Classic ASP
Classic ASP
PayPal - Capture a Previously Authorized Payment
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Captures a previously authorized payment.
Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.65 or greater.
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success = 0
' Note: Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.65 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)
set jsonToken = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/paypal.json")
' Build the Authorization request header field value.
set sbAuth = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
' token_type should be "Bearer"
success = sbAuth.Append(jsonToken.StringOf("token_type"))
success = sbAuth.Append(" ")
success = 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.
set rest = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("api.sandbox.paypal.com",443,1,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> 1) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
' ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' 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..
' ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Build the JSON containing the transaction information.
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
json.EmitCompact = 0
success = json.UpdateString("amount.currency","USD")
success = json.UpdateString("amount.total","4.54")
success = json.UpdateBool("is_final_capture",1)
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( json.Emit()) & "</pre>"
' The JSON created by the above code:
' {
' "amount": {
' "currency": "USD",
' "total": "4.54"
' },
' "is_final_capture": true
' }
success = rest.AddHeader("Authorization",sbAuth.GetAsString())
success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json")
' To capture payment, make a call to /v1/payments/authorization/[authorization_id]/capture with the authorization ID in the URI.
' See PayPal Authorize Payment for sample code to create the authorization.
' The "7X8332687A4929542" comes from the "transactions[0].related_resources[0].authorization.id" part of the authorization response.
set sbPath = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = sbPath.Append("/v1/payments/authorization/[authorization_id]/capture")
numReplacements = sbPath.Replace("[authorization_id]","7X8332687A4929542")
' Send the POST request containign the JSON in the request body, and get the JSON response.
set sbJsonRequest = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
json.EmitCompact = 1
success = json.EmitSb(sbJsonRequest)
set sbJsonResponse = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST",sbPath.GetAsString(),sbJsonRequest,sbJsonResponse)
If (success <> 1) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
json.EmitCompact = 0
success = json.LoadSb(sbJsonResponse)
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Status Code = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode) & "</pre>"
' IMPORTANT: In most PayPal examples, the return status code is 201.
' For this particular call, PayPal returns status code 200.
' Did we get a 200 success response?
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( json.Emit()) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Failed.") & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
' Sample JSON response is shown below.
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( json.Emit()) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "success") & "</pre>"
' ------------------------------------------------
' A sample JSON response:
' {
' "id": "1LY5310469661362J",
' "create_time": "2016-11-24T00:40:50Z",
' "update_time": "2016-11-24T00:40:54Z",
' "amount": {
' "total": "4.54",
' "currency": "USD"
' },
' "is_final_capture": true,
' "state": "completed",
' "reasonCode": "None",
' "parent_payment": "PAY-2CY489250W145633HLA3DK3Y",
' "transaction_fee": {
' "value": "0.43",
' "currency": "USD"
' },
' "links": [
' {
' "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/capture/1LY5310469661362J",
' "rel": "self",
' "method": "GET"
' },
' {
' "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/capture/1LY5310469661362J/refund",
' "rel": "refund",
' "method": "POST"
' },
' {
' "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/authorization/7X8332687A4929542",
' "rel": "authorization",
' "method": "GET"
' },
' {
' "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-2CY489250W145633HLA3DK3Y",
' "rel": "parent_payment",
' "method": "GET"
' }
' ]
'
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