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PayPal Send Invoice Reminder

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Sends a PayPal invoice reminder to a customer.

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

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Local $bSuccess = False

; 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
$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 request body containing the reminder information:
$oJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJson.EmitCompact = False
$oJson.UpdateString("subject","Past due")
$oJson.UpdateString("note","Please pay soon")
$oJson.UpdateBool("send_to_merchant",True)
ConsoleWrite($oJson.Emit() & @CRLF)

; The JSON created by the above code:

; 	{ 
; 	  "subject": "Past due",
; 	  "note": "Please pay soon",
; 	  "send_to_merchant": true,
; 	}

; Build a path using a previously-sent invoice ID.
$oSbPath = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oSbPath.Append("/v1/invoicing/invoices/invoice_id/remind")
Local $iNumReplacements = $oSbPath.Replace("invoice_id","INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR")

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

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

; Did we get a 202 accepted response?
If ($oRest.ResponseStatusCode <> 202) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSbResponseBody.GetAsString() & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("Failed." & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; If the 202 response is received, the response body would be empty...
ConsoleWrite("Success." & @CRLF)