How to assign new array of custom taxonomy to newly inserted post in a cron job

ok, by running the insert of categories after the insert post it seemed to work fine.

This is the updated code so far, which works but I think the thing here to note is the

private function setEKMStock($object, $url, $apiKey, $clientID) {

		global $wpdb;
		$count = 0;
		$parser = new ArrayObject();

		/*$xml_post_string = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="https://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><soap:Body>';

		$xml_post_string .= '<SetProductStock xmlns="https://publicapi.ekmpowershop.com/"><SetProductStockRequest><APIKey>' . $apiKey . '</APIKey>';*/

		// Post thumbnail support
		if ( ! current_theme_supports( 'post-thumbnails', 'product' ) ) {
			add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' );
			remove_post_type_support( 'post', 'thumbnail' );
			remove_post_type_support( 'page', 'thumbnail' );
		} else {
			add_post_type_support( 'product', 'thumbnail' );
		}

		// Make sure that this file is included, as wp_generate_attachment_metadata() depends on it.
		require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/image.php' );
		require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/file.php' );
		require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/media.php' );

		// Add image sizes
		$shop_thumbnail = wc_get_image_size( 'shop_thumbnail' );
		$shop_catalog	= wc_get_image_size( 'shop_catalog' );
		$shop_single	= wc_get_image_size( 'shop_single' );
		///var_dump($object[0]);
		foreach($object as $key => $value){

			//// check if update or insert post
			$name = $value['Name'];
			$sku = $value['SKU'];
			$shortDescription = $value['ShortDescription'];
			$filename = $value['Photo'];
			$price = $value['Price'];
			$packQty = $value['PackQty'];
			$stock = $value['Stock'];
			$the_categories = $value['Category'];
			$post_categories = array();

			$pattern = '/?([A-Za-z]+)/';
			preg_match($pattern, substr($sku, 0), $matches);
			$size = (!empty($matches)) ? '-' . $matches[0] : NULL;
			$post_name = sanitize_title_with_dashes(trim(strtolower($name . $size)));

			switch($size) {
				case '-XS':
					$textSize = 'Extra Small';
					break;
				case '-S':
					$textSize = 'Small';
					break;
				case '-M':
					$textSize = 'Medium';
					break;
				case '-L':
					$textSize = 'Large';
					break;
				case '-XL':
					$textSize = 'Extra Large';
					break;
				default:
					$textSize = NULL;
			}

			$query = $wpdb->prepare('SELECT ID FROM ' . $wpdb->posts . ' WHERE post_name = %s', $post_name);
			$cID = $wpdb->get_var( $query );			

			///var_dump($cID);

			$postData = array(
				  ///'post_content'   => $value['ShortDescription'], // The full text of the post.
				  'post_name'      => $post_name, // The name (slug) for your post
				  'post_title'     => $name . ' ' . $textSize, // The title of your post.
				  'post_status'    => 'publish', // Default 'draft'.
				  'post_type'      => 'product', // Default 'post'.
				  'post_author'    => 1, // The user ID number of the author. Default is the current user ID.
				  'ping_status'    => 'closed', // Pingbacks or trackbacks allowed. Default is the option 'default_ping_status'.
				  ///'post_parent'    => [ <post ID> ] // Sets the parent of the new post, if any. Default 0.
				  ///'menu_order'     => [ <order> ] // If new post is a page, sets the order in which it should appear in supported menus. Default 0.
				  ///'to_ping'        => // Space or carriage return-separated list of URLs to ping. Default empty string.
				  ///'pinged'         => // Space or carriage return-separated list of URLs that have been pinged. Default empty string.
				  ////'post_password'  => [ <string> ] // Password for post, if any. Default empty string.
				  ///'guid'           => // Skip this and let WordPress handle it, usually.
				  ///'post_content_filtered' => // Skip this and let WordPress handle it, usually.
				  'post_excerpt'   => $shortDescription, // For all your post excerpt needs.
				  'post_date'      => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'), // The time post was made.
				  'post_date_gmt'  => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'), // The time post was made, in GMT.
				  'comment_status' => 'open', // Default is the option 'default_comment_status', or 'closed'.
				  ///'post_category'  => array($post_categories) // Default empty. --- DOESN'T WORK
				  ///'tags_input'     => [ '<tag>, <tag>, ...' | array ] // Default empty.
					/// 'tax_input'      => array($post_categories) // For custom taxonomies. Default empty. --- DOESN'T WORK
				  ///'page_template'  => [ <string> ] // Requires name of template file, eg template.php. Default empty.
			);

			if (empty($cID) ) {

				///insert data
				$cID = wp_insert_post($postData);

				//// Update the other meta data
				update_post_meta($cID, 'total_sales', '0'); /// If new
				//// Handle files from folder and attach to the product

				// The ID of the post this attachment is for.
				$parent_post_id = $cID;

				// Get the path to the upload directory.
				$wp_upload_dir = wp_upload_dir();

				// Check the type of tile. We'll use this as the 'post_mime_type'.
				$filetype = wp_check_filetype( $wp_upload_dir['baseurl'] . '/AllProducts/' . basename( $filename ), NULL );

				//// check file exists and process
				$theFile = trim($wp_upload_dir['basedir'] . '/AllProducts/' . basename( $filename ));
				if(file_exists($theFile)){
					// Prepare an array of post data for the attachment.
					$attachment = array(
						'guid'           => trim($wp_upload_dir['baseurl'] . '/AllProducts/' . basename( $filename ) ),
						'post_mime_type' => $filetype['type'],
						'post_title'     => preg_replace( '/\.[^.]+$/', '', basename( $filename ) ),
						'post_content'   => '',
						'post_status'    => 'inherit'
					);

					// Insert the attachment.
					$attach_id = wp_insert_attachment( $attachment, trim($wp_upload_dir['baseurl'] . '/AllProducts/' . basename( $filename )), $parent_post_id );

					// Generate the metadata for the attachment, and update the database record.
					$attach_data = wp_generate_attachment_metadata( $attach_id, $theFile );
					wp_update_attachment_metadata( $attach_id, $attach_data );
					// Finally! set our post thumbnail
        			update_post_meta( $parent_post_id, '_thumbnail_id', $attach_id );
				}

			} else {
				///update data
				$postData = array('ID'=>$cID) + $postData;
				var_dump($postData);
				wp_insert_post($postData);
			}	

			/// attach the product categories
			foreach($the_categories as $key => $value ){
				//// check if exists, get category or if not exists then create the category
				$theCat = get_term_by( 'slug', sanitize_title_with_dashes(trim(strtolower($value))), 'product_cat');

				if($theCat == NULL) {
					$term = wp_insert_term (
							trim(strtolower($value)),
							'product_cat',
							array(
								'description'=>trim($value),
								'slug'=>sanitize_title_with_dashes(trim($value)),
								'parent'=>0
							) );
					$theCatId = $term['term_id'];
				} else {
					$theCatId = $theCat->term_id;
				}

				if($theCatId){
					array_push($post_categories, $theCatId);
				}

			}

			sort($post_categories);
			$post_categories = array_map('intval', $post_categories);

			var_dump(array( $cID, $post_categories, 'product_cat'));
			echo '<br /><br />';
			///wp_set_object_terms( $cID, $post_categories, 'product_cat', true); --- DOESN't WORK
			//wp_set_post_categories( $cID, $post_categories, false);  --- DOESN't WORK
			///wp_set_post_terms( $cID, $post_categories); //// --- DOESN't WORK
			wp_set_object_terms( $cID,  array_map('intval', array(2)), 'product_type');
			wp_set_object_terms( $cID, $post_categories, 'product_cat');
			///wp_set_post_terms( $cID, array($post_categories), 'product_cat' );  --- DOESN't WORK

			//// Update the other meta data
			update_post_meta($cID, '_visibility', 'visible');
			if($stock > 0) {
				update_post_meta($cID, '_stock_status', 'instock');
			} else {
				update_post_meta($cID, '_stock_status', 'outofstock');
			}
			update_post_meta($cID, '_downloadable', 'no');
			update_post_meta($cID, '_virtual', 'no');
			update_post_meta($cID, '_regular_price', $price);
			update_post_meta($cID, '_sale_price', '');
			update_post_meta($cID, '_purchase_note', '');
			update_post_meta($cID, '_featured', 'no');
			update_post_meta($cID, '_weight', '');
			update_post_meta($cID, '_length', '');
			update_post_meta($cID, '_width', '');
			update_post_meta($cID, '_height', '');
			update_post_meta($cID, '_sku', $sku);
			update_post_meta($cID, '_product_attributes', 'a:0:{}');
			update_post_meta($cID, '_sale_price_dates_from', '');
			update_post_meta($cID, '_sale_price_dates_to', '');
			update_post_meta($cID, '_price', $price);
			update_post_meta($cID, '_sold_individually', 'no');
			update_post_meta($cID, '_pack_qty', $packQty);
			update_post_meta($cID, '_manage_stock', 'yes');
			update_post_meta($cID, '_backorders', 'no');
			update_post_meta($cID, '_stock', $stock);
			update_post_meta($cID, '_product_image_gallery', '');				

			$count++;

			if($count > 10) {
				break;
			}

		} //// End foreach

		/*$xml_post_string .= '</SetProductStockRequest></SetProductStock></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>';   // data from the form, e.g. some ID number 

		$headers = array(
			"POST: /v1.1/publicapi.asmx HTTP/1.1",
			"Host: publicapi.ekmpowershop27.com",
			"Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8",
			"SOAPAction: https://publicapi.ekmpowershop.com/SetProductStock",
			"Content-length: ".strlen($xml_post_string)
		); //SOAPAction: your op URL

		// PHP cURL  for https connection with auth
		$ch = curl_init();
		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
		///curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD,"EF_PSSTORE:016e3f2663377b6191151e69ace48686"); // username and password - declared at the top of the doc
		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_ANY);
		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10);
		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $xml_post_string); // the SOAP request
		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

		// converting
		$response = curl_exec($ch);
		curl_close($ch);

		// converting
		$response1 = str_replace("<soap:Body>","",$response);
		$response2 = str_replace("</soap:Body>","",$response1);

		// converting to XML
		$item = simplexml_load_string($response2);
		$parser[] = simplexml_load_string($response2);
		if($item->SetProductStockResponse->SetProductStockResult->Status == 'Success') {
			echo '<pre style="color:green" >';
			var_dump(simplexml_load_string($response2));
			echo '</pre>';
		} else {
			echo '<pre style="color:red" >';
			var_dump(simplexml_load_string($response2));
			echo '</pre>';
		}
		echo '<hr />';

		*/
		die();
		return $parser;

	} /// End function