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PayPal - Create Direct Credit Card Payment

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Creates a direct credit card payment where your application passes the credit card, shipping, and payment information to PayPal.

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

Note: This is an example where you handle the card data directly, and therefore you would need to ensure you are PCI compliant. There are other ways to create a payment where your application does NOT handle the credit card data directly.

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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
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<%
success = 0

'  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)
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 credit card data and transaction information.
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
json.EmitCompact = 0
success = json.UpdateString("intent","sale")
success = json.UpdateString("payer.payment_method","credit_card")
success = json.UpdateString("payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card.number","4032034813337237")
success = json.UpdateString("payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card.type","visa")
success = json.UpdateString("payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card.expire_month","9")
success = json.UpdateString("payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card.expire_year","2028")
success = json.UpdateString("payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card.cvv2","123")
success = json.UpdateString("transactions[0].amount.total","10.00")
success = json.UpdateString("transactions[0].amount.currency","USD")
success = json.UpdateString("transactions[0].payee.email","payee@example.com")

'  Use a sandbox CC number for testing:
'  image

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( json.Emit()) & "</pre>"

'  The JSON created by the above code is this:

'  -----------------------------------------------------------------
'  Ensure that payee@example.com is a valid sandbox business account
'  -----------------------------------------------------------------

'  {
'    "intent": "sale",
'    "payer": {
'      "payment_method": "credit_card",
'      "funding_instruments": [
'        {
'          "credit_card": {
'            "number": "4032034813337237",
'            "type": "visa",
'            "expire_month": "9",
'            "expire_year": "2028",
'            "cvv2": "123"
'          }
'        }
'      ]
'    },
'    "transactions": [
'      {
'        "amount": {
'          "total": "10.00",
'          "currency": "USD"
'        },
'        "payee": {
'          "email": "payee@example.com"  
'        }
'      }
'    ]
'  }

success = rest.AddHeader("Authorization",sbAuth.GetAsString())
success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json")

'  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","/v1/payments/payment",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>"

'  Did we get a 201 success response?
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 201) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( json.Emit()) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Failed.") & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  Sample response JSON is shown below.
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( json.Emit()) & "</pre>"

'  Demonstrate how to access a few parts of the JSON response..
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "cc number: " & json.StringOf("payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card.number")) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "subtotal: " & json.StringOf("transactions[0].amount.details.subtotal")) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "refund href: " & json.StringOf("transactions[0].related_resources[0].sale.links[1].href")) & "</pre>"

'  	{ 
'  	  "id": "PAY-66A12106PU3254228LA3BYKI",
'  	  "create_time": "2016-11-23T22:46:01Z",
'  	  "update_time": "2016-11-23T22:46:07Z",
'  	  "state": "approved",
'  	  "intent": "sale",
'  	  "payer": { 
'  	    "payment_method": "credit_card",
'  	    "funding_instruments": [
'  	      { 
'  	        "credit_card": { 
'  	          "type": "visa",
'  	          "number": "xxxxxxxxxxxx9974",
'  	          "expire_month": "9",
'  	          "expire_year": "2021",
'  	          "first_name": "Joe",
'  	          "last_name": "Buyer"
'  	        }
'  	      }
'  	    ]
'  	  },
'  	  "transactions": [
'  	    { 
'  	      "amount": { 
'  	        "total": "7.47",
'  	        "currency": "USD",
'  	        "details": { 
'  	          "subtotal": "7.47"
'  	        }
'  	      },
'  	      "description": "This is the payment transaction description.",
'  	      "related_resources": [
'  	        { 
'  	          "sale": { 
'  	            "id": "70L88278E6781074B",
'  	            "create_time": "2016-11-23T22:46:01Z",
'  	            "update_time": "2016-11-23T22:46:07Z",
'  	            "amount": { 
'  	              "total": "7.47",
'  	              "currency": "USD"
'  	            },
'  	            "state": "completed",
'  	            "parent_payment": "PAY-66A12106PU3254228LA3BYKI",
'  	            "links": [
'  	              { 
'  	                "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/sale/70L88278E6781074B",
'  	                "rel": "self",
'  	                "method": "GET"
'  	              },
'  	              { 
'  	                "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/sale/70L88278E6781074B/refund",
'  	                "rel": "refund",
'  	                "method": "POST"
'  	              },
'  	              { 
'  	                "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-66A12106PU3254228LA3BYKI",
'  	                "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-66A12106PU3254228LA3BYKI",
'  	      "rel": "self",
'  	      "method": "GET"
'  	    }
'  	  ]
'  	}
'  

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