Visual Basic 6.0
Visual Basic 6.0
PayPal Search for Invoices
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Search PayPal invoices.See also SearchInvoices
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Dim success As Long
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)
Dim jsonToken As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/paypal.json")
' Build the Authorization request header field value.
Dim sbAuth As New ChilkatStringBuilder
' token_type should be "Bearer"
success = sbAuth.Append(jsonToken.StringOf("token_type"))
success = sbAuth.Append(" ")
success = 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.
Dim rest As New ChilkatRest
Dim bAutoReconnect As Long
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("api.sandbox.paypal.com",443,1,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> 1) Then
Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
Exit Sub
End If
' ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' 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..
' ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Create JSON to specify the search
Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
json.EmitCompact = 0
success = json.AppendString("start_invoice_date","2016-01-01 PST")
success = json.AppendString("end_invoice_date","2016-11-16 PST")
success = json.AppendInt("page",0)
success = json.AppendInt("page_size",10)
success = json.AppendBool("total_count_required",1)
Debug.Print json.Emit()
' The JSON by the above code:
' {
' "start_invoice_date": "2016-01-01 PST",
' "end_invoice_date": "2016-11-16 PST",
' "page": 0,
' "page_size": 10,
' "total_count_required": true
' }
' Send the POST equivalent to this CURL command:
' curl -v -X POST https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/search/ \
' -H "Content-Type:application/json" \
' -H "Authorization: Bearer Access-Token" \
' -d '{ invoice JSON goes here }'
json.EmitCompact = 1
Dim sbRequestBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
Dim sbResponseBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json")
success = rest.AddHeader("Authorization",sbAuth.GetAsString())
success = json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/v1/invoicing/search",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody)
If (success <> 1) Then
Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
Exit Sub
End If
' We should have some sort of JSON response. It could be successful, or an error.
Dim jsonResponse As New ChilkatJsonObject
jsonResponse.EmitCompact = 0
success = jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
Debug.Print "Response Status Code = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode
' Did we get a 200 success response?
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
' Show the JSON response body
Debug.Print jsonResponse.Emit()
Debug.Print "Failed."
Exit Sub
End If
' Sample response JSON is shown below.
' Iterate over each invoice and get some information from each..
Dim numInvoices As Long
numInvoices = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("invoices")
Dim i As Long
i = 0
Do While i < numInvoices
jsonResponse.I = i
Debug.Print "Invoice ID: " & jsonResponse.StringOf("invoices[i].id")
Debug.Print "Shipping First Name: " & jsonResponse.StringOf("invoices[i].shipping_info.first_name")
Dim j As Long
j = 0
Dim numBillingInfo As Long
numBillingInfo = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("invoices[i].billing_info")
Do While j < numBillingInfo
jsonResponse.J = j
Debug.Print "billing_info email: " & jsonResponse.StringOf("invoices[i].billing_info[j].email")
j = j + 1
Loop
Dim numLinks As Long
numLinks = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("invoices[i].links")
j = 0
Do While j < numLinks
jsonResponse.J = j
Debug.Print "link: " & jsonResponse.StringOf("invoices[i].links[j].href")
j = j + 1
Loop
Debug.Print "----"
i = i + 1
Loop
Debug.Print "Success."
' A successful response looks like this:
' {
' "total_count": 2,
' "invoices": [
' {
' "id": "INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE",
' "number": "0002",
' "status": "DRAFT",
' "merchant_info": {
' "email": "smith-facilitator@chilkatsoft.com"
' },
' "billing_info": [
' {
' "email": "smith-buyer@chilkatsoft.com"
' }
' ],
' "shipping_info": {
' "email": "smith-buyer@chilkatsoft.com",
' "first_name": "Sally",
' "last_name": "Patient",
' "business_name": "Not applicable"
' },
' "invoice_date": "2016-11-15 PST",
' "payment_term": {
' "due_date": "2016-12-30 PST"
' },
' "note": "Medical Invoice 16 Jul, 2013 PST",
' "total_amount": {
' "currency": "USD",
' "value": "500.00"
' },
' "metadata": {
' "created_date": "2016-11-15 08:09:21 PST"
' },
' "paid_amount": {
' "paypal": {
' "currency": "USD",
' "value": "0.00"
' },
' "other": {
' "currency": "USD",
' "value": "0.00"
' }
' },
' "refunded_amount": {
' "paypal": {
' "currency": "USD",
' "value": "0.00"
' },
' "other": {
' "currency": "USD",
' "value": "0.00"
' }
' },
' "links": [
' {
' "rel": "self",
' "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE",
' "method": "GET"
' },
' {
' "rel": "send",
' "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE/send",
' "method": "POST"
' },
' {
' "rel": "update",
' "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE/update",
' "method": "PUT"
' },
' {
' "rel": "delete",
' "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE",
' "method": "DELETE"
' }
' ]
' },
' {
' "id": "INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR",
' "number": "0001",
' "status": "SENT",
' "merchant_info": {
' "email": "smith-facilitator@chilkatsoft.com"
' },
' "billing_info": [
' {
' "email": "smith-buyer@chilkatsoft.com"
' }
' ],
' "shipping_info": {
' "email": "smith-buyer@chilkatsoft.com",
' "first_name": "Sally",
' "last_name": "Patient",
' "business_name": "Not applicable"
' },
' "invoice_date": "2016-11-15 PST",
' "payment_term": {
' "due_date": "2016-12-30 PST"
' },
' "note": "Medical Invoice 16 Jul, 2013 PST",
' "total_amount": {
' "currency": "USD",
' "value": "500.00"
' },
' "metadata": {
' "created_date": "2016-11-15 06:17:03 PST",
' "payer_view_url": "https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi_bin/webscr?cmd=_pay-inv&viewtype=altview&id=INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR"
' },
' "paid_amount": {
' "paypal": {
' "currency": "USD",
' "value": "0.00"
' },
' "other": {
' "currency": "USD",
' "value": "0.00"
' }
' },
' "refunded_amount": {
' "paypal": {
' "currency": "USD",
' "value": "0.00"
' },
' "other": {
' "currency": "USD",
' "value": "0.00"
' }
' },
' "links": [
' {
' "rel": "self",
' "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR",
' "method": "GET"
' },
' {
' "rel": "update",
' "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR/update",
' "method": "PUT"
' },
' {
' "rel": "cancel",
' "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR/remind",
' "method": "POST"
' },
' {
' "rel": "remind",
' "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR/cancel",
' "method": "POST"
' },
' {
' "rel": "record-payment",
' "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR/record-payment",
' "method": "POST"
' },
' {
' "rel": "qr-code",
' "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR/qr-code",
' "method": "GET"
' }
' ]
' }
' ]
' }
'