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PayPal Search for Invoices

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Search PayPal invoices.

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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    //  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)
    var jsonToken = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/paypal.json");

    //  Build the Authorization request header field value.
    var sbAuth = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    //  token_type should be "Bearer"
    sbAuth.Append(jsonToken.StringOf("token_type"));
    sbAuth.Append(" ");
    sbAuth.Append(jsonToken.StringOf("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.
    var rest = new chilkat.Rest();
    var bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("api.sandbox.paypal.com",443,true,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        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..
    //  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    //  Create JSON to specify the search
    var json = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    json.EmitCompact = false;
    json.AppendString("start_invoice_date","2016-01-01 PST");
    json.AppendString("end_invoice_date","2016-11-16 PST");
    json.AppendInt("page",0);
    json.AppendInt("page_size",10);
    json.AppendBool("total_count_required",true);

    console.log(json.Emit());

    //  The JSON by the above code:

    //  	{
    //  	  "start_invoice_date": "2016-01-01 PST",
    //  	  "end_invoice_date": "2016-11-16 PST",
    //  	  "page": 0,
    //  	  "page_size": 10,
    //  	  "total_count_required": true
    //  	}

    //  Send the POST equivalent to this CURL command:

    //  	curl -v -X POST https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/search/ \
    //  	-H "Content-Type:application/json" \
    //  	-H "Authorization: Bearer Access-Token" \
    //  	-d '{ invoice JSON goes here }'

    json.EmitCompact = true;
    var sbRequestBody = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    var sbResponseBody = new chilkat.StringBuilder();

    rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json");
    rest.AddHeader("Authorization",sbAuth.GetAsString());
    json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);

    success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/v1/invoicing/search",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  We should have some sort of JSON response.  It could be successful, or an error.
    var jsonResponse = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    jsonResponse.EmitCompact = false;
    jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);

    console.log("Response Status Code = " + rest.ResponseStatusCode);

    //  Did we get a 200 success response?
    if (rest.ResponseStatusCode !== 200) {
        //  Show the JSON response body
        console.log(jsonResponse.Emit());
        console.log("Failed.");
        return;
    }

    //  Sample response JSON is shown below.

    //  Iterate over each invoice and get some information from each..
    var numInvoices = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("invoices");
    var i = 0;
    while (i < numInvoices) {
        jsonResponse.I = i;
        console.log("Invoice ID: " + jsonResponse.StringOf("invoices[i].id"));
        console.log("Shipping First Name: " + jsonResponse.StringOf("invoices[i].shipping_info.first_name"));
        var j = 0;
        var numBillingInfo = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("invoices[i].billing_info");
        while (j < numBillingInfo) {
            jsonResponse.J = j;
            console.log("billing_info email: " + jsonResponse.StringOf("invoices[i].billing_info[j].email"));
            j = j+1;
        }

        var numLinks = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("invoices[i].links");
        j = 0;
        while (j < numLinks) {
            jsonResponse.J = j;
            console.log("link: " + jsonResponse.StringOf("invoices[i].links[j].href"));
            j = j+1;
        }

        console.log("----");
        i = i+1;
    }

    console.log("Success.");

    //  A successful response looks like this:

    //  { 
    //    "total_count": 2,
    //    "invoices": [
    //      { 
    //        "id": "INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE",
    //        "number": "0002",
    //        "status": "DRAFT",
    //        "merchant_info": { 
    //          "email": "smith-facilitator@chilkatsoft.com"
    //        },
    //        "billing_info": [
    //          { 
    //            "email": "smith-buyer@chilkatsoft.com"
    //          }
    //        ],
    //        "shipping_info": { 
    //          "email": "smith-buyer@chilkatsoft.com",
    //          "first_name": "Sally",
    //          "last_name": "Patient",
    //          "business_name": "Not applicable"
    //        },
    //        "invoice_date": "2016-11-15 PST",
    //        "payment_term": { 
    //          "due_date": "2016-12-30 PST"
    //        },
    //        "note": "Medical Invoice 16 Jul, 2013 PST",
    //        "total_amount": { 
    //          "currency": "USD",
    //          "value": "500.00"
    //        },
    //        "metadata": { 
    //          "created_date": "2016-11-15 08:09:21 PST"
    //        },
    //        "paid_amount": { 
    //          "paypal": { 
    //            "currency": "USD",
    //            "value": "0.00"
    //          },
    //          "other": { 
    //            "currency": "USD",
    //            "value": "0.00"
    //          }
    //        },
    //        "refunded_amount": { 
    //          "paypal": { 
    //            "currency": "USD",
    //            "value": "0.00"
    //          },
    //          "other": { 
    //            "currency": "USD",
    //            "value": "0.00"
    //          }
    //        },
    //        "links": [
    //          { 
    //            "rel": "self",
    //            "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE",
    //            "method": "GET"
    //          },
    //          { 
    //            "rel": "send",
    //            "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE/send",
    //            "method": "POST"
    //          },
    //          { 
    //            "rel": "update",
    //            "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE/update",
    //            "method": "PUT"
    //          },
    //          { 
    //            "rel": "delete",
    //            "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE",
    //            "method": "DELETE"
    //          }
    //        ]
    //      },
    //      { 
    //        "id": "INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR",
    //        "number": "0001",
    //        "status": "SENT",
    //        "merchant_info": { 
    //          "email": "smith-facilitator@chilkatsoft.com"
    //        },
    //        "billing_info": [
    //          { 
    //            "email": "smith-buyer@chilkatsoft.com"
    //          }
    //        ],
    //        "shipping_info": { 
    //          "email": "smith-buyer@chilkatsoft.com",
    //          "first_name": "Sally",
    //          "last_name": "Patient",
    //          "business_name": "Not applicable"
    //        },
    //        "invoice_date": "2016-11-15 PST",
    //        "payment_term": { 
    //          "due_date": "2016-12-30 PST"
    //        },
    //        "note": "Medical Invoice 16 Jul, 2013 PST",
    //        "total_amount": { 
    //          "currency": "USD",
    //          "value": "500.00"
    //        },
    //        "metadata": { 
    //          "created_date": "2016-11-15 06:17:03 PST",
    //          "payer_view_url": "https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi_bin/webscr?cmd=_pay-inv&viewtype=altview&id=INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR"
    //        },
    //        "paid_amount": { 
    //          "paypal": { 
    //            "currency": "USD",
    //            "value": "0.00"
    //          },
    //          "other": { 
    //            "currency": "USD",
    //            "value": "0.00"
    //          }
    //        },
    //        "refunded_amount": { 
    //          "paypal": { 
    //            "currency": "USD",
    //            "value": "0.00"
    //          },
    //          "other": { 
    //            "currency": "USD",
    //            "value": "0.00"
    //          }
    //        },
    //        "links": [
    //          { 
    //            "rel": "self",
    //            "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR",
    //            "method": "GET"
    //          },
    //          { 
    //            "rel": "update",
    //            "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR/update",
    //            "method": "PUT"
    //          },
    //          { 
    //            "rel": "cancel",
    //            "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR/remind",
    //            "method": "POST"
    //          },
    //          { 
    //            "rel": "remind",
    //            "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR/cancel",
    //            "method": "POST"
    //          },
    //          { 
    //            "rel": "record-payment",
    //            "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR/record-payment",
    //            "method": "POST"
    //          },
    //          { 
    //            "rel": "qr-code",
    //            "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR/qr-code",
    //            "method": "GET"
    //          }
    //        ]
    //      }
    //    ]
    //  }
    //  

}

chilkatExample();