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Delphi ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

PayPal: Show available, withheld and total balances by currency

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Read the merchant balance snapshot using reporting access. Keep each currency separate and show the last refresh time so accounting knows when PayPal last updated the figures.

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Delphi ActiveX
var
success: Integer;
http: TChilkatHttp;
resp: TChilkatHttpResponse;
errorInfo: TChilkatJsonObject;
result: TChilkatJsonObject;
parsedResult: Integer;
i: Integer;

begin
success := 0;

//  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 := TChilkatHttp.Create(Self);
http.AuthToken := 'SANDBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN';
resp := TChilkatHttpResponse.Create(Self);

success := http.HttpNoBody('GET','https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/reporting/balances',resp.ControlInterface);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('No HTTP response: ' + http.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;
if ((resp.StatusCode < 200) or (resp.StatusCode >= 300)) then
  begin
    errorInfo := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
    errorInfo.Load(resp.BodyStr);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('HTTP ' + IntToStr(resp.StatusCode) + ' ' + errorInfo.StringOf('name') + ' ' + errorInfo.StringOf('details[0].issue'));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('PayPal debug ID: ' + errorInfo.StringOf('debug_id'));
    Exit;
  end;

result := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
parsedResult := result.Load(resp.BodyStr);
if (parsedResult <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Expected a JSON response; HTTP ' + IntToStr(resp.StatusCode));
    Exit;
  end;
Memo1.Lines.Add('Last refresh: ' + result.StringOf('last_refresh_time'));
i := 0;
while (i < result.SizeOfArray('balances')) do
  begin
    result.I := i;
    Memo1.Lines.Add(result.StringOf('balances[i].currency') + '  total ' + result.StringOf('balances[i].total_balance.value') + '  available ' + result.StringOf('balances[i].available_balance.value')
         + '  withheld ' + result.StringOf('balances[i].withheld_balance.value'));
    i := i + 1;
  end;