PHP ActiveX

PayPal Send Invoice

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Sends a PayPal invoice to a customer.

See also Send Invoice

PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

// Note: Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.64 or greater.

// 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)
$jsonToken = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$jsonToken->LoadFile('qa_data/tokens/paypal.json');

// Build the Authorization request header field value.
$sbAuth = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
// token_type should be "Bearer"
$sbAuth->Append($jsonToken->stringOf('token_type'));
$sbAuth->Append(' ');
$sbAuth->Append($jsonToken->stringOf('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.
$rest = new COM("Chilkat.Rest");
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect('api.sandbox.paypal.com',443,1,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// 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..
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Build a path using a draft invoice ID.
$sbPath = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$sbPath->Append('/v1/invoicing/invoices/invoice_id/send');
$numReplacements = $sbPath->Replace('invoice_id','INV2-QCHR-QHSD-M2VU-AVXC');

$rest->AddHeader('Authorization',$sbAuth->getAsString());
$rest->AddQueryParam('notify_merchant','true');

$responseBody = $rest->fullRequestFormUrlEncoded('POST',$sbPath->getAsString());
if ($rest->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Response Status Code = ' . $rest->ResponseStatusCode . "\n";

// Did we get a 202 accepted response?
if ($rest->ResponseStatusCode != 202) {
    print $responseBody . "\n";
    print 'Failed.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

// If the 202 response is received, the response body would be empty...
print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>