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Update a product group

Last updated: 25-Sep-2019
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Overview

Use the updateProductGroup method to update a product group for your account.

Parameters

sessionID

Required (string)

 

Session identifier, the output of the Login method. Include sessionID into all your requests. Avangate throws an exception if the values are incorrect.  The sessionID expires in 10 minutes.

ProductGroup

Required (object)

 

The product group name is used to identify the product group and cannot be changed in API v2.0. Use API 2.5 and above to change additional characteristics of product groups.

Response

bool(true)

Request

<?php

$host   = "https://api.avangate.com";
$client = new SoapClient($host . "/soap/4.0/?wsdl", array(
    'location' => $host . "/soap/4.0/",
    "stream_context" => stream_context_create(array(
        'ssl' => array(
            'verify_peer' => false,
            'verify_peer_name' => false
        )
    ))
));


function hmac($key, $data)
{
    $b = 64; // byte length for md5
    if (strlen($key) > $b) {
        $key = pack("H*", md5($key));
    }
    
    $key    = str_pad($key, $b, chr(0x00));
    $ipad   = str_pad('', $b, chr(0x36));
    $opad   = str_pad('', $b, chr(0x5c));
    $k_ipad = $key ^ $ipad;
    $k_opad = $key ^ $opad;
    return md5($k_opad . pack("H*", md5($k_ipad . $data)));
}

$merchantCode = "YOURCODE123"; //your account's merchant code available in the 'System settings' area of the cPanel: https://secure.avangate.com/cpanel/account_settings.php
$key          = "SECRET_KEY"; //your account's secret key available in the 'System settings' area of the cPanel: https://secure.avangate.com/cpanel/account_settings.php
$now          = gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s'); //date_default_timezone_set('UTC')

$string = strlen($merchantCode) . $merchantCode . strlen($now) . $now;
$hash   = hmac($key, $string);

try {
    $sessionID = $client->login($merchantCode, $now, $hash);
}

catch (SoapFault $e) {
    echo "Authentication: " . $e->getMessage();
    exit;
}


$ProductGroup = new stdClass();
$ProductGroup->Name = 'New Product Group from API';
$ProductGroup->Code = 'DBA13A4268';
$ProductGroup->TemplateName = 'Default Template';//'001 - Two Column Billing'; //the name of the cart template you want to associate with the product group
$ProductGroup->Description = 'This is a generic description';
$ProductGroup->Enabled = false;


try {
    $UpdatedProductGroup = $client->updateProductGroup($sessionID, $ProductGroup);
}

catch (SoapFault $e) {
    echo "UpdatedProductGroup: " . $e->getMessage();
    exit;
}

var_dump("UpdatedProductGroup", $UpdatedProductGroup);


?>
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