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Amazon Pay - Create Charge

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Creates a Charge to authorize payment, if you have a Charge Permission in a Chargeable state. You can optionally capture payment immediately by setting captureNow to true. You can create up to 25 Charges per one-time Charge Permission.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

http = chilkat2.Http()

# Implements the following CURL command:

# curl "https://pay-api.amazon.com/:version/charges/" \
# -X POST
# -H "authorization:Px2e5oHhQZ88vVhc0DO%2FsShHj8MDDg%3DEXAMPLESIGNATURE"
# -H "x-amz-pay-date:20201012T235046Z"
# -H "x-amz-pay-idempotency-key:AVLo5tI10BHgEk2jEXAMPLEKEY"
# -d '{
#     "chargePermissionId": "P21-1111111-1111111",
#     "chargeAmount": {
#         "amount": "14.00",
#         "currencyCode": "USD"
#     },
#     "captureNow": true, // default is false
#     "softDescriptor": "Descriptor",
#     "canHandlePendingAuthorization": false //default is false
# }'

# Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
# Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

# Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
# Generate Code to Create JSON

# The following JSON is sent in the request body.

# {
#     "chargePermissionId": "P21-1111111-1111111",
#     "chargeAmount": {
#         "amount": "14.00",
#         "currencyCode": "USD"
#     },
#     "captureNow": true, // default is false
#     "softDescriptor": "Descriptor",
#     "canHandlePendingAuthorization": false //default is false
# }

json = chilkat2.JsonObject()
json.UpdateString("chargePermissionId","P21-1111111-1111111")
json.UpdateString("chargeAmount.amount","14.00")
json.UpdateString("chargeAmount.currencyCode","USD")
json.UpdateBool("captureNow",True)
json.UpdateString("softDescriptor","Descriptor")
json.UpdateBool("canHandlePendingAuthorization",False)

# Load your Amazon Pay private key.  
# There are many other ways to load private keys into the Chilkat private key object, such as from different formats,
# or from in-memory strings or bytes.
privKey = chilkat2.PrivateKey()
success = privKey.LoadPemFile("C:/someDir/myAmazonPayPrivateKey.pem")
if (success == False):
    print(privKey.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Provide your Amazon Pay private key and Public Key ID 
# Use your public key ID here.  It must be the one associated with the private key.
# Note: The SetAuthPrivateKey method was added in Chilkat v9.5.0.89
publicKeyId = "SANDBOX-AHEGSJCM3L2S637RBGABLAFW"
success = http.SetAuthPrivateKey(publicKeyId,privKey)
if (success == False):
    print(http.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Note: When the private key is provided as shown above, Chilkat will automatically add the required x-amz-pay-* headers to the HTTP request,
# and will also sign the request.  Nothing more is needed.
# Chilkat automatically generates and adds the following headers:
# 
# x-amz-pay-date
# x-amz-pay-host
# x-amz-pay-region
# x-amz-pay-idempotency-key
# Authorization

http.Accept = "application/json"

# To use the live system, replace "sandbox" with "live" in the URL passed to HttpJson.
# Also, make sure to use the correct region: pay-api.amazon.com, pay-api.amazon.eu, or pay-api.amazon.jp
resp = chilkat2.HttpResponse()
success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://pay-api.amazon.eu/sandbox/v2/charges/",json,"application/json",resp)
if (success == False):
    print(http.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

sbResponseBody = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
jResp = chilkat2.JsonObject()
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False

# If the status code is not equal to 201, this will display error information.
print("Response Body:")
print(jResp.Emit())

respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
print("Response Status Code = " + str(respStatusCode))
if (respStatusCode != 201):
    print("Failed.")
    sys.exit()

# Sample JSON response:
# (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

# {
#      "chargeId": "P21-1111111-1111111-C111111",
#      "chargePermissionId": "P21-1111111-1111111",
#      "chargeAmount": {
#          "amount": "14.00",
#          "currencyCode": "USD"
#      },
#      "captureAmount": {
#          "amount": "14.00",
#          "currencyCode": "USD"
#      },
#      "refundedAmount": {
#          "amount": "0.00",
#          "currencyCode": "USD"
#      },
#      "convertedAmount": "14.00",
#      "conversionRate": "1.00",
#      "softDescriptor": "Descriptor",
#      "merchantMetadata": null,
#      "providerMetadata": {
#          "providerReferenceId": null
#      },
#      "statusDetails":{
#          "state": "Captured",
#          "reasonCode": null,
#          "reasonDescription": null,
#          "lastUpdatedTimestamp": "20190714T155300Z"
#      },
#      "creationTimestamp": "20190714T155300Z",
#      "expirationTimestamp": "20190715T155300Z",
#      "releaseEnvironment": "Sandbox"
# }

# Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
# Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
# Generate Parsing Code from JSON

chargeId = jResp.StringOf("chargeId")
chargePermissionId = jResp.StringOf("chargePermissionId")
chargeAmountAmount = jResp.StringOf("chargeAmount.amount")
chargeAmountCurrencyCode = jResp.StringOf("chargeAmount.currencyCode")
captureAmountAmount = jResp.StringOf("captureAmount.amount")
captureAmountCurrencyCode = jResp.StringOf("captureAmount.currencyCode")
refundedAmountAmount = jResp.StringOf("refundedAmount.amount")
refundedAmountCurrencyCode = jResp.StringOf("refundedAmount.currencyCode")
convertedAmount = jResp.StringOf("convertedAmount")
conversionRate = jResp.StringOf("conversionRate")
softDescriptor = jResp.StringOf("softDescriptor")
merchantMetadata = jResp.StringOf("merchantMetadata")
providerMetadataProviderReferenceId = jResp.StringOf("providerMetadata.providerReferenceId")
statusDetailsState = jResp.StringOf("statusDetails.state")
statusDetailsReasonCode = jResp.StringOf("statusDetails.reasonCode")
statusDetailsReasonDescription = jResp.StringOf("statusDetails.reasonDescription")
statusDetailsLastUpdatedTimestamp = jResp.StringOf("statusDetails.lastUpdatedTimestamp")
creationTimestamp = jResp.StringOf("creationTimestamp")
expirationTimestamp = jResp.StringOf("expirationTimestamp")
releaseEnvironment = jResp.StringOf("releaseEnvironment")