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PayPal - Refund Sale

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Refunds a completed payment. Provide the sale_id in the URI and an empty JSON payload for a full refund. For partial refunds, you can include an amount.

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

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Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoJsonToken
    Handle hoSbAuth
    Handle hoRest
    Boolean iBAutoReconnect
    Handle hoJsonPartial
    Handle hoSbPath
    Integer iNumReplaced
    Variant vSbJsonRequest
    Handle hoSbJsonRequest
    Variant vSbJsonResponse
    Handle hoSbJsonResponse
    Boolean iBFullRefund
    Handle hoJson
    String sTemp1
    Integer iTemp1

    Move False To iSuccess

    // Note: Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.64 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)
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJsonToken
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJsonToken))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoJsonToken
    End
    Get ComLoadFile Of hoJsonToken "qa_data/tokens/paypal.json" To iSuccess

    // Build the Authorization request header field value.
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatStringBuilder)) To hoSbAuth
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSbAuth))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoSbAuth
    End
    // token_type should be "Bearer"
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJsonToken "token_type" To sTemp1
    Get ComAppend Of hoSbAuth sTemp1 To iSuccess
    Get ComAppend Of hoSbAuth " " To iSuccess
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJsonToken "access_token" To sTemp1
    Get ComAppend Of hoSbAuth sTemp1 To iSuccess

    // 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.
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatRest)) To hoRest
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoRest))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoRest
    End
    Move True To iBAutoReconnect
    Get ComConnect Of hoRest "api.sandbox.paypal.com" 443 True iBAutoReconnect To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // 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..
    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    // To refund a particular amount, build JSON such as this:
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJsonPartial
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJsonPartial))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoJsonPartial
    End
    Set ComEmitCompact Of hoJsonPartial To False
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJsonPartial "amount.total" "2.34" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJsonPartial "amount.currency" "USD" To iSuccess
    // invoice_number is optional..
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJsonPartial "invoice_number" "INV-1234567" To iSuccess
    Get ComEmit Of hoJsonPartial To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1

    // The JSON for a partial refund:

    // 	{ 
    // 	  "amount": { 
    // 	    "total": "2.34",
    // 	    "currency": "USD"
    // 	  },
    // 	  "invoice_number": "INV-1234567"
    // 	}

    Get ComGetAsString Of hoSbAuth To sTemp1
    Get ComAddHeader Of hoRest "Authorization" sTemp1 To iSuccess
    Get ComAddHeader Of hoRest "Content-Type" "application/json" To iSuccess

    // The sale ID is added to the path.
    // The sale ID is obtained from payment records as shown here: Find Completed Sales
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatStringBuilder)) To hoSbPath
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSbPath))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoSbPath
    End
    Get ComAppend Of hoSbPath "/v1/payments/sale/sale_id/refund" To iSuccess
    Get ComReplace Of hoSbPath "sale_id" "1XC17935MN507400J" To iNumReplaced

    // Send the POST request containign the JSON in the request body, and get the JSON response.
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatStringBuilder)) To hoSbJsonRequest
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSbJsonRequest))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoSbJsonRequest
    End
    Set ComEmitCompact Of hoJsonPartial To True
    Get pvComObject of hoSbJsonRequest to vSbJsonRequest
    Get ComEmitSb Of hoJsonPartial vSbJsonRequest To iSuccess
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatStringBuilder)) To hoSbJsonResponse
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSbJsonResponse))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoSbJsonResponse
    End

    Move True To iBFullRefund
    // To send a full refund, send an empty request body:
    If (iBFullRefund = True) Begin
        Send ComClear To hoSbJsonRequest
        Get ComAppend Of hoSbJsonRequest "{}" To iSuccess
    End

    Get ComGetAsString Of hoSbPath To sTemp1
    Get pvComObject of hoSbJsonRequest to vSbJsonRequest
    Get pvComObject of hoSbJsonResponse to vSbJsonResponse
    Get ComFullRequestSb Of hoRest "POST" sTemp1 vSbJsonRequest vSbJsonResponse To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJson
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJson))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoJson
    End
    Set ComEmitCompact Of hoJson To False
    Get pvComObject of hoSbJsonResponse to vSbJsonResponse
    Get ComLoadSb Of hoJson vSbJsonResponse To iSuccess

    Get ComResponseStatusCode Of hoRest To iTemp1
    Showln "Response Status Code = " iTemp1

    // Did we get a 201 success response?
    Get ComResponseStatusCode Of hoRest To iTemp1
    If (iTemp1 <> 201) Begin
        Get ComEmit Of hoJson To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Showln "Failed."
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Get ComEmit Of hoJson To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1
    Showln "Success."

    // A successful JSON response:
    // The "id" is the refund_id.

    // 	{ 
    // 	  "id": "7NE550583A133505U",
    // 	  "create_time": "2016-11-26T16:38:27Z",
    // 	  "update_time": "2016-11-26T16:38:27Z",
    // 	  "state": "completed",
    // 	  "amount": { 
    // 	    "total": "289.00",
    // 	    "currency": "USD"
    // 	  },
    // 	  "sale_id": "1XC17935MN507400J",
    // 	  "parent_payment": "PAY-2AA764602T410180HLA4FX6Q",
    // 	  "links": [
    // 	    { 
    // 	      "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/refund/7NE550583A133505U",
    // 	      "rel": "self",
    // 	      "method": "GET"
    // 	    },
    // 	    { 
    // 	      "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-2AA764602T410180HLA4FX6Q",
    // 	      "rel": "parent_payment",
    // 	      "method": "GET"
    // 	    },
    // 	    { 
    // 	      "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/sale/1XC17935MN507400J",
    // 	      "rel": "sale",
    // 	      "method": "GET"
    // 	    }
    // 	  ]
    // 	}


End_Procedure