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PayPal - Create Direct Credit Card Payment

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Creates a direct credit card payment where your application passes the credit card, shipping, and payment information to PayPal.

Note: For sandbox calls, you can use the credit card numbers provided in your sandbox test accounts.

Note: This is an example where you handle the card data directly, and therefore you would need to ensure you are PCI compliant. There are other ways to create a payment where your application does NOT handle the credit card data directly.

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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 v9.5.0.64 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)
    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 credit card data and transaction information.
    const json = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
    defer json.deinit();
    json.setEmitCompact(false);
    json.updateString("intent", "sale") catch {};
    json.updateString("payer.payment_method", "credit_card") catch {};
    json.updateString("payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card.number", "4032034813337237") catch {};
    json.updateString("payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card.type", "visa") catch {};
    json.updateString("payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card.expire_month", "9") catch {};
    json.updateString("payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card.expire_year", "2028") catch {};
    json.updateString("payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card.cvv2", "123") catch {};
    json.updateString("transactions[0].amount.total", "10.00") catch {};
    json.updateString("transactions[0].amount.currency", "USD") catch {};
    json.updateString("transactions[0].payee.email", "payee@example.com") catch {};

    // Use a sandbox CC number for testing:
    // image

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

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

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------
    // Ensure that payee@example.com is a valid sandbox business account
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------

    // {
    //   "intent": "sale",
    //   "payer": {
    //     "payment_method": "credit_card",
    //     "funding_instruments": [
    //       {
    //         "credit_card": {
    //           "number": "4032034813337237",
    //           "type": "visa",
    //           "expire_month": "9",
    //           "expire_year": "2028",
    //           "cvv2": "123"
    //         }
    //       }
    //     ]
    //   },
    //   "transactions": [
    //     {
    //       "amount": {
    //         "total": "10.00",
    //         "currency": "USD"
    //       },
    //       "payee": {
    //         "email": "payee@example.com"
    //       }
    //     }
    //   ]
    // }

    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 response JSON is shown below.
    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try json.emit(alloc)});

    // Demonstrate how to access a few parts of the JSON response..
    std.debug.print("cc number: {s}\n", .{try json.stringOf(alloc, "payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card.number")});
    std.debug.print("subtotal: {s}\n", .{try json.stringOf(alloc, "transactions[0].amount.details.subtotal")});
    std.debug.print("refund href: {s}\n", .{try json.stringOf(alloc, "transactions[0].related_resources[0].sale.links[1].href")});

    //     {
    //       "id": "PAY-66A12106PU3254228LA3BYKI",
    //       "create_time": "2016-11-23T22:46:01Z",
    //       "update_time": "2016-11-23T22:46:07Z",
    //       "state": "approved",
    //       "intent": "sale",
    //       "payer": {
    //         "payment_method": "credit_card",
    //         "funding_instruments": [
    //           {
    //             "credit_card": {
    //               "type": "visa",
    //               "number": "xxxxxxxxxxxx9974",
    //               "expire_month": "9",
    //               "expire_year": "2021",
    //               "first_name": "Joe",
    //               "last_name": "Buyer"
    //             }
    //           }
    //         ]
    //       },
    //       "transactions": [
    //         {
    //           "amount": {
    //             "total": "7.47",
    //             "currency": "USD",
    //             "details": {
    //               "subtotal": "7.47"
    //             }
    //           },
    //           "description": "This is the payment transaction description.",
    //           "related_resources": [
    //             {
    //               "sale": {
    //                 "id": "70L88278E6781074B",
    //                 "create_time": "2016-11-23T22:46:01Z",
    //                 "update_time": "2016-11-23T22:46:07Z",
    //                 "amount": {
    //                   "total": "7.47",
    //                   "currency": "USD"
    //                 },
    //                 "state": "completed",
    //                 "parent_payment": "PAY-66A12106PU3254228LA3BYKI",
    //                 "links": [
    //                   {
    //                     "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/sale/70L88278E6781074B",
    //                     "rel": "self",
    //                     "method": "GET"
    //                   },
    //                   {
    //                     "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/sale/70L88278E6781074B/refund",
    //                     "rel": "refund",
    //                     "method": "POST"
    //                   },
    //                   {
    //                     "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-66A12106PU3254228LA3BYKI",
    //                     "rel": "parent_payment",
    //                     "method": "GET"
    //                   }
    //                 ],
    //                 "fmf_details": {},
    //                 "processor_response": {
    //                   "avs_code": "X",
    //                   "cvv_code": "M"
    //                 }
    //               }
    //             }
    //           ]
    //         }
    //
    //       ],
    //       "links": [
    //         {
    //           "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-66A12106PU3254228LA3BYKI",
    //           "rel": "self",
    //           "method": "GET"
    //         }
    //       ]
    //     }
    //
}