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ETrade v1 Place Order

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Submits an order after it has been successfully previewed. (Your application must first send the POST to preview the order. Then it can send this POST to place the order.)

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Visual Basic 6.0
Dim success As Long
success = 0

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

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp

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

' Load the access token previously obtained via the OAuth1 3-Legged Authorization examples Step1 and Step2.
Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = json.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/etrade.json")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print "Failed to load OAuth1 token"
    Exit Sub
End If

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

' See the ETrade v1 API documentation HERE.

' Sample XML Request
' Use this online tool to generate the code from sample XML: 
' Generate Code to Create XML

' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
' <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>

Dim xml As New ChilkatXml
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"

Dim xmlContent As String
xmlContent = xml.GetXml()
Dim endpointUrl As String
endpointUrl = "https://apisb.etrade.com/v1/accounts/{accountIdKey}/orders/place"

Dim resp As New ChilkatHttpResponse
success = http.HttpStr("POST",endpointUrl,xmlContent,"utf-8","application/xml",resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' A 200 status code indicates success.
Dim statusCode As Long
statusCode = resp.StatusCode
Debug.Print "statusCode = " & statusCode

' Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: 
' Generate Parsing Code from XML

' A sample XML response is shown below...

success = xml.LoadXml(resp.BodyStr)

Dim tagPath As String
Dim orderType As String
Dim orderTerm As String
Dim priceType As String
Dim limitPrice As String
Dim stopPrice As Long
Dim marketSession As String
Dim allOrNone As String
Dim symbol As String
Dim securityType As String
Dim symbolDescription As String
Dim orderAction As String
Dim quantityType As String
Dim quantity As Long
Dim cancelQuantity As String
Dim reserveOrder As String
Dim reserveQuantity As String
Dim code As Long
Dim description As String
Dim v_type As String
Dim egQual As String
Dim estimatedCommission As String
Dim estimatedTotalAmount As String
Dim netPrice As Long
Dim netBid As Long
Dim netAsk As Long
Dim gcd As Long
Dim dstFlag As String
Dim optionLevelCd As Long
Dim marginLevelCd As String
Dim orderId As Long
Dim placedTime As String
Dim accountId As Long

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")

' Sample XML Response

' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
' <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