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PayPal - Authorize a Payment

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Creates an authorization for a payment. This is for the case where the payment will first be authorized, and then captured at a later date. (In other words, the buyer is providing his/her credit card information now, and the actual charge (capture) will take place at a later time.)

Creating the authorization is the same as creating "sale" payment, except the intent is set to "authorize" instead of "sale".

This example requests an authorization for a credit card payment (using a credit card ID previoulsy stored in the PayPal vault).

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

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const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

    // 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)
    const json_token = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
    defer json_token.deinit();
    json_token.loadFile("qa_data/tokens/paypal.json") catch {};

    // Build the Authorization request header field value.
    const sb_auth = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer sb_auth.deinit();
    // token_type should be "Bearer"
    sb_auth.append(try json_token.stringOf(alloc, "token_type")) catch {};
    sb_auth.append(" ") catch {};
    sb_auth.append(try json_token.stringOf(alloc, "access_token")) catch {};

    // 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.
    const rest = try chilkat.Rest.init();
    defer rest.deinit();
    const b_auto_reconnect = true;
    rest.connect("api.sandbox.paypal.com", 443, true, b_auto_reconnect) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try rest.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // 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 the JSON containing the transaction information.
    const json = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
    defer json.deinit();
    json.setEmitCompact(false);
    json.updateString("intent", "authorize") catch {};
    json.updateString("payer.payment_method", "credit_card") catch {};
    json.updateString("payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card_token.credit_card_id", "CARD-52W84623JH8043102LA3CLGA") catch {};
    json.updateString("payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card_token.payer_id", "user12345") catch {};
    json.updateString("transactions[0].amount.total", "6.70") catch {};
    json.updateString("transactions[0].amount.currency", "USD") catch {};
    json.updateString("transactions[0].description", "This is the payment transaction description.") catch {};

    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try json.emit(alloc)});

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

    //     {
    //       "intent": "authorize",
    //       "payer": {
    //         "payment_method": "credit_card",
    //         "funding_instruments": [
    //           {
    //             "credit_card_token": {
    //               "credit_card_id": "CARD-52W84623JH8043102LA3CLGA",
    //               "payer_id": "user12345"
    //             }
    //           }
    //         ]
    //       },
    //       "transactions": [
    //         {
    //           "amount": {
    //             "total": "6.70",
    //             "currency": "USD"
    //           },
    //           "description": "This is the payment transaction description."
    //         }
    //       ]
    //     }

    rest.addHeader("Authorization", try sb_auth.getAsString(alloc)) catch {};
    rest.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json") catch {};

    // Send the POST request containign the JSON in the request body, and get the JSON response.
    const sb_json_request = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer sb_json_request.deinit();
    json.setEmitCompact(true);
    json.emitSb(sb_json_request) catch {};
    const sb_json_response = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer sb_json_response.deinit();
    rest.fullRequestSb("POST", "/v1/payments/payment", sb_json_request, sb_json_response) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try rest.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    json.setEmitCompact(false);
    json.loadSb(sb_json_response) catch {};

    std.debug.print("Response Status Code = {d}\n", .{rest.getResponseStatusCode()});

    // Did we get a 201 success response?
    if (rest.getResponseStatusCode() != 201) {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try json.emit(alloc)});
        std.debug.print("Failed.\n", .{});
        return;
    }

    // Sample JSON response is shown below.
    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try json.emit(alloc)});
    // The authorization ID found in the related_resources is used to capture the payment at a later time.
    std.debug.print("authorization id: {s}\n", .{try json.stringOf(alloc, "transactions[0].related_resources[0].authorization.id")});
    std.debug.print("success\n", .{});

    // ------------------------------------------------
    // A sample JSON response:

    //     {
    //       "id": "PAY-2CY489250W145633HLA3DK3Y",
    //       "create_time": "2016-11-24T00:33:51Z",
    //       "update_time": "2016-11-24T00:33:58Z",
    //       "state": "approved",
    //       "intent": "authorize",
    //       "payer": {
    //         "payment_method": "credit_card",
    //         "funding_instruments": [
    //           {
    //             "credit_card_token": {
    //               "credit_card_id": "CARD-52W84623JH8043102LA3CLGA",
    //               "payer_id": "user12345",
    //               "last4": "9974",
    //               "type": "visa",
    //               "expire_month": "9",
    //               "expire_year": "2021"
    //             }
    //           }
    //         ]
    //       },
    //       "transactions": [
    //         {
    //           "amount": {
    //             "total": "6.70",
    //             "currency": "USD",
    //             "details": {
    //               "subtotal": "6.70"
    //             }
    //           },
    //           "description": "This is the payment transaction description.",
    //           "related_resources": [
    //             {
    //               "authorization": {
    //                 "id": "7X8332687A4929542",
    //                 "create_time": "2016-11-24T00:33:51Z",
    //                 "update_time": "2016-11-24T00:33:58Z",
    //                 "amount": {
    //                   "total": "6.70",
    //                   "currency": "USD",
    //                   "details": {
    //                     "subtotal": "6.70"
    //                   }
    //                 },
    //                 "state": "authorized",
    //                 "parent_payment": "PAY-2CY489250W145633HLA3DK3Y",
    //                 "valid_until": "2016-12-23T00:33:51Z",
    //                 "links": [
    //                   {
    //                     "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/authorization/7X8332687A4929542",
    //                     "rel": "self",
    //                     "method": "GET"
    //                   },
    //                   {
    //                     "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/authorization/7X8332687A4929542/capture",
    //                     "rel": "capture",
    //                     "method": "POST"
    //                   },
    //                   {
    //                     "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/authorization/7X8332687A4929542/void",
    //                     "rel": "void",
    //                     "method": "POST"
    //                   },
    //                   {
    //                     "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-2CY489250W145633HLA3DK3Y",
    //                     "rel": "parent_payment",
    //                     "method": "GET"
    //                   }
    //                 ],
    //                 "processor_response": {
    //                   "avs_code": "X",
    //                   "cvv_code": "M"
    //                 },
    //                 "fmf_details": {}
    //               }
    //             }
    //           ]
    //         }
    //       ],
    //       "links": [
    //         {
    //           "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-2CY489250W145633HLA3DK3Y",
    //           "rel": "self",
    //           "method": "GET"
    //         }
    //       ]
    //     }
}