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PayPal Search for Invoices

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Search PayPal invoices.

See also SearchInvoices

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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..
; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

; Create JSON to specify the search
$oJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJson.EmitCompact = False
$oJson.AppendString("start_invoice_date","2016-01-01 PST")
$oJson.AppendString("end_invoice_date","2016-11-16 PST")
$oJson.AppendInt("page",0)
$oJson.AppendInt("page_size",10)
$oJson.AppendBool("total_count_required",True)

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

; The JSON by the above code:

; 	{
; 	  "start_invoice_date": "2016-01-01 PST",
; 	  "end_invoice_date": "2016-11-16 PST",
; 	  "page": 0,
; 	  "page_size": 10,
; 	  "total_count_required": true
; 	}

; Send the POST equivalent to this CURL command:

; 	curl -v -X POST https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/search/ \
; 	-H "Content-Type:application/json" \
; 	-H "Authorization: Bearer Access-Token" \
; 	-d '{ invoice JSON goes here }'

$oJson.EmitCompact = True
$oSbRequestBody = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oSbResponseBody = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

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

$bSuccess = $oRest.FullRequestSb("POST","/v1/invoicing/search",$oSbRequestBody,$oSbResponseBody)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; We should have some sort of JSON response.  It could be successful, or an error.
$oJsonResponse = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJsonResponse.EmitCompact = False
$oJsonResponse.LoadSb($oSbResponseBody)

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

; Did we get a 200 success response?
If ($oRest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    ; Show the JSON response body
    ConsoleWrite($oJsonResponse.Emit() & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("Failed." & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Sample response JSON is shown below.

; Iterate over each invoice and get some information from each..
Local $iNumInvoices = $oJsonResponse.SizeOfArray("invoices")
Local $i = 0
While $i < $iNumInvoices
    $oJsonResponse.I = $i
    ConsoleWrite("Invoice ID: " & $oJsonResponse.StringOf("invoices[i].id") & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("Shipping First Name: " & $oJsonResponse.StringOf("invoices[i].shipping_info.first_name") & @CRLF)
Local $iJ = 0
Local $iNumBillingInfo = $oJsonResponse.SizeOfArray("invoices[i].billing_info")
    While $iJ < $iNumBillingInfo
        $oJsonResponse.J = $iJ
        ConsoleWrite("billing_info email: " & $oJsonResponse.StringOf("invoices[i].billing_info[j].email") & @CRLF)
        $iJ = $iJ + 1
    Wend
Local $iNumLinks = $oJsonResponse.SizeOfArray("invoices[i].links")
    $iJ = 0
    While $iJ < $iNumLinks
        $oJsonResponse.J = $iJ
        ConsoleWrite("link: " & $oJsonResponse.StringOf("invoices[i].links[j].href") & @CRLF)
        $iJ = $iJ + 1
    Wend
    ConsoleWrite("----" & @CRLF)
    $i = $i + 1
Wend

ConsoleWrite("Success." & @CRLF)

; A successful response looks like this:

; { 
;   "total_count": 2,
;   "invoices": [
;     { 
;       "id": "INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE",
;       "number": "0002",
;       "status": "DRAFT",
;       "merchant_info": { 
;         "email": "smith-facilitator@chilkatsoft.com"
;       },
;       "billing_info": [
;         { 
;           "email": "smith-buyer@chilkatsoft.com"
;         }
;       ],
;       "shipping_info": { 
;         "email": "smith-buyer@chilkatsoft.com",
;         "first_name": "Sally",
;         "last_name": "Patient",
;         "business_name": "Not applicable"
;       },
;       "invoice_date": "2016-11-15 PST",
;       "payment_term": { 
;         "due_date": "2016-12-30 PST"
;       },
;       "note": "Medical Invoice 16 Jul, 2013 PST",
;       "total_amount": { 
;         "currency": "USD",
;         "value": "500.00"
;       },
;       "metadata": { 
;         "created_date": "2016-11-15 08:09:21 PST"
;       },
;       "paid_amount": { 
;         "paypal": { 
;           "currency": "USD",
;           "value": "0.00"
;         },
;         "other": { 
;           "currency": "USD",
;           "value": "0.00"
;         }
;       },
;       "refunded_amount": { 
;         "paypal": { 
;           "currency": "USD",
;           "value": "0.00"
;         },
;         "other": { 
;           "currency": "USD",
;           "value": "0.00"
;         }
;       },
;       "links": [
;         { 
;           "rel": "self",
;           "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE",
;           "method": "GET"
;         },
;         { 
;           "rel": "send",
;           "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE/send",
;           "method": "POST"
;         },
;         { 
;           "rel": "update",
;           "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE/update",
;           "method": "PUT"
;         },
;         { 
;           "rel": "delete",
;           "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE",
;           "method": "DELETE"
;         }
;       ]
;     },
;     { 
;       "id": "INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR",
;       "number": "0001",
;       "status": "SENT",
;       "merchant_info": { 
;         "email": "smith-facilitator@chilkatsoft.com"
;       },
;       "billing_info": [
;         { 
;           "email": "smith-buyer@chilkatsoft.com"
;         }
;       ],
;       "shipping_info": { 
;         "email": "smith-buyer@chilkatsoft.com",
;         "first_name": "Sally",
;         "last_name": "Patient",
;         "business_name": "Not applicable"
;       },
;       "invoice_date": "2016-11-15 PST",
;       "payment_term": { 
;         "due_date": "2016-12-30 PST"
;       },
;       "note": "Medical Invoice 16 Jul, 2013 PST",
;       "total_amount": { 
;         "currency": "USD",
;         "value": "500.00"
;       },
;       "metadata": { 
;         "created_date": "2016-11-15 06:17:03 PST",
;         "payer_view_url": "https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi_bin/webscr?cmd=_pay-inv&viewtype=altview&id=INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR"
;       },
;       "paid_amount": { 
;         "paypal": { 
;           "currency": "USD",
;           "value": "0.00"
;         },
;         "other": { 
;           "currency": "USD",
;           "value": "0.00"
;         }
;       },
;       "refunded_amount": { 
;         "paypal": { 
;           "currency": "USD",
;           "value": "0.00"
;         },
;         "other": { 
;           "currency": "USD",
;           "value": "0.00"
;         }
;       },
;       "links": [
;         { 
;           "rel": "self",
;           "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR",
;           "method": "GET"
;         },
;         { 
;           "rel": "update",
;           "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR/update",
;           "method": "PUT"
;         },
;         { 
;           "rel": "cancel",
;           "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR/remind",
;           "method": "POST"
;         },
;         { 
;           "rel": "remind",
;           "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR/cancel",
;           "method": "POST"
;         },
;         { 
;           "rel": "record-payment",
;           "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR/record-payment",
;           "method": "POST"
;         },
;         { 
;           "rel": "qr-code",
;           "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR/qr-code",
;           "method": "GET"
;         }
;       ]
;     }
;   ]
; }
;