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ETrade v1 Place Order

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Submits an order after it has been successfully previewed. (Your application must first send the POST to preview the order. Then it can send this POST to place the order.)

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success = 0

' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

http.OAuth1 = 1
http.OAuthVerifier = ""
http.OAuthConsumerKey = "ETRADE_CONSUMER_KEY"
http.OAuthConsumerSecret = "ETRADE_CONSUMER_SECRET"

' Load the access token previously obtained via the OAuth1 3-Legged Authorization examples Step1 and Step2.
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/etrade.json")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Failed to load OAuth1 token") & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

http.OAuthToken = json.StringOf("oauth_token")
http.OAuthTokenSecret = json.StringOf("oauth_token_secret")

' See the ETrade v1 API documentation HERE.

' Sample XML Request
' Use this online tool to generate the code from sample XML: 
' Generate Code to Create XML

' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
' <PlaceOrderRequest>
'    <orderType>EQ</orderType>
'    <clientOrderId>sd464333</clientOrderId>
'    <PreviewIds>
'       <previewId>730206520</previewId>
'    </PreviewIds>
'    <Order>
'       <allOrNone>false</allOrNone>
'       <priceType>LIMIT</priceType>
'       <orderTerm>GOOD_FOR_DAY</orderTerm>
'       <marketSession>REGULAR</marketSession>
'       <stopPrice />
'       <limitPrice>188.51</limitPrice>
'       <Instrument>
'          <Product>
'             <securityType>EQ</securityType>
'             <symbol>FB</symbol>
'          </Product>
'          <orderAction>BUY</orderAction>
'          <quantityType>QUANTITY</quantityType>
'          <quantity>150</quantity>
'       </Instrument>
'    </Order>
' </PlaceOrderRequest>

set xml = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")
xml.Tag = "PlaceOrderRequest"
xml.UpdateChildContent "orderType","EQ"
xml.UpdateChildContent "clientOrderId","sd464333"
xml.UpdateChildContent "PreviewIds|previewId","730206520"
xml.UpdateChildContent "Order|allOrNone","false"
xml.UpdateChildContent "Order|priceType","LIMIT"
xml.UpdateChildContent "Order|orderTerm","GOOD_FOR_DAY"
xml.UpdateChildContent "Order|marketSession","REGULAR"
xml.UpdateChildContent "Order|stopPrice",""
xml.UpdateChildContent "Order|limitPrice","188.51"
xml.UpdateChildContent "Order|Instrument|Product|securityType","EQ"
xml.UpdateChildContent "Order|Instrument|Product|symbol","FB"
xml.UpdateChildContent "Order|Instrument|orderAction","BUY"
xml.UpdateChildContent "Order|Instrument|quantityType","QUANTITY"
xml.UpdateChildContent "Order|Instrument|quantity","150"

xmlContent = xml.GetXml()
endpointUrl = "https://apisb.etrade.com/v1/accounts/{accountIdKey}/orders/place"

set resp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
success = http.HttpStr("POST",endpointUrl,xmlContent,"utf-8","application/xml",resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' A 200 status code indicates success.
statusCode = resp.StatusCode
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "statusCode = " & statusCode) & "</pre>"

' Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: 
' Generate Parsing Code from XML

' A sample XML response is shown below...

success = xml.LoadXml(resp.BodyStr)

orderType = xml.GetChildContent("orderType")
orderTerm = xml.GetChildContent("Order|orderTerm")
priceType = xml.GetChildContent("Order|priceType")
limitPrice = xml.GetChildContent("Order|limitPrice")
stopPrice = xml.GetChildIntValue("Order|stopPrice")
marketSession = xml.GetChildContent("Order|marketSession")
allOrNone = xml.GetChildContent("Order|allOrNone")
symbol = xml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|Product|symbol")
securityType = xml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|Product|securityType")
symbolDescription = xml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|symbolDescription")
orderAction = xml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|orderAction")
quantityType = xml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|quantityType")
quantity = xml.GetChildIntValue("Order|Instrument|quantity")
cancelQuantity = xml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|cancelQuantity")
reserveOrder = xml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|reserveOrder")
reserveQuantity = xml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|reserveQuantity")
code = xml.GetChildIntValue("Order|messages|Message|code")
description = xml.GetChildContent("Order|messages|Message|description")
v_type = xml.GetChildContent("Order|messages|Message|type")
egQual = xml.GetChildContent("Order|egQual")
estimatedCommission = xml.GetChildContent("Order|estimatedCommission")
estimatedTotalAmount = xml.GetChildContent("Order|estimatedTotalAmount")
netPrice = xml.GetChildIntValue("Order|netPrice")
netBid = xml.GetChildIntValue("Order|netBid")
netAsk = xml.GetChildIntValue("Order|netAsk")
gcd = xml.GetChildIntValue("Order|gcd")
dstFlag = xml.GetChildContent("dstFlag")
optionLevelCd = xml.GetChildIntValue("optionLevelCd")
marginLevelCd = xml.GetChildContent("marginLevelCd")
orderId = xml.GetChildIntValue("OrderIds|orderId")
placedTime = xml.GetChildContent("placedTime")
accountId = xml.GetChildIntValue("accountId")

' Sample XML Response

' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
' <PlaceOrderResponse>
'    <orderType>EQ</orderType>
'    <Order>
'       <orderTerm>GOOD_FOR_DAY</orderTerm>
'       <priceType>LIMIT</priceType>
'       <limitPrice>188.51</limitPrice>
'       <stopPrice>0</stopPrice>
'       <marketSession>REGULAR</marketSession>
'       <allOrNone>false</allOrNone>
'       <Instrument>
'          <Product>
'             <symbol>FB</symbol>
'             <securityType>EQ</securityType>
'          </Product>
'          <symbolDescription>FACEBOOK INC CL A</symbolDescription>
'          <orderAction>BUY</orderAction>
'          <quantityType>QUANTITY</quantityType>
'          <quantity>150</quantity>
'          <cancelQuantity>0.0</cancelQuantity>
'          <reserveOrder>true</reserveOrder>
'          <reserveQuantity>0.0</reserveQuantity>
'       </Instrument>
'       <messages>
'          <Message>
'             <code>1027</code>
'             <description>200|The market was closed when we received your order. It has been entered into our system and will be reviewed prior to market open on the next regular trading day. After market open, please check to make sure your order was accepted.</description>
'             <type>WARNING</type>
'          </Message>
'       </messages>
'       <egQual>EG_QUAL_NOT_A_MARKET_ORDER</egQual>
'       <estimatedCommission>6.95</estimatedCommission>
'       <estimatedTotalAmount>28283.45</estimatedTotalAmount>
'       <netPrice>0</netPrice>
'       <netBid>0</netBid>
'       <netAsk>0</netAsk>
'       <gcd>0</gcd>
'       <ratio />
'    </Order>
'    <dstFlag>true</dstFlag>
'    <optionLevelCd>4</optionLevelCd>
'    <marginLevelCd>MARGIN_TRADING_ALLOWED</marginLevelCd>
'    <OrderIds>
'       <orderId>5</orderId>
'    </OrderIds>
'    <placedTime>1528764717641</placedTime>
'    <accountId>84312767</accountId>
' </PlaceOrderResponse

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