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Populi Add Financial Aid Disbursement

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Demonstrates the Populi addFinancialAidDisbursement task.

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    success := false

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

    // First load the previously obtained API token.
    // See Get Populi Access Token for sample code showing how to get the API token.
    xml := chilkat.NewXml()
    success = xml.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/tokens/populi_token.xml")
    accessKey := xml.GetChildContent("access_key")
    if xml.LastMethodSuccess() != true {
        fmt.Println("Did not find the access_key")
        xml.DisposeXml()
        return
    }

    rest := chilkat.NewRest()

    // Connect using TLS.
    // A single REST object, once connected, can be used for many Populi REST API calls.
    // The auto-reconnect indicates that if the already-established HTTPS connection is closed,
    // then it will be automatically re-established as needed.
    bAutoReconnect := true
    success = rest.Connect("yourcollege.populi.co",443,true,bAutoReconnect)
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(rest.LastErrorText())
        xml.DisposeXml()
        rest.DisposeRest()
        return
    }

    rest.SetAuthorization(*accessKey)

    rest.AddQueryParam("task","addFinancialAidDisbursement")
    rest.AddQueryParam("person_id","12345678")
    rest.AddQueryParam("award_id","555555")
    rest.AddQueryParam("academic_term_id","123")
    rest.AddQueryParam("scheduled_date","2019-10-10")
    rest.AddQueryParam("amount","12345")

    responseBody := rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/api/index.php")
    if rest.LastMethodSuccess() != true {
        fmt.Println(rest.LastErrorText())
        xml.DisposeXml()
        rest.DisposeRest()
        return
    }

    // We should expect a 200 response if successful.
    if rest.ResponseStatusCode() != 200 {
        fmt.Println("Request Header: ")
        fmt.Println(rest.LastRequestHeader())
        fmt.Println("----")
        fmt.Println("Response StatusCode = ", rest.ResponseStatusCode())
        fmt.Println("Response StatusLine: ", rest.ResponseStatusText())
        fmt.Println("Response Header:")
        fmt.Println(rest.ResponseHeader())
        fmt.Println("Response Body:")
        fmt.Println(*responseBody)
        xml.DisposeXml()
        rest.DisposeRest()
        return
    }

    xml.LoadXml(*responseBody)
    fmt.Println(*xml.GetXml())

    // Sample response:
    // Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: 
    // Generate Parsing Code from XML

    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    // <result>
    // 	<disbursement>123456</disbursement>
    // </result>

    var disbursement int
    disbursement = xml.GetChildIntValue("disbursement")

    xml.DisposeXml()
    rest.DisposeRest()