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ETrade Place Order

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The Place Order API is used to submit an order after it has been successfully previewed.

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Local $bSuccess = False

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

$oHttp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Http")

$oHttp.OAuth1 = True
$oHttp.OAuthVerifier = ""
$oHttp.OAuthConsumerKey = "ETRADE_CONSUMER_KEY"
$oHttp.OAuthConsumerSecret = "ETRADE_CONSUMER_SECRET"

; Load the access token previously obtained via the OAuth1 Authorization
$oJsonToken = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$bSuccess = $oJsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/etrade.json")
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Failed to load OAuth1 token" & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oHttp.OAuthToken = $oJsonToken.StringOf("oauth_token")
$oHttp.OAuthTokenSecret = $oJsonToken.StringOf("oauth_token_secret")

Local $sandboxUrl = "https://apisb.etrade.com/v1/accounts/{$accountIdKey}/orders/place"
Local $sLiveUrl = "https://api.etrade.com/v1/accounts/{$accountIdKey}/orders/place"

$oHttp.SetUrlVar("accountIdKey","6_Dpy0rmuQ9cu9IbTfvF2A")

; Send a POST with the following XML body

; Use this online tool to generate the code from sample XML: 
; Generate Code to Create XML

; <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>

$oXml = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Xml")
$oXml.Tag = "PlaceOrderRequest"
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "orderType","EQ"
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "clientOrderId","sd464333"
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "PreviewIds|previewId","730206520"
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "Order|allOrNone","false"
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "Order|priceType","LIMIT"
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "Order|orderTerm","GOOD_FOR_DAY"
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "Order|marketSession","REGULAR"
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "Order|stopPrice",""
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "Order|limitPrice","188.51"
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "Order|Instrument|Product|securityType","EQ"
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "Order|Instrument|Product|symbol","FB"
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "Order|Instrument|orderAction","BUY"
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "Order|Instrument|quantityType","QUANTITY"
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "Order|Instrument|quantity","150"
$oXml.EmitCompact = True

$oResp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
$bSuccess = $oHttp.HttpStr("POST",$sandboxUrl,$oXml.GetXml(),"utf-8","application/xml",$oResp)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Make sure a successful response was received.
If ($oResp.StatusCode > 200) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oResp.StatusLine & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite($oResp.Header & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite($oResp.BodyStr & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Sample XML response:

; Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: 
; Generate Parsing Code from XML

; <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>

$oXml.LoadXml($oResp.BodyStr)
ConsoleWrite($oXml.GetXml() & @CRLF)

Local $sOrderType
Local $sOrderTerm
Local $sPriceType
Local $sLimitPrice
Local $iStopPrice
Local $sMarketSession
Local $sAllOrNone
Local $symbol
Local $securityType
Local $symbolDescription
Local $sOrderAction
Local $sQuantityType
Local $iQuantity
Local $sCancelQuantity
Local $sReserveOrder
Local $sReserveQuantity
Local $iCode
Local $sDescription
Local $sV_type
Local $sEgQual
Local $sEstimatedCommission
Local $sEstimatedTotalAmount
Local $iNetPrice
Local $iNetBid
Local $iNetAsk
Local $iGcd
Local $sDstFlag
Local $iOptionLevelCd
Local $sMarginLevelCd
Local $iOrderId
Local $sPlacedTime
Local $iAccountId

$sOrderType = $oXml.GetChildContent("orderType")
$sOrderTerm = $oXml.GetChildContent("Order|orderTerm")
$sPriceType = $oXml.GetChildContent("Order|priceType")
$sLimitPrice = $oXml.GetChildContent("Order|limitPrice")
$iStopPrice = $oXml.GetChildIntValue("Order|stopPrice")
$sMarketSession = $oXml.GetChildContent("Order|marketSession")
$sAllOrNone = $oXml.GetChildContent("Order|allOrNone")
$symbol = $oXml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|Product|symbol")
$securityType = $oXml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|Product|securityType")
$symbolDescription = $oXml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|symbolDescription")
$sOrderAction = $oXml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|orderAction")
$sQuantityType = $oXml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|quantityType")
$iQuantity = $oXml.GetChildIntValue("Order|Instrument|quantity")
$sCancelQuantity = $oXml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|cancelQuantity")
$sReserveOrder = $oXml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|reserveOrder")
$sReserveQuantity = $oXml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|reserveQuantity")
$iCode = $oXml.GetChildIntValue("Order|messages|Message|code")
$sDescription = $oXml.GetChildContent("Order|messages|Message|description")
$sV_type = $oXml.GetChildContent("Order|messages|Message|type")
$sEgQual = $oXml.GetChildContent("Order|egQual")
$sEstimatedCommission = $oXml.GetChildContent("Order|estimatedCommission")
$sEstimatedTotalAmount = $oXml.GetChildContent("Order|estimatedTotalAmount")
$iNetPrice = $oXml.GetChildIntValue("Order|netPrice")
$iNetBid = $oXml.GetChildIntValue("Order|netBid")
$iNetAsk = $oXml.GetChildIntValue("Order|netAsk")
$iGcd = $oXml.GetChildIntValue("Order|gcd")
$sDstFlag = $oXml.GetChildContent("dstFlag")
$iOptionLevelCd = $oXml.GetChildIntValue("optionLevelCd")
$sMarginLevelCd = $oXml.GetChildContent("marginLevelCd")
$iOrderId = $oXml.GetChildIntValue("OrderIds|orderId")
$sPlacedTime = $oXml.GetChildContent("placedTime")
$iAccountId = $oXml.GetChildIntValue("accountId")

ConsoleWrite("Success." & @CRLF)