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PayPal - Update Invoice

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Update a PayPal invoice.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.65 or greater.

See also PayPal Update Invoice REST API Reference

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<?php

$success = 0;

// Note: Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.65 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..
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

// First create the JSON with updated information:

$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$json->EmitCompact = 0;
$json->UpdateString('merchant_info.email','smith-facilitator@chilkatsoft.com');
$json->UpdateString('merchant_info.first_name','Joe');
$json->UpdateString('merchant_info.last_name','Facilitator');
$json->UpdateString('merchant_info.business_name','Medical Professionals, LLC');
$json->UpdateString('merchant_info.phone.country_code','001');
$json->UpdateString('merchant_info.phone.national_number','5032141716');
$json->UpdateString('merchant_info.address.line1','1234 Main St.');
$json->UpdateString('merchant_info.address.city','Portland');
$json->UpdateString('merchant_info.address.state','OR');
$json->UpdateString('merchant_info.address.postal_code','97217');
$json->UpdateString('merchant_info.address.country_code','US');
$json->UpdateString('billing_info[0].email','smith-buyer@chilkatsoft.com');
$json->UpdateString('shipping_info.first_name','Sally');
$json->UpdateString('shipping_info.last_name','Patient');
$json->UpdateString('shipping_info.business_name','Not applicable');
$json->UpdateString('shipping_info.phone.country_code','001');
$json->UpdateString('shipping_info.phone.national_number','5039871234');
$json->UpdateString('shipping_info.address.line1','1234 Broad St.');
$json->UpdateString('shipping_info.address.city','Portland');
$json->UpdateString('shipping_info.address.state','OR');
$json->UpdateString('shipping_info.address.postal_code','97216');
$json->UpdateString('shipping_info.address.country_code','US');
$json->UpdateString('items[0].name','Sutures');
// We are updating the quantity from 100.0 to 200.0
// Note: The UpdateNumber method is added in v9.5.0.65
$json->UpdateNumber('items[0].quantity','200.0');
$json->UpdateString('items[0].unit_price.currency','USD');
$json->UpdateString('items[0].unit_price.value','5.00');
$json->UpdateString('payment_term.term_type','NET_45');
$json->UpdateString('payment_term.due_date','2016-12-30 PST');
$json->UpdateString('note','Medical Invoice 16 Jul, 2013 PST');

// The JSON created by the above code is this:

// 	{ 
// 	  "merchant_info": { 
// 	    "email": "smith-facilitator@chilkatsoft.com",
// 	    "first_name": "Joe",
// 	    "last_name": "Facilitator",
// 	    "business_name": "Medical Professionals, LLC",
// 	    "phone": { 
// 	      "country_code": "001",
// 	      "national_number": "5032141716"
// 	    },
// 	    "address": { 
// 	      "line1": "1234 Main St.",
// 	      "city": "Portland",
// 	      "state": "OR",
// 	      "postal_code": "97217",
// 	      "country_code": "US"
// 	    }
// 	  },
// 	  "billing_info": [
// 	    { 
// 	      "email": "smith-buyer@chilkatsoft.com"
// 	    }
// 	  ],
// 	  "shipping_info": { 
// 	    "first_name": "Sally",
// 	    "last_name": "Patient",
// 	    "business_name": "Not applicable",
// 	    "phone": { 
// 	      "country_code": "001",
// 	      "national_number": "5039871234"
// 	    },
// 	    "address": { 
// 	      "line1": "1234 Broad St.",
// 	      "city": "Portland",
// 	      "state": "OR",
// 	      "postal_code": "97216",
// 	      "country_code": "US"
// 	    }
// 	  },
// 	  "items": [
// 	    { 
// 	      "name": "Sutures",
// 	      "quantity": 200.0,
// 	      "unit_price": { 
// 	        "currency": "USD",
// 	        "value": "5.00"
// 	      }
// 	    }
// 	  ],
// 	  "payment_term": { 
// 	    "term_type": "NET_45",
// 	    "due_date": "2016-12-30 PST"
// 	  },
// 	  "note": "Medical Invoice 16 Jul, 2013 PST"
// 	}

$rest->AddHeader('Authorization',$sbAuth->getAsString());
$rest->AddHeader('Content-Type','application/json');

$invoiceId = 'INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE';

$sbPath = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$sbPath->Append('/v1/invoicing/invoices/');
$sbPath->Append($invoiceId);

// Send the PUT request containign the JSON in the request body, and get the JSON response.
$sbJsonRequest = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$json->EmitSb($sbJsonRequest);
$sbJsonResponse = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$success = $rest->FullRequestSb('PUT',$sbPath->getAsString(),$sbJsonRequest,$sbJsonResponse);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$json->LoadSb($sbJsonResponse);

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

// Did we get a 200 success response?
if ($rest->ResponseStatusCode != 200) {
    print $json->emit() . "\n";
    print 'Failed.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Sample response JSON is shown below.

// Get some information..
print 'email: ' . $json->stringOf('merchant_info.email') . "\n";
print 'business_name: ' . $json->stringOf('merchant_info.business_name') . "\n";

$numItems = $json->SizeOfArray('items');
$i = 0;
while ($i < $numItems) {
    $json->I = $i;
    print 'item name: ' . $json->stringOf('items[i].name') . "\n";
    print 'item quantity: ' . $json->stringOf('items[i].quantity') . "\n";
    print 'item currency: ' . $json->stringOf('items[i].unit_price.currency') . "\n";
    print 'item value: ' . $json->stringOf('items[i].unit_price.value') . "\n";
    print '----' . "\n";
    $i = $i + 1;
}

print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>