mcp2

Managed to find the issue. The version is 1.7.2 . It seems that a product must be associated with a category in order to be available in the catalogue. This was the information I was missing in the XML

Hi all, I started to play with Prestashop a few weeks ago, trying to integrate it via Webservice to a different database. It was quite complicated to understand the whole API with combinations and attribute_values and all, but I managed to crack it in the end. The products are being created with combinations and stocks, all good, nice and fluffy. My issue is now that whenever I'm trying to search one of these products via the search API, it doesn't show. If I enter the admin panel and make a change in the product via the admin panel, after that it will show in the search. Is it something wrong in the way i create the product? Am I missing some switch somewhere? Please see below the XML that is sent to the webservice to create the product. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <prestashop xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <product> <id/> <id_manufacturer/> <id_supplier/> <id_category_default>2</id_category_default> <new/> <cache_default_attribute/> <id_default_image/> <id_default_combination/> <id_tax_rules_group>1</id_tax_rules_group> <type/> <id_shop_default>1</id_shop_default> <reference>FRC</reference> <supplier_reference/> <location/> <width/> <height/> <depth/> <weight>100</weight> <quantity_discount/> <ean13/> <isbn/> <upc/> <cache_is_pack/> <cache_has_attachments/> <is_virtual></is_virtual> <state>1</state> <on_sale/> <online_only/> <ecotax/> <minimal_quantity>1</minimal_quantity> <price>0</price> <wholesale_price/> <unity/> <unit_price_ratio/> <additional_shipping_cost/> <customizable/> <text_fields/> <uploadable_files/> <active>1</active> <redirect_type>404</redirect_type> <id_type_redirected/> <available_for_order>1</available_for_order> <available_date>2017-09-08</available_date> <show_condition/> <condition>new</condition> <show_price>1</show_price> <indexed>1</indexed> <visibility>both</visibility> <advanced_stock_management>0</advanced_stock_management> <date_add/> <date_upd/> <pack_stock_type>3</pack_stock_type> <meta_description><language id="1"/></meta_description> <meta_keywords><language id="1"/></meta_keywords> <meta_title><language id="1">Fargesia robusta</language></meta_title> <link_rewrite><language id="1">fargesia-robustal</language></link_rewrite> <name><language id="1">Fargesia robusta</language></name> <description><language id="1"/></description> <description_short><language id="1"/></description_short> <available_now><language id="1"/></available_now> <available_later><language id="1"/></available_later> <associations> <categories> <category> <id/> </category> </categories> <images> <image> <id/> </image> </images> <combinations> <combination> <id/> </combination> </combinations> <product_option_values> <product_option_value> <id/> </product_option_value> </product_option_values> <product_features> <product_feature> <id/> <id_feature_value/> </product_feature> </product_features> <tags> <tag> <id/> </tag> </tags> <stock_availables> <stock_available> <id/> <id_product_attribute/> </stock_available> </stock_availables> <accessories> <product> <id/> </product> </accessories> <product_bundle> <product> <id/> <quantity/> </product> </product_bundle> </associations> <position_in_category>0</position_in_category> </product> </prestashop>