How set manufacturer via web service in Prestashop 1.6? - prestashop

Question

It seems to be a stupid question, but i need to set via web service, my product, quantity and manufacturer.
There is no more documentation in web about this.
When i insert a product to prestashop via web service , it's important declare:
unset($resources->position_in_category);
unset($resources->manufacturer_name);
unset($resources->quantity);
Only in this way, it's works.
Now, i found a solution to set quantity, but nothing about manufacturer.
Can Someone help me please ?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Get the manufacturer ID and in Products resource, assign it by:
$resources-> id_manufacturer = MANUFACTURER_ID
Example on getting Manufacturer ID by its name
function GetManufacturerID($name) {
try {
$webService = new PrestaShopWebservice($url, PS_WS_AUTH_KEY, DEBUG);
$opt = array(
'resource' =>'manufacturers',
'display' => '[id]',
'filter[name]' => $name);
$xml = $webService->get($opt);
return $xml->children()->children()->manufacturer->id;
} catch (PrestaShopWebserviceException $e) {
$trace = $e->getTrace();
}
}
Example to add new manufacturer
function AddManufacturer($manu_name) {
$webService = new PrestaShopWebservice(PS_SHOP_PATH, PS_WS_AUTH_KEY, DEBUG);
$xml = $webService->get(array('resource' => 'manufacturers?schema=synopsis'));
$resources = $xml->children()->children();
$resources->name = $manu_name;
$resources->active = 1;
unset($resources -> link_rewrite);
$webService->add(
array(
'resource' => 'manufacturers',
'active' => array(),
'postXml' => $xml->asXML()
)
);
}