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ptjedi Total Posts: 250 Joined: 2008-03-12 Porto, Portugal Ignore user	Hi guys, With the new API that came with 1.1, I am starting to sketch a few needs that can be (in theory) finnaly accomplished. However, I have ran into the simple problem of getting the system starting so that I can start programming with the API. I have followed Pixeldreamz’s Tutorial but the error: “==> Error: Invalid api path.” always appear. I am using XAMPP in Windows, and running Magento 1.1 Beta. My code test.php <?php $host= 'localhost/magento11b'; $client= new SoapClient('http://'.$host.'/index.php/api/soap/?wsdl'); // Can be added in Magento-Admin -> Web Services $apiuser= "user"; $apikey = "pass"; try { $sess_id= $client->login($apiuser, $apikey); $result= $client->call($sess_id, ‘catalog_category.tree’, array()); } catch (Exception $e) { echo "==> Error: ".$e->getMessage(); exit(); } foreach ($result['children'] as $child) { echo "–> ".$child['name']." (id:".$child['category_id'].")\n"; } ?> Info on phpinfo(); `soap Soap Client enabled Soap Server enabled Directive Local Value Master Value soap.wsdl_cache 1 1 soap.wsdl_cache_dir C:\xampp\tmp C:\xampp\tmp soap.wsdl_cache_enabled 1 1 soap.wsdl_cache_limit 5 5 soap.wsdl_cache_ttl 86400 86400` Do anyone have a clue of what is going on and how can I surpass this itching problem? Thanks a lot in advance.
	Posted: July 23 2008 \| top

JKwan13 Total Posts: 63 Joined: 2008-06-12 Ignore user	I had the same problem too. First of all, you need the latest 1.1-trunk beta release which can be acquired through SVN. The beta release that comes from the Magento Connect wont work. You need to add this to the beginning of the code. `<?php // initialize magento environment for 'default' store require_once('/*Your Magento Directory*/app/Mage.php'); Mage::app('default');` I’m still trying to figure out all the API, the documentation is incomplete. For example, the whole category API is not there (the links are broken). I need to figure out how to assign new products that are created to the appropriate categories and also websites. Signature Amptic.com - http://www.amptic.com - Hunting/Camping Gear & Accessories
	Posted: July 23 2008 \| top \| # 1

ptjedi Total Posts: 250 Joined: 2008-03-12 Porto, Portugal Ignore user	Thank you very much. It seems that the Beta (downloadable) is working as well (don’t know if everything is, though) but I managed to get this example working! Those two initial lines were in fact missing Thanks again!
	Posted: July 23 2008 \| top \| # 2

JKwan13 Total Posts: 63 Joined: 2008-06-12 Ignore user	Glad I could help. Have you had any sucess printing out the category tree with the code: `foreach ($result['children'] as $child) { echo "–> ".$child['name']." (id:".$child['category_id'].")\n"; }` I only get one line from that. I’m thinking I need some kind of recursion function, but right now my programming skills are very rusty (esp in PHP) and I’m not sure how to traverse the tree. Signature Amptic.com - http://www.amptic.com - Hunting/Camping Gear & Accessories
	Posted: July 23 2008 \| top \| # 3

ptjedi Total Posts: 250 Joined: 2008-03-12 Porto, Portugal Ignore user	All I can get is the list of the first level categories right below Root. No subcategories. Don’t know if we need to hardcode some recursive method, which is stupid because if the API function is called “tree” it should be able to reach every and single level within our category list.
	Posted: July 23 2008 \| top \| # 4

cgalpin Total Posts: 11 Joined: 2008-06-25 Ignore user	If you dump the response it should show all the data. If it does, then, this code snippet will display the tree. If the data isn’t there, then you need to figure that out first. # Categories try { $result= $client->call($sess_id, 'catalog_category.tree', array()); showCategory($result); //var_dump($result); } catch (Exception $e) { echo "==> Error: " . $e->getMessage(); exit(); } function showCategory($category, $indent=0) { for ($i=0; $i<$indent;$i++) { echo " "; } echo $category['name'] . " (".$category['category_id'] . ")\n"; $indent++; foreach ($category['children'] as $child) { showCategory($child, $indent); } $indent--; } hth charles
	Posted: August 7 2008 \| top \| # 5

JKwan13 Total Posts: 63 Joined: 2008-06-12 Ignore user	Thanks for the code. I already figured out how to print and search the tree, but your print method is better than mine. I actually was looking for a way to search the tree for the category_id, so I could use it when creating a product. But I’m sure it will help others to use it. Signature Amptic.com - http://www.amptic.com - Hunting/Camping Gear & Accessories
	Posted: August 7 2008 \| top \| # 6

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