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ETrade Place Order

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The Place Order API is used to submit an order after it has been successfully previewed.

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oHttp
LOCAL oJsonToken
LOCAL cSandboxUrl
LOCAL cLiveUrl
LOCAL oXml
LOCAL oResp
LOCAL cOrderType
LOCAL cOrderTerm
LOCAL cPriceType
LOCAL cLimitPrice
LOCAL nStopPrice
LOCAL cMarketSession
LOCAL cAllOrNone
LOCAL cSymbol
LOCAL cSecurityType
LOCAL cSymbolDescription
LOCAL cOrderAction
LOCAL cQuantityType
LOCAL nQuantity
LOCAL cCancelQuantity
LOCAL cReserveOrder
LOCAL cReserveQuantity
LOCAL nCode
LOCAL cDescription
LOCAL cV_type
LOCAL cEgQual
LOCAL cEstimatedCommission
LOCAL cEstimatedTotalAmount
LOCAL nNetPrice
LOCAL nNetBid
LOCAL nNetAsk
LOCAL nGcd
LOCAL cDstFlag
LOCAL nOptionLevelCd
LOCAL cMarginLevelCd
LOCAL nOrderId
LOCAL cPlacedTime
LOCAL nAccountId

nSuccess := 0

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

oHttp := CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

oHttp:OAuth1 := 1
oHttp:OAuthVerifier := ""
oHttp:OAuthConsumerKey := "ETRADE_CONSUMER_KEY"
oHttp:OAuthConsumerSecret := "ETRADE_CONSUMER_SECRET"

//  Load the access token previously obtained via the OAuth1 Authorization
oJsonToken := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
nSuccess := oJsonToken:LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/etrade.json")
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? "Failed to load OAuth1 token"
    oHttp:destroy()
    oJsonToken:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

oHttp:OAuthToken := oJsonToken:StringOf("oauth_token")
oHttp:OAuthTokenSecret := oJsonToken:StringOf("oauth_token_secret")

cSandboxUrl := "https://apisb.etrade.com/v1/accounts/{$accountIdKey}/orders/place"
cLiveUrl := "https://api.etrade.com/v1/accounts/{$accountIdKey}/orders/place"

oHttp:SetUrlVar("accountIdKey", "6_Dpy0rmuQ9cu9IbTfvF2A")

//  Send a POST with the following XML body

//  Use this online tool to generate the code from sample XML: 
//  Generate Code to Create XML

//  <PlaceOrderRequest>
//     <orderType>EQ</orderType>
//     <clientOrderId>sd464333</clientOrderId>
//     <PreviewIds>
//        <previewId>730206520</previewId>
//     </PreviewIds>
//     <Order>
//        <allOrNone>false</allOrNone>
//        <priceType>LIMIT</priceType>
//        <orderTerm>GOOD_FOR_DAY</orderTerm>
//        <marketSession>REGULAR</marketSession>
//        <stopPrice />
//        <limitPrice>188.51</limitPrice>
//        <Instrument>
//           <Product>
//              <securityType>EQ</securityType>
//              <symbol>FB</symbol>
//           </Product>
//           <orderAction>BUY</orderAction>
//           <quantityType>QUANTITY</quantityType>
//           <quantity>150</quantity>
//        </Instrument>
//     </Order>
//  </PlaceOrderRequest>

oXml := CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")
oXml:Tag := "PlaceOrderRequest"
oXml:UpdateChildContent("orderType", "EQ")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("clientOrderId", "sd464333")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("PreviewIds|previewId", "730206520")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("Order|allOrNone", "false")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("Order|priceType", "LIMIT")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("Order|orderTerm", "GOOD_FOR_DAY")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("Order|marketSession", "REGULAR")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("Order|stopPrice", "")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("Order|limitPrice", "188.51")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("Order|Instrument|Product|securityType", "EQ")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("Order|Instrument|Product|symbol", "FB")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("Order|Instrument|orderAction", "BUY")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("Order|Instrument|quantityType", "QUANTITY")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("Order|Instrument|quantity", "150")
oXml:EmitCompact := 1

oResp := CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
nSuccess := oHttp:HttpStr("POST", cSandboxUrl, oXml:GetXml(), "utf-8", "application/xml", oResp)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oHttp:LastErrorText
    oHttp:destroy()
    oJsonToken:destroy()
    oXml:destroy()
    oResp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Make sure a successful response was received.
IF (oResp:StatusCode > 200)
    ? oResp:StatusLine
    ? oResp:Header
    ? oResp:BodyStr
    oHttp:destroy()
    oJsonToken:destroy()
    oXml:destroy()
    oResp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Sample XML response:

//  Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: 
//  Generate Parsing Code from XML

//  <PlaceOrderResponse>
//     <orderType>EQ</orderType>
//     <Order>
//        <orderTerm>GOOD_FOR_DAY</orderTerm>
//        <priceType>LIMIT</priceType>
//        <limitPrice>188.51</limitPrice>
//        <stopPrice>0</stopPrice>
//        <marketSession>REGULAR</marketSession>
//        <allOrNone>false</allOrNone>
//        <Instrument>
//           <Product>
//              <symbol>FB</symbol>
//              <securityType>EQ</securityType>
//           </Product>
//           <symbolDescription>FACEBOOK INC CL A</symbolDescription>
//           <orderAction>BUY</orderAction>
//           <quantityType>QUANTITY</quantityType>
//           <quantity>150</quantity>
//           <cancelQuantity>0.0</cancelQuantity>
//           <reserveOrder>true</reserveOrder>
//           <reserveQuantity>0.0</reserveQuantity>
//        </Instrument>
//        <messages>
//           <Message>
//              <code>1027</code>
//              <description>200|The market was closed when we received your order. It has been entered into our system and will be reviewed prior to market open on the next regular trading day. After market open, please check to make sure your order was accepted.</description>
//              <type>WARNING</type>
//           </Message>
//        </messages>
//        <egQual>EG_QUAL_NOT_A_MARKET_ORDER</egQual>
//        <estimatedCommission>6.95</estimatedCommission>
//        <estimatedTotalAmount>28283.45</estimatedTotalAmount>
//        <netPrice>0</netPrice>
//        <netBid>0</netBid>
//        <netAsk>0</netAsk>
//        <gcd>0</gcd>
//        <ratio />
//     </Order>
//     <dstFlag>true</dstFlag>
//     <optionLevelCd>4</optionLevelCd>
//     <marginLevelCd>MARGIN_TRADING_ALLOWED</marginLevelCd>
//     <OrderIds>
//        <orderId>5</orderId>
//     </OrderIds>
//     <placedTime>1528764717641</placedTime>
//     <accountId>84312767</accountId>
//  </PlaceOrderResponse>

oXml:LoadXml(oResp:BodyStr)
? oXml:GetXml()

cOrderType := oXml:GetChildContent("orderType")
cOrderTerm := oXml:GetChildContent("Order|orderTerm")
cPriceType := oXml:GetChildContent("Order|priceType")
cLimitPrice := oXml:GetChildContent("Order|limitPrice")
nStopPrice := oXml:GetChildIntValue("Order|stopPrice")
cMarketSession := oXml:GetChildContent("Order|marketSession")
cAllOrNone := oXml:GetChildContent("Order|allOrNone")
cSymbol := oXml:GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|Product|symbol")
cSecurityType := oXml:GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|Product|securityType")
cSymbolDescription := oXml:GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|symbolDescription")
cOrderAction := oXml:GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|orderAction")
cQuantityType := oXml:GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|quantityType")
nQuantity := oXml:GetChildIntValue("Order|Instrument|quantity")
cCancelQuantity := oXml:GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|cancelQuantity")
cReserveOrder := oXml:GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|reserveOrder")
cReserveQuantity := oXml:GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|reserveQuantity")
nCode := oXml:GetChildIntValue("Order|messages|Message|code")
cDescription := oXml:GetChildContent("Order|messages|Message|description")
cV_type := oXml:GetChildContent("Order|messages|Message|type")
cEgQual := oXml:GetChildContent("Order|egQual")
cEstimatedCommission := oXml:GetChildContent("Order|estimatedCommission")
cEstimatedTotalAmount := oXml:GetChildContent("Order|estimatedTotalAmount")
nNetPrice := oXml:GetChildIntValue("Order|netPrice")
nNetBid := oXml:GetChildIntValue("Order|netBid")
nNetAsk := oXml:GetChildIntValue("Order|netAsk")
nGcd := oXml:GetChildIntValue("Order|gcd")
cDstFlag := oXml:GetChildContent("dstFlag")
nOptionLevelCd := oXml:GetChildIntValue("optionLevelCd")
cMarginLevelCd := oXml:GetChildContent("marginLevelCd")
nOrderId := oXml:GetChildIntValue("OrderIds|orderId")
cPlacedTime := oXml:GetChildContent("placedTime")
nAccountId := oXml:GetChildIntValue("accountId")

? "Success."

oHttp:destroy()
oJsonToken:destroy()
oXml:destroy()
oResp:destroy()