C# Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

PayPal: Show available, withheld and total balances by currency

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Read the merchant balance snapshot using reporting access. Keep each currency separate and show the last refresh time so accounting knows when PayPal last updated the figures.

PayPal documentation

C#

bool success = false;

//  See Unlock Chilkat before making requests.
//  For the merchant's internal backoffice application. Load the sandbox token
//  from the merchant's credential store. Keep it out of publicly distributed apps.
//  See Get a PayPal access token.
Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();
http.AuthToken = "SANDBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN";
Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = new Chilkat.HttpResponse();

success = http.HttpNoBody("GET","https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/reporting/balances",resp);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine("No HTTP response: " + http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

if ((resp.StatusCode < 200) || (resp.StatusCode >= 300)) {
    Chilkat.JsonObject errorInfo = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
    errorInfo.Load(resp.BodyStr);
    Debug.WriteLine("HTTP " + Convert.ToString(resp.StatusCode) + " " + errorInfo.StringOf("name") + " " + errorInfo.StringOf("details[0].issue"));
    Debug.WriteLine("PayPal debug ID: " + errorInfo.StringOf("debug_id"));
    return;
}

Chilkat.JsonObject result = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
bool parsedResult = result.Load(resp.BodyStr);
if (parsedResult != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Expected a JSON response; HTTP " + Convert.ToString(resp.StatusCode));
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("Last refresh: " + result.StringOf("last_refresh_time"));
int i = 0;
while ((i < result.SizeOfArray("balances"))) {
    result.I = i;
    Debug.WriteLine(result.StringOf("balances[i].currency") + "  total " + result.StringOf("balances[i].total_balance.value") + "  available " + result.StringOf("balances[i].available_balance.value")
         + "  withheld " + result.StringOf("balances[i].withheld_balance.value"));
    i = i + 1;
}