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PayPal - Find Completed Sales

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List payments and find completed payments (sales transactions). Get the sales id, state, and total amount for each.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

# 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)
jsonToken = chilkat2.JsonObject()
jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/paypal.json")

# Build the Authorization request header field value.
sbAuth = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
# 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.
rest = chilkat2.Rest()
bAutoReconnect = True
success = rest.Connect("api.sandbox.paypal.com",443,True,bAutoReconnect)
if (success == False):
    print(rest.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 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..
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Clear the REST object of any headers or query params from previous requests.
rest.ClearAllHeaders()
rest.ClearAllQueryParams()

rest.AddHeader("Authorization",sbAuth.GetAsString())

# To find sales transactions, we list payments and look for those
# containing "sale" transactions
rest.AddQueryParam("count","100")
rest.AddQueryParam("start_index","0")
rest.AddQueryParam("sort_by","update_time")
rest.AddQueryParam("sort_order","asc")

# Send the GET request and get the JSON response.
sbJsonResponse = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/v1/payments/payment",sbJsonResponse)
if (success == False):
    print(rest.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

json = chilkat2.JsonObject()
json.EmitCompact = False
json.LoadSb(sbJsonResponse)

# (optional) Save the entire JSON response to a file to examine if desired..
sbTemp = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
json.EmitSb(sbTemp)
sbTemp.WriteFile("qa_output/paypal_payments.json","utf-8",False)

print("Response Status Code = " + str(rest.ResponseStatusCode))

# Did we get a 200 success response?
if (rest.ResponseStatusCode != 200):
    print(json.Emit())
    print("Failed.")
    sys.exit()

# We are looking for sales transactions .
# As shown below, we are looking in the "transactions" for "related_resources"
# containing "sale" JSON objects. 

# 	{ 
# 	  "payments": [
# 	    { 
# 	      "id": "PAY-66A12106PU3254228LA3BYKI",
# 	      "create_time": "2016-11-23T22:46:01Z",
# 	      "update_time": "2016-11-23T22:46:07Z",
# 	      "state": "approved",
# 	      "intent": "sale",
# 	      "payer": { 
# 	          ...
# 	          }
# 	        ]
# 	      },
# 	      "transactions": [
# 	        { 
# 	          ...
# 	          "related_resources": [
# 	            { 
# 	              "sale": { 
# 	                "id": "70L88278E6781074B",
# 	                "create_time": "2016-11-23T22:46:01Z",
# 	                "update_time": "2016-11-23T22:46:07Z",
# 	                "amount": { 
# 	                  "total": "7.47",
# 	                  "currency": "USD"
# 	                },
# 	                "state": "completed",
# 	                "parent_payment": "PAY-66A12106PU3254228LA3BYKI",

# Iterate over the payments and show each sale transaction.
jsonSale = chilkat2.JsonObject()
numPayments = json.SizeOfArray("payments")
i = 0
while i < numPayments :

    json.I = i
    j = 0
    numTransactions = json.SizeOfArray("payments[i].transactions")
    while j < numTransactions :
        json.J = j
        numRelatedResources = json.SizeOfArray("payments[i].transactions[j].related_resources")
        k = 0
        while k < numRelatedResources :
            json.K = k
            if (json.HasMember("payments[i].transactions[j].related_resources[k].sale") == True):

                json.ObjectOf2("payments[i].transactions[j].related_resources[k].sale",jsonSale)

                print("sale id: " + jsonSale.StringOf("id"))
                print("state: " + jsonSale.StringOf("state"))
                print("total: " + jsonSale.StringOf("amount.total"))
                print("----")

            k = k + 1

        j = j + 1

    i = i + 1

print("success")