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PayPal: Look up a checkout order

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Read intent, order status and the amount requested for each purchase unit. A completed checkout order can contain payment resources with their own statuses; use their IDs to inspect individual captures or authorizations.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

# See Unlock Chilkat before making requests.
# For the merchant's internal backoffice application. Load the sandbox token
# from the merchant's credential store. Keep it out of publicly distributed apps.
# See Get a PayPal access token.
http = chilkat2.Http()
http.AuthToken = "SANDBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN"
resp = chilkat2.HttpResponse()

# Look up the order itself; its ID does not identify an individual capture.

http.SetUrlVar("id","ORDER_ID")

success = http.HttpNoBody("GET","https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com/v2/checkout/orders/{$id}",resp)
if (success != True):
    print("No HTTP response: " + http.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

if ((resp.StatusCode < 200) or (resp.StatusCode >= 300)):
    errorInfo = chilkat2.JsonObject()
    errorInfo.Load(resp.BodyStr)
    print("HTTP " + str(resp.StatusCode) + " " + errorInfo.StringOf("name") + " " + errorInfo.StringOf("details[0].issue"))
    print("PayPal debug ID: " + errorInfo.StringOf("debug_id"))
    sys.exit()

result = chilkat2.JsonObject()
parsed = result.Load(resp.BodyStr)
if (parsed != True):
    print("Expected a JSON response; HTTP " + str(resp.StatusCode))
    sys.exit()

print("ID: " + result.StringOf("id"))
print("Status: " + result.StringOf("status"))
print("Intent: " + result.StringOf("intent"))
i = 0
while (i < result.SizeOfArray("purchase_units")) :
    result.I = i
    print(result.StringOf("purchase_units[i].reference_id") + ": " + result.StringOf("purchase_units[i].amount.value") + " " + result.StringOf("purchase_units[i].amount.currency_code"))
    i = i + 1