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Delphi ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

PayPal: Find disputes awaiting a seller response

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Scan cases updated in the past 30 days and page through the results. Show each case waiting on the seller and its response deadline when PayPal includes one in the summary.

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var
success: Integer;
http: TChilkatHttp;
resp: TChilkatHttpResponse;
since: TCkDateTime;
query: TChilkatJsonObject;
page: Integer;
more: Integer;
errorInfo: TChilkatJsonObject;
result: TChilkatJsonObject;
parsedResult: Integer;
i: Integer;
hasNext: Integer;
linkIndex: 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);
since := TCkDateTime.Create(Self);
since.SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
since.AddDays(-30);
query := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
query.UpdateString('update_time_after',since.GetAsTimestamp(0));
query.UpdateInt('page_size',50);
page := 1;
more := 1;
while (more = 1) do
  begin
    query.UpdateInt('page',page);
    success := http.HttpParams('GET','https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/customer/disputes',query.ControlInterface,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;
    i := 0;
    while (i < result.SizeOfArray('items')) do
      begin
        result.I := i;
        if (result.StringOfEquals('items[i].status','WAITING_FOR_SELLER_RESPONSE',1) = 1) then
          begin
            Memo1.Lines.Add(result.StringOf('items[i].dispute_id') + '  ' + result.StringOf('items[i].reason'));
            if (result.HasMember('items[i].seller_response_due_date') = 1) then
              begin
                Memo1.Lines.Add('Respond by ' + result.StringOf('items[i].seller_response_due_date'));
              end;
          end;
        i := i + 1;
      end;

    hasNext := 0;
    linkIndex := 0;
    while (linkIndex < result.SizeOfArray('links')) do
      begin
        result.I := linkIndex;
        if (result.StringOfEquals('links[i].rel','next',1) = 1) then
          begin
            hasNext := 1;
          end;
        linkIndex := linkIndex + 1;
      end;

    more := hasNext;
    page := page + 1;
  end;