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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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success = 0

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

set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

http.OAuth1 = 1
http.OAuthVerifier = ""
http.OAuthConsumerKey = "ETRADE_CONSUMER_KEY"
http.OAuthConsumerSecret = "ETRADE_CONSUMER_SECRET"

' Load the access token previously obtained via the OAuth1 Authorization
set jsonToken = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/etrade.json")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Failed to load OAuth1 token") & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

http.OAuthToken = jsonToken.StringOf("oauth_token")
http.OAuthTokenSecret = jsonToken.StringOf("oauth_token_secret")

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

success = http.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>

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

set resp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
success = http.HttpStr("POST",sandboxUrl,xml.GetXml(),"utf-8","application/xml",resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Make sure a successful response was received.
If (resp.StatusCode > 200) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( resp.StatusLine) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( resp.Header) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( resp.BodyStr) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' 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>

success = xml.LoadXml(resp.BodyStr)
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( xml.GetXml()) & "</pre>"

orderType = xml.GetChildContent("orderType")
orderTerm = xml.GetChildContent("Order|orderTerm")
priceType = xml.GetChildContent("Order|priceType")
limitPrice = xml.GetChildContent("Order|limitPrice")
stopPrice = xml.GetChildIntValue("Order|stopPrice")
marketSession = xml.GetChildContent("Order|marketSession")
allOrNone = xml.GetChildContent("Order|allOrNone")
symbol = xml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|Product|symbol")
securityType = xml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|Product|securityType")
symbolDescription = xml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|symbolDescription")
orderAction = xml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|orderAction")
quantityType = xml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|quantityType")
quantity = xml.GetChildIntValue("Order|Instrument|quantity")
cancelQuantity = xml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|cancelQuantity")
reserveOrder = xml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|reserveOrder")
reserveQuantity = xml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|reserveQuantity")
code = xml.GetChildIntValue("Order|messages|Message|code")
description = xml.GetChildContent("Order|messages|Message|description")
v_type = xml.GetChildContent("Order|messages|Message|type")
egQual = xml.GetChildContent("Order|egQual")
estimatedCommission = xml.GetChildContent("Order|estimatedCommission")
estimatedTotalAmount = xml.GetChildContent("Order|estimatedTotalAmount")
netPrice = xml.GetChildIntValue("Order|netPrice")
netBid = xml.GetChildIntValue("Order|netBid")
netAsk = xml.GetChildIntValue("Order|netAsk")
gcd = xml.GetChildIntValue("Order|gcd")
dstFlag = xml.GetChildContent("dstFlag")
optionLevelCd = xml.GetChildIntValue("optionLevelCd")
marginLevelCd = xml.GetChildContent("marginLevelCd")
orderId = xml.GetChildIntValue("OrderIds|orderId")
placedTime = xml.GetChildContent("placedTime")
accountId = xml.GetChildIntValue("accountId")

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Success.") & "</pre>"

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