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Generate an E-way Bill

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Demonstrates how to send an HTTP POST request to generate an e-way bill.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

# This example uses the previously obtained access token that was retrieved
# in this example:  Get EWAY Auth Token using Gstin, username, password, and app_key

$jsonAuth = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$success = $jsonAuth->LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/ewayAuth.json");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $jsonAuth->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# The jsonAuth contains something like this:
# {
#   "authToken": "IBTeFtxNfVurg71LTzZ2r0xK7",
#   "decryptedSek": "5g1TyTie7yoslU3DrbYATa7mWyPazlODE7cEh5Vy4Ho="
# }

# Generate the JSON data for the e-way bill.
# The following code can be generated by pasting representative JSON into this online tool:
# Generate JSON Code
$jsonData = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jsonData->UpdateString("supplyType","O");
$jsonData->UpdateString("subSupplyType","1");
$jsonData->UpdateString("docType","INV");
$jsonData->UpdateString("docNo","AW1234-2");
$jsonData->UpdateString("docDate","05/04/2018");
$jsonData->UpdateString("fromGstin","09ABDC24212B1FK");
$jsonData->UpdateString("fromTrdName","willy");
$jsonData->UpdateString("fromAddr1","3RD CROSS NO 200  19  A");
$jsonData->UpdateString("fromAddr2","GROUND FLOOR OZZY ROAD");
$jsonData->UpdateString("fromPlace","BUSY TOWN");
$jsonData->UpdateNumber("fromPincode","640033");
$jsonData->UpdateNumber("actFromStateCode","05");
$jsonData->UpdateNumber("fromStateCode","05");
$jsonData->UpdateString("toGstin","01AAAASCC10BBBB");
$jsonData->UpdateString("toTrdName","mthustra");
$jsonData->UpdateString("toAddr1","Shrek Ogre");
$jsonData->UpdateString("toAddr2","Basadronsil");
$jsonData->UpdateString("toPlace","Grifl Blagar");
$jsonData->UpdateNumber("toPincode","699988");
$jsonData->UpdateNumber("actToStateCode","29");
$jsonData->UpdateNumber("toStateCode","02");
$jsonData->UpdateNumber("totalValue","5609889");
$jsonData->UpdateNumber("cgstValue","0");
$jsonData->UpdateNumber("sgstValue","0");
$jsonData->UpdateNumber("igstValue","168296.67");
$jsonData->UpdateNumber("cessValue","224395.56");
$jsonData->UpdateString("transporterId","09ABDC24212B1FK");
$jsonData->UpdateString("transporterName","");
$jsonData->UpdateString("transDocNo","12332");
$jsonData->UpdateNumber("transMode","1");
$jsonData->UpdateString("transDistance","656");
$jsonData->UpdateString("transDocDate","10/04/2018");
$jsonData->UpdateString("vehicleNo","PBN4567");
$jsonData->UpdateString("vehicleType","R");
$jsonData->put_I(0);
$jsonData->UpdateString("itemList[i].productName","Wheat");
$jsonData->UpdateString("itemList[i].productDesc","Wheat");
$jsonData->UpdateNumber("itemList[i].hsnCode","1001");
$jsonData->UpdateNumber("itemList[i].quantity","4");
$jsonData->UpdateString("itemList[i].qtyUnit","BOX");
$jsonData->UpdateNumber("itemList[i].cgstRate","0");
$jsonData->UpdateNumber("itemList[i].sgstRate","0");
$jsonData->UpdateNumber("itemList[i].igstRate","3");
$jsonData->UpdateNumber("itemList[i].cessRate","4");
$jsonData->UpdateNumber("itemList[i].cessAdvol","0");
$jsonData->UpdateNumber("itemList[i].taxableAmount","5609889");

# The body of the HTTP POST will contain JSON that looks like this:
# 	{
# 	"action":"GENEWAYBILL",
# 	"data": " iJiJGXq ... oUZp/25Y "
# 	}

# The "data" is the encrypted jsonData using our previously agreed-upon symmetric encryption key.
# Let's begin build the JSON request body..
$jsonRequestBody = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jsonRequestBody->UpdateString("action","GENEWAYBILL");

# Setup the encryptor using the decryptedSek from the jsonAuth
$crypt = chilkat::CkCrypt2->new();
$crypt->put_CryptAlgorithm("aes");
$crypt->put_CipherMode("ecb");
$crypt->put_KeyLength(256);
$crypt->SetEncodedKey($jsonAuth->stringOf("decryptedSek"),"base64");
$crypt->put_EncodingMode("base64");

# Encrypt the jsonData and add it to our JSON request body
$jsonRequestBody->UpdateString("data",$crypt->encryptStringENC($jsonData->emit()));

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();

# Add the authtoken to the request header.
# Be careful to be precise with uppercase/lowercase ("authtoken" vs "authToken")
$http->SetRequestHeader("authtoken",$jsonAuth->stringOf("authToken"));
$http->SetRequestHeader("Gstin","09ABDC24212B1FK");
$http->put_Accept("application/json");

# POST the request to generate an e-way bill:
$resp = chilkat::CkHttpResponse->new();
$success = $http->HttpJson("POST","http://ewb.wepgst.com/api/EWayBill",$jsonRequestBody,"application/json",$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$respStatusCode = $resp->get_StatusCode();
print "response status code =" . $respStatusCode . "\r\n";
print "response body:" . "\r\n";
print $resp->bodyStr() . "\r\n";

if ($respStatusCode != 200) {
    print "Failed in some unknown way." . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# When the response status code = 200, we'll have either
# success response like this:
#  {"status":"1","data":"..."}
# 
# or a failed response like this:
# 
# {"status":"0","error":"eyJlcnJvckNvZGVzIjoiMTA4In0="}

# Load the response body into a JSON object.
$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->Load($resp->bodyStr());

$status = $json->IntOf("status");
print "status = " . $status . "\r\n";

if ($status != 1) {
    # Failed.  Base64 decode the error
    # {"status":"0","error":"eyJlcnJvckNvZGVzIjoiMTA4In0="}
    # For an invalid password, the error is: {"errorCodes":"108"}
    $sbError = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
    $json->StringOfSb("error",$sbError);
    $sbError->Decode("base64","utf-8");
    print "error: " . $sbError->getAsString() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$json->put_EmitCompact(0);
print "JSON response:" . "\r\n";
print $json->emit() . "\r\n";

$bdData = chilkat::CkBinData->new();
$bdData->AppendEncoded($json->stringOf("data"),"base64");
$crypt->DecryptBd($bdData);

# Decrypts to 
# {"ewayBillNo":331001121234,"ewayBillDate":"24/05/2018 04:38:00 PM","validUpto":"31/05/2018 11:59:00 PM"}

$jsonBill = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jsonBill->Load($bdData->getString("utf-8"));

$ewayBillNo = $jsonBill->IntOf("ewayBillNo");
print "ewayBillNo = " . $ewayBillNo . "\r\n";

$ewayBillDate = $jsonBill->stringOf("ewayBillDate");
print "ewayBillDate = " . $ewayBillDate . "\r\n";

$validUpto = $jsonBill->stringOf("validUpto");
print "validUpto = " . $validUpto . "\r\n";

# Sample output:

# ewayBillNo = 331001121234
# ewayBillDate = 24/05/2018 04:55:00 PM
# validUpto = 31/05/2018 11:59:00 PM