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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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Local $bSuccess = 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)
$oJsonToken = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/paypal.json")

;  Build the Authorization request header field value.
$oSbAuth = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
;  token_type should be "Bearer"
$oSbAuth.Append($oJsonToken.StringOf("token_type"))
$oSbAuth.Append(" ")
$oSbAuth.Append($oJsonToken.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.
$oRest = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Rest")
Local $bAutoReconnect = True
$bSuccess = $oRest.Connect("api.sandbox.paypal.com",443,True,$bAutoReconnect)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

;  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;  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.
$oJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJson.EmitCompact = False
$oJson.UpdateString("intent","sale")
$oJson.UpdateString("payer.payment_method","credit_card")
$oJson.UpdateString("payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card.number","4032034813337237")
$oJson.UpdateString("payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card.type","visa")
$oJson.UpdateString("payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card.expire_month","9")
$oJson.UpdateString("payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card.expire_year","2028")
$oJson.UpdateString("payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card.cvv2","123")
$oJson.UpdateString("transactions[0].amount.total","10.00")
$oJson.UpdateString("transactions[0].amount.currency","USD")
$oJson.UpdateString("transactions[0].payee.email","payee@example.com")

;  Use a sandbox CC number for testing:
;  image

ConsoleWrite($oJson.Emit() & @CRLF)

;  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"  
;        }
;      }
;    ]
;  }

$oRest.AddHeader("Authorization",$oSbAuth.GetAsString())
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json")

;  Send the POST request containign the JSON in the request body, and get the JSON response.
$oSbJsonRequest = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oJson.EmitCompact = True
$oJson.EmitSb($oSbJsonRequest)
$oSbJsonResponse = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$bSuccess = $oRest.FullRequestSb("POST","/v1/payments/payment",$oSbJsonRequest,$oSbJsonResponse)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oJson.EmitCompact = False
$oJson.LoadSb($oSbJsonResponse)

ConsoleWrite("Response Status Code = " & $oRest.ResponseStatusCode & @CRLF)

;  Did we get a 201 success response?
If ($oRest.ResponseStatusCode <> 201) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oJson.Emit() & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("Failed." & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

;  Sample response JSON is shown below.
ConsoleWrite($oJson.Emit() & @CRLF)

;  Demonstrate how to access a few parts of the JSON response..
ConsoleWrite("cc number: " & $oJson.StringOf("payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card.number") & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("subtotal: " & $oJson.StringOf("transactions[0].amount.details.subtotal") & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("refund href: " & $oJson.StringOf("transactions[0].related_resources[0].sale.links[1].href") & @CRLF)

;  	{ 
;  	  "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"
;  	    }
;  	  ]
;  	}
;