(AutoIt) PayPal - Create a PayPal Payment

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Creates a payment to be paid from a PayPal account (as opposed to being funded by a credit card).

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.65 or greater.

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; 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)
$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
Local $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 transaction information.
$oJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJson.EmitCompact = False
$oJson.UpdateString("intent","sale")
$oJson.UpdateString("redirect_urls.return_url","http://www.example.com/return_url")
$oJson.UpdateString("redirect_urls.cancel_url","http://www.example.com/cancel_url")
$oJson.UpdateString("payer.payment_method","paypal")
$oJson.UpdateString("transactions[0].amount.total","7.47")
$oJson.UpdateString("transactions[0].amount.currency","USD")
$oJson.UpdateString("transactions[0].description","This is the payment transaction description.")

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

; The JSON created by the above code is this:

; 	{ 
; 	  "intent": "sale",
; 	  "redirect_urls": { 
; 	    "return_url": "http://www.example.com/return_url",
; 	    "cancel_url": "http://www.example.com/cancel_url"
; 	  },
; 	  "payer": { 
; 	    "payment_method": "paypal"
; 	  },
; 	  "transactions": [
; 	    { 
; 	      "amount": { 
; 	        "total": "7.47",
; 	        "currency": "USD"
; 	      },
; 	      "description": "This is the payment transaction description."
; 	    }
; 	  ]
; 	}

$oRest.AddHeader("Authorization",$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 JSON response is shown below.
ConsoleWrite($oJson.Emit() & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("success" & @CRLF)

; ------------------------------------------------
; A sample JSON response:

; 	{ 
; 	  "id": "PAY-1XK50350XV338620BLA3CZGI",
; 	  "intent": "sale",
; 	  "state": "created",
; 	  "payer": { 
; 	    "payment_method": "paypal",
; 	    "use_vendor_currency_conversion": false
; 	  },
; 	  "transactions": [
; 	    { 
; 	      "amount": { 
; 	        "total": "7.47",
; 	        "currency": "USD"
; 	      },
; 	      "description": "This is the payment transaction description.",
; 	      "related_resources": [
; 	      ]
; 	    }
; 	  ],
; 	  "create_time": "2016-11-23T23:56:09Z",
; 	  "links": [
; 	    { 
; 	      "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-1XK50350XV338620BLA3CZGI",
; 	      "rel": "self",
; 	      "method": "GET"
; 	    },
; 	    { 
; 	      "href": "https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_express-checkout&token=EC-0BG932459F977083J",
; 	      "rel": "approval_url",
; 	      "method": "REDIRECT"
; 	    },
; 	    { 
; 	      "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-1XK50350XV338620BLA3CZGI/execute",
; 	      "rel": "execute",
; 	      "method": "POST"
; 	    }
; 	  ]
; 	}