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PayPal - Create Stored Credit Card Payment

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Creates a credit card payment using a card ID from a previously stored credit card (where the credit card was stored in PayPal's vault).

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

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Lua
local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- 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)
local jsonToken = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
jsonToken:load_file("qa_data/tokens/paypal.json")

-- Build the Authorization request header field value.
local sbAuth = chilkat.StringBuilder.new()
-- token_type should be "Bearer"
sbAuth:append(jsonToken:string_of("token_type"))
sbAuth:append(" ")
sbAuth:append(jsonToken:string_of("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.
local rest = chilkat.Rest.new()
local bAutoReconnect = true
local success = rest:connect("api.sandbox.paypal.com", 443, true, bAutoReconnect)
if not success then
    print(rest.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- 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..
-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-- We previously stored the user's credit card data in PayPal's vault.
-- See Store Card in PayPal Vault for sample code.

-- Build the JSON containing the stored credit card information and transaction information.
local json = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
json.emit_compact = false
json:update_string("intent", "sale")
json:update_string("payer.payment_method", "credit_card")
json:update_string("payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card_token.credit_card_id", "CARD-52W84623JH8043102LA3CLGA")
json:update_string("payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card_token.payer_id", "user12345")
json:update_string("transactions[0].amount.total", "6.70")
json:update_string("transactions[0].amount.currency", "USD")
json:update_string("transactions[0].description", "This is the payment transaction description.")

print(json:emit())

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

--     {
--       "intent": "sale",
--       "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:add_header("Authorization", sbAuth:get_as_string())
rest:add_header("Content-Type", "application/json")

-- Send the POST request containign the JSON in the request body, and get the JSON response.
local sbJsonRequest = chilkat.StringBuilder.new()
json.emit_compact = true
json:emit_sb(sbJsonRequest)
local sbJsonResponse = chilkat.StringBuilder.new()
success = rest:full_request_sb("POST", "/v1/payments/payment", sbJsonRequest, sbJsonResponse)
if not success then
    print(rest.last_error_text)
    return
end

json.emit_compact = false
json:load_sb(sbJsonResponse)

print("Response Status Code = " .. rest.response_status_code)

-- Did we get a 201 success response?
if rest.response_status_code ~= 201 then
    print(json:emit())
    print("Failed.")
    return
end

-- Sample JSON response is shown below.
print(json:emit())

-- Demonstrate how to access a few parts of the JSON response..
print("credit_card_id: " .. json:string_of("payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card_token.credit_card_id"))
print("subtotal: " .. json:string_of("transactions[0].amount.details.subtotal"))
print("refund href: " .. json:string_of("transactions[0].related_resources[0].sale.links[1].href"))
print("success")

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

--     {
--       "id": "PAY-12T35751GS725073SLA3CQNQ",
--       "create_time": "2016-11-23T23:37:26Z",
--       "update_time": "2016-11-23T23:37:31Z",
--       "state": "approved",
--       "intent": "sale",
--       "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": [
--             {
--               "sale": {
--                 "id": "4F194018A1618453G",
--                 "create_time": "2016-11-23T23:37:26Z",
--                 "update_time": "2016-11-23T23:37:31Z",
--                 "amount": {
--                   "total": "6.70",
--                   "currency": "USD"
--                 },
--                 "state": "completed",
--                 "parent_payment": "PAY-12T35751GS725073SLA3CQNQ",
--                 "links": [
--                   {
--                     "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/sale/4F194018A1618453G",
--                     "rel": "self",
--                     "method": "GET"
--                   },
--                   {
--                     "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/sale/4F194018A1618453G/refund",
--                     "rel": "refund",
--                     "method": "POST"
--                   },
--                   {
--                     "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-12T35751GS725073SLA3CQNQ",
--                     "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-12T35751GS725073SLA3CQNQ",
--           "rel": "self",
--           "method": "GET"
--         }
--       ]
--     }
--