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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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Dim success As Boolean = 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)
Dim jsonToken As ChilkatJsonObject
jsonToken.Initialize
jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/paypal.json")

'  Build the Authorization request header field value.
Dim sbAuth As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbAuth.Initialize
'  token_type should be "Bearer"
sbAuth.Append(jsonToken.StringOf("token_type"))
sbAuth.Append(" ")
sbAuth.Append(jsonToken.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.
Dim rest As ChilkatRest
rest.Initialize("rest")
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean = True
success = rest.Connect("api.sandbox.paypal.com", 443, True, bAutoReconnect)
If success <> True Then
    Log(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'  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:
Dim json As ChilkatJsonObject
json.Initialize
json.EmitCompact = False
json.UpdateString("subject", "Past due")
json.UpdateString("note", "Please pay soon")
json.UpdateBool("send_to_merchant", True)
Log(json.Emit)

'  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.
Dim sbPath As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbPath.Initialize
sbPath.Append("/v1/invoicing/invoices/invoice_id/remind")
Dim numReplacements As Int = sbPath.Replace("invoice_id", "INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR")

json.EmitCompact = True
Dim sbRequestBody As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbRequestBody.Initialize
Dim sbResponseBody As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbResponseBody.Initialize

rest.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
rest.AddHeader("Authorization", sbAuth.GetAsString)
json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)

success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST", sbPath.GetAsString, sbRequestBody, sbResponseBody)
If success <> True Then
    Log(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Log("Response Status Code = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode)

'  Did we get a 202 accepted response?
If rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 202 Then
    Log(sbResponseBody.GetAsString)
    Log("Failed.")
    Return
End If


'  If the 202 response is received, the response body would be empty...
Log("Success.")