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PayPal - List Payments

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Lists payments that were created by the create payment call and are in any state. The list shows the payments that are made to the merchant who makes the call.

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local chilkat = require("chilkat")

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

-- Load our previously obtained access token. (see PayPal OAuth2 Access Token)
local jsonToken = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
jsonToken:load_file("qa_data/tokens/paypal.json")

-- Build the Authorization request header field value.
local sbAuth = chilkat.StringBuilder.new()
-- token_type should be "Bearer"
sbAuth:append(jsonToken:string_of("token_type"))
sbAuth:append(" ")
sbAuth:append(jsonToken:string_of("access_token"))

-- Make the initial connection.
-- A single REST object, once connected, can be used for many PayPal 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.
local rest = chilkat.Rest.new()
local bAutoReconnect = true
local success = rest:connect("api.sandbox.paypal.com", 443, true, bAutoReconnect)
if not success then
    print(rest.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- The code above this comment could be placed inside a function/subroutine within the application
-- because the connection does not need to be made for every request.  Once the connection is made
-- the app may send many requests..
-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-- Clear the REST object of any headers or query params from previous requests.
rest:clear_all_headers()
rest:clear_all_query_params()

rest:add_header("Authorization", sbAuth:get_as_string())

-- Add query parameters.
rest:add_query_param("count", "3")
rest:add_query_param("start_index", "0")
rest:add_query_param("sort_by", "create_time")
rest:add_query_param("sort_order", "desc")

-- Send the GET request and get the JSON response.
local sbJsonResponse = chilkat.StringBuilder.new()
success = rest:full_request_no_body_sb("GET", "/v1/payments/payment", sbJsonResponse)
if not success then
    print(rest.last_error_text)
    return
end

local json = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
json.emit_compact = false
json:load_sb(sbJsonResponse)

print("Response Status Code = " .. rest.response_status_code)

-- Did we get a 200 success response?
if rest.response_status_code ~= 200 then
    print(json:emit())
    print("Failed.")
    return
end

-- Sample JSON response is shown below.
print(json:emit())
print("----------------------")

-- Iterate over the payments and show some information from each..
local numPayments = json:size_of_array("payments")
local i = 0
while i < numPayments do
    json.i = i
    print("id: " .. json:string_of("payments[i].id"))
    print("state: " .. json:string_of("payments[i].state"))
    print("intent: " .. json:string_of("payments[i].intent"))

    local j = 0
    local numTransactions = json:size_of_array("payments[i].transactions")
    while j < numTransactions do
        json.j = j
        print("amount: " .. json:string_of("payments[i].transactions[j].amount.total"))
        print("description: " .. json:string_of("payments[i].transactions[j].description"))
        j = j + 1
    end

    print("----")

    i = i + 1
end

print("success")

-- ------------------------------------------------
-- A sample JSON response:

--     {
--       "payments": [
--         {
--           "id": "PAY-66A12106PU3254228LA3BYKI",
--           "create_time": "2016-11-23T22:46:01Z",
--           "update_time": "2016-11-23T22:46:07Z",
--           "state": "approved",
--           "intent": "sale",
--           "payer": {
--             "payment_method": "credit_card",
--             "funding_instruments": [
--               {
--                 "credit_card": {
--                   "type": "visa",
--                   "number": "xxxxxxxxxxxx9974",
--                   "expire_month": "9",
--                   "expire_year": "2021",
--                   "first_name": "Joe",
--                   "last_name": "Buyer"
--                 }
--               }
--             ]
--           },
--           "transactions": [
--             {
--               "amount": {
--                 "total": "7.47",
--                 "currency": "USD",
--                 "details": {
--                   "subtotal": "7.47"
--                 }
--               },
--               "description": "This is the payment transaction description.",
--               "related_resources": [
--                 {
--                   "sale": {
--                     "id": "70L88278E6781074B",
--                     "create_time": "2016-11-23T22:46:01Z",
--                     "update_time": "2016-11-23T22:46:07Z",
--                     "amount": {
--                       "total": "7.47",
--                       "currency": "USD"
--                     },
--                     "state": "completed",
--                     "parent_payment": "PAY-66A12106PU3254228LA3BYKI",
--                     "links": [
--                       {
--                         "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/sale/70L88278E6781074B",
--                         "rel": "self",
--                         "method": "GET"
--                       },
--                       {
--                         "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/sale/70L88278E6781074B/refund",
--                         "rel": "refund",
--                         "method": "POST"
--                       },
--                       {
--                         "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-66A12106PU3254228LA3BYKI",
--                         "rel": "parent_payment",
--                         "method": "GET"
--                       }
--                     ]
--                   }
--                 }
--               ]
--             }
--           ],
--           "links": [
--             {
--               "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-66A12106PU3254228LA3BYKI",
--               "rel": "self",
--               "method": "GET"
--             }
--           ]
--         },
--         {
--           "id": "PAY-65M1278399433341ALA3B4JY",
--           "create_time": "2016-11-23T22:54:31Z",
--           "update_time": "2016-11-23T22:54:35Z",
--           "state": "approved",
--           "intent": "sale",
--           "payer": {
--             "payment_method": "credit_card",
--             "funding_instruments": [
--               {
--                 "credit_card": {
--                   "type": "visa",
--                   "number": "xxxxxxxxxxxx9974",
--                   "expire_month": "9",
--                   "expire_year": "2021",
--                   "first_name": "Joe",
--                   "last_name": "Buyer"
--                 }
--               }
--             ]
--           },
--           "transactions": [
--             {
--               "amount": {
--                 "total": "7.47",
--                 "currency": "USD",
--                 "details": {
--                   "subtotal": "7.47"
--                 }
--               },
--               "description": "This is the payment transaction description.",
--               "related_resources": [
--                 {
--                   "sale": {
--                     "id": "1CP21441CY030683B",
--                     "create_time": "2016-11-23T22:54:31Z",
--                     "update_time": "2016-11-23T22:54:35Z",
--                     "amount": {
--                       "total": "7.47",
--                       "currency": "USD"
--                     },
--                     "state": "completed",
--                     "parent_payment": "PAY-65M1278399433341ALA3B4JY",
--                     "links": [
--                       {
--                         "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/sale/1CP21441CY030683B",
--                         "rel": "self",
--                         "method": "GET"
--                       },
--                       {
--                         "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/sale/1CP21441CY030683B/refund",
--                         "rel": "refund",
--                         "method": "POST"
--                       },
--                       {
--                         "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-65M1278399433341ALA3B4JY",
--                         "rel": "parent_payment",
--                         "method": "GET"
--                       }
--                     ]
--                   }
--                 }
--               ]
--             }
--           ],
--           "links": [
--             {
--               "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-65M1278399433341ALA3B4JY",
--               "rel": "self",
--               "method": "GET"
--             }
--           ]
--         },
--         {
--           "id": "PAY-12T35751GS725073SLA3CQNQ",
--           "create_time": "2016-11-23T23:37:26Z",
--           "update_time": "2016-11-23T23:37:31Z",
--           "state": "approved",
--           "intent": "sale",
--           "payer": {
--             "payment_method": "credit_card",
--             "funding_instruments": [
--               {
--                 "credit_card_token": {
--                   "credit_card_id": "CARD-52W84623JH8043102LA3CLGA",
--                   "payer_id": "user12345",
--                   "last4": "9974",
--                   "type": "visa",
--                   "expire_month": "9",
--                   "expire_year": "2021"
--                 }
--               }
--             ]
--           },
--           "transactions": [
--             {
--               "amount": {
--                 "total": "6.70",
--                 "currency": "USD",
--                 "details": {
--                   "subtotal": "6.70"
--                 }
--               },
--               "description": "This is the payment transaction description.",
--               "related_resources": [
--                 {
--                   "sale": {
--                     "id": "4F194018A1618453G",
--                     "create_time": "2016-11-23T23:37:26Z",
--                     "update_time": "2016-11-23T23:37:31Z",
--                     "amount": {
--                       "total": "6.70",
--                       "currency": "USD"
--                     },
--                     "state": "completed",
--                     "parent_payment": "PAY-12T35751GS725073SLA3CQNQ",
--                     "links": [
--                       {
--                         "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/sale/4F194018A1618453G",
--                         "rel": "self",
--                         "method": "GET"
--                       },
--                       {
--                         "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/sale/4F194018A1618453G/refund",
--                         "rel": "refund",
--                         "method": "POST"
--                       },
--                       {
--                         "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-12T35751GS725073SLA3CQNQ",
--                         "rel": "parent_payment",
--                         "method": "GET"
--                       }
--                     ]
--                   }
--                 }
--               ]
--             }
--           ],
--           "links": [
--             {
--               "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-12T35751GS725073SLA3CQNQ",
--               "rel": "self",
--               "method": "GET"
--             }
--           ]
--         }
--       ],
--       "count": 3,
--       "next_id": "PAY-2005552565085590VLA3CR5Q"
--     }