDs of our demo database
$DeveloperSettings = array('SandboxPublisherID' => $DemoPublisherId);

$SOAP_LOGON = new SoapClient(WSDL_LOGON);
$Token      = $SOAP_LOGON->Logon(array(
                     'Username'  => $Username,
                     'Password'  => $Password,
                     'WebServiceType' => 'Product',
                     'DeveloperSettings' => $DeveloperSettings
                     ));
$params = array(
          'ShopId' => '419',
          'CategoryId' => '29429720'
          );
/*</DEMO DATA> */

$SOAP_REQUEST = new SoapClient(WSDL_PROD);
$req = $SOAP_REQUEST->GetCategoryPath(array(
            'CredentialToken' => $Token,
            'GetCategoryPathRequestMessage' => $params
            ));

print_r($req);

?>

protected void LoadWebService()
{            
    // first create the Web References
    // LIVE DATA
    // using Affilinet.LogonWebservice; ("https://api.affili.net/V2.0/Logon.svc?wsdl")
    // using Affilinet.ProductWebservice; ("https://api.affili.net/V2.0/ProductServices.svc?wsdl")    

    // or DEMO DATA
    // using Affilinet.LogonWebservice; ("https://developer-api.affili.net/V2.0/Logon.svc?wsdl")
    // using Affilinet.PublisherProgramWebservice; ("https://developer-api.affili.net/V2.0/ProductServices.svc?wsdl")    

    #region Parameters for the authentification token
    // Insert the publisher ID for access the live data or insert your DeveloperId for access the demo data 
    string Username   = "";
    // Insert the publisher web services password for access the live data or insert your developer portal password for access the demo data 
    string Password   = "";
    // only required for access the demo data. Insert one of the publisher IDs of our demo database. e.g.: 403233
    int SandboxPublisherID = 0;
    #endregion

    string myToken = GetAuthentificationToken(Username, Password, SandboxPublisherID, WebServiceTypes.Product);
    
    // insert the shop Id and category Id to get the category path
    int shopId = 0;
    int categoryId = 0;
    CategoryResult myResult = GetCategoryPath(myToken, shopId, categoryId);
}

public static string GetAuthentificationToken(string username, string password, int sandboxPublisherID, WebServiceTypes WSType)
{
    Logon logonRequest = new Logon();
    logonRequest.Username = username;
    logonRequest.Password = password;
    logonRequest.WebServiceType = WSType;
    
    // *** only required for sandbox requests *** 
    // logonRequest.DeveloperSettings = new TokenDeveloperDetails();
    // logonRequest.DeveloperSettings.SandboxPublisherID = sandboxPublisherID;
    // logonRequest.DeveloperSettings.SandboxPublisherIDSpecified = true;             

    Authentication logonService = new Authentication();
    return logonService.Logon(logonRequest);
}

public static CategoryResult GetCategoryPath(string token, int shopID, int categoryID)
        {
            ProductServices prodService = new ProductServices();
            GetCategoryPathRequest gcprq = new GetCategoryPathRequest();
            gcprq.CredentialToken = token;
            gcprq.GetCategoryPathRequestMessage = new  GetCategoryPathRequestMessage();
            gcprq.GetCategoryPathRequestMessage.CategoryId = categoryID;
            gcprq.GetCategoryPathRequestMessage.ShopId = shopID;
            return prodService.GetCategoryPath(gcprq);
        }

GetCategoryPath

GetCategoryPath

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