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Classic ASP

PayPal Send Invoice

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Sends a PayPal invoice to a customer.

See also Send Invoice

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Classic ASP
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
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 a path using a draft invoice ID.
set sbPath = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = sbPath.Append("/v1/invoicing/invoices/invoice_id/send")
numReplacements = sbPath.Replace("invoice_id","INV2-QCHR-QHSD-M2VU-AVXC")

success = rest.AddHeader("Authorization",sbAuth.GetAsString())
success = rest.AddQueryParam("notify_merchant","true")

responseBody = rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST",sbPath.GetAsString())
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Status Code = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode) & "</pre>"

' Did we get a 202 accepted response?
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 202) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( responseBody) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Failed.") & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' If the 202 response is received, the response body would be empty...
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Success.") & "</pre>"

%>
</body>
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