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PayPal - Void an Authorization

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Voids a previously authorized payment.

Note: A fully captured authorization cannot be voided.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.65 or greater.

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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean 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)
    CkJsonObject jsonToken = new CkJsonObject();
    jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/paypal.json");

    // Build the Authorization request header field value.
    CkStringBuilder sbAuth = new CkStringBuilder();
    // 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.
    CkRest rest = new CkRest();
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("api.sandbox.paypal.com",443,true,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, 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..
    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.put_EmitCompact(false);

    // This is the OAuth2 Authorization header, not to be confused with a PayPal credit card authorization...
    rest.AddHeader("Authorization",sbAuth.getAsString());
    rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json");

    // The authorization ID is added to the path.
    // The authorization ID is obtained from payment records as shown here: Find Authorizations
    CkStringBuilder sbPath = new CkStringBuilder();
    sbPath.Append("/v1/payments/authorization/authorization_id/void");
    int numReplaced = sbPath.Replace("authorization_id","0SU72290A8399291G");

    // Send the POST request containing an empty JSON body, and get the JSON response.
    CkStringBuilder sbJsonRequest = new CkStringBuilder();
    sbJsonRequest.Append("{}");

    CkStringBuilder sbJsonResponse = new CkStringBuilder();

    success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST",sbPath.getAsString(),sbJsonRequest,sbJsonResponse);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    json.put_EmitCompact(false);
    json.LoadSb(sbJsonResponse);

    Log.i(TAG, "Response Status Code = " + String.valueOf(rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()));

    // Did we get a 200 success response?
    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        Log.i(TAG, json.emit());
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed.");
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, json.emit());
    Log.i(TAG, "Success.");

    // A successful JSON response:

    // 	{ 
    // 	  "id": "0SU72290A8399291G",
    // 	  "create_time": "2016-11-26T17:31:05Z",
    // 	  "update_time": "2016-11-26T17:31:10Z",
    // 	  "amount": { 
    // 	    "total": "6.70",
    // 	    "currency": "USD",
    // 	    "details": { 
    // 	      "subtotal": "6.70"
    // 	    }
    // 	  },
    // 	  "state": "voided",
    // 	  "parent_payment": "PAY-62106714J93631829LA44NWI",
    // 	  "links": [
    // 	    { 
    // 	      "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/authorization/0SU72290A8399291G",
    // 	      "rel": "self",
    // 	      "method": "GET"
    // 	    },
    // 	    { 
    // 	      "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-62106714J93631829LA44NWI",
    // 	      "rel": "parent_payment",
    // 	      "method": "GET"
    // 	    }
    // 	  ]
    // 	}

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}