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ETrade v1 Place Order

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Submits an order after it has been successfully previewed. (Your application must first send the POST to preview the order. Then it can send this POST to place the order.)

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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL loXml
LOCAL lcXmlContent
LOCAL lcEndpointUrl
LOCAL loResp
LOCAL lnStatusCode
LOCAL lcTagPath
LOCAL lcOrderType
LOCAL lcOrderTerm
LOCAL lcPriceType
LOCAL lcLimitPrice
LOCAL lnStopPrice
LOCAL lcMarketSession
LOCAL lcAllOrNone
LOCAL lcSymbol
LOCAL lcSecurityType
LOCAL lcSymbolDescription
LOCAL lcOrderAction
LOCAL lcQuantityType
LOCAL lnQuantity
LOCAL lcCancelQuantity
LOCAL lcReserveOrder
LOCAL lcReserveQuantity
LOCAL lnCode
LOCAL lcDescription
LOCAL lcV_type
LOCAL lcEgQual
LOCAL lcEstimatedCommission
LOCAL lcEstimatedTotalAmount
LOCAL lnNetPrice
LOCAL lnNetBid
LOCAL lnNetAsk
LOCAL lnGcd
LOCAL lcDstFlag
LOCAL lnOptionLevelCd
LOCAL lcMarginLevelCd
LOCAL lnOrderId
LOCAL lcPlacedTime
LOCAL lnAccountId

lnSuccess = 0

* This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
* See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

loHttp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Http')

loHttp.OAuth1 = 1
loHttp.OAuthVerifier = ""
loHttp.OAuthConsumerKey = "ETRADE_CONSUMER_KEY"
loHttp.OAuthConsumerSecret = "ETRADE_CONSUMER_SECRET"

* Load the access token previously obtained via the OAuth1 3-Legged Authorization examples Step1 and Step2.
loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
lnSuccess = loJson.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/etrade.json")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? "Failed to load OAuth1 token"
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loJson
    CANCEL
ENDIF

loHttp.OAuthToken = loJson.StringOf("oauth_token")
loHttp.OAuthTokenSecret = loJson.StringOf("oauth_token_secret")

* See the ETrade v1 API documentation HERE.

* Sample XML Request
* Use this online tool to generate the code from sample XML: 
* Generate Code to Create XML

* <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
* <PlaceOrderRequest>
*    <orderType>EQ</orderType>
*    <clientOrderId>sd464333</clientOrderId>
*    <PreviewIds>
*       <previewId>730206520</previewId>
*    </PreviewIds>
*    <Order>
*       <allOrNone>false</allOrNone>
*       <priceType>LIMIT</priceType>
*       <orderTerm>GOOD_FOR_DAY</orderTerm>
*       <marketSession>REGULAR</marketSession>
*       <stopPrice />
*       <limitPrice>188.51</limitPrice>
*       <Instrument>
*          <Product>
*             <securityType>EQ</securityType>
*             <symbol>FB</symbol>
*          </Product>
*          <orderAction>BUY</orderAction>
*          <quantityType>QUANTITY</quantityType>
*          <quantity>150</quantity>
*       </Instrument>
*    </Order>
* </PlaceOrderRequest>

loXml = CreateObject('Chilkat.Xml')
loXml.Tag = "PlaceOrderRequest"
loXml.UpdateChildContent("orderType","EQ")
loXml.UpdateChildContent("clientOrderId","sd464333")
loXml.UpdateChildContent("PreviewIds|previewId","730206520")
loXml.UpdateChildContent("Order|allOrNone","false")
loXml.UpdateChildContent("Order|priceType","LIMIT")
loXml.UpdateChildContent("Order|orderTerm","GOOD_FOR_DAY")
loXml.UpdateChildContent("Order|marketSession","REGULAR")
loXml.UpdateChildContent("Order|stopPrice","")
loXml.UpdateChildContent("Order|limitPrice","188.51")
loXml.UpdateChildContent("Order|Instrument|Product|securityType","EQ")
loXml.UpdateChildContent("Order|Instrument|Product|symbol","FB")
loXml.UpdateChildContent("Order|Instrument|orderAction","BUY")
loXml.UpdateChildContent("Order|Instrument|quantityType","QUANTITY")
loXml.UpdateChildContent("Order|Instrument|quantity","150")

lcXmlContent = loXml.GetXml()
lcEndpointUrl = "https://apisb.etrade.com/v1/accounts/{accountIdKey}/orders/place"

loResp = CreateObject('Chilkat.HttpResponse')
lnSuccess = loHttp.HttpStr("POST",lcEndpointUrl,lcXmlContent,"utf-8","application/xml",loResp)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loJson
    RELEASE loXml
    RELEASE loResp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* A 200 status code indicates success.
lnStatusCode = loResp.StatusCode
? "statusCode = " + STR(lnStatusCode)

* Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: 
* Generate Parsing Code from XML

* A sample XML response is shown below...

loXml.LoadXml(loResp.BodyStr)

lcOrderType = loXml.GetChildContent("orderType")
lcOrderTerm = loXml.GetChildContent("Order|orderTerm")
lcPriceType = loXml.GetChildContent("Order|priceType")
lcLimitPrice = loXml.GetChildContent("Order|limitPrice")
lnStopPrice = loXml.GetChildIntValue("Order|stopPrice")
lcMarketSession = loXml.GetChildContent("Order|marketSession")
lcAllOrNone = loXml.GetChildContent("Order|allOrNone")
lcSymbol = loXml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|Product|symbol")
lcSecurityType = loXml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|Product|securityType")
lcSymbolDescription = loXml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|symbolDescription")
lcOrderAction = loXml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|orderAction")
lcQuantityType = loXml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|quantityType")
lnQuantity = loXml.GetChildIntValue("Order|Instrument|quantity")
lcCancelQuantity = loXml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|cancelQuantity")
lcReserveOrder = loXml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|reserveOrder")
lcReserveQuantity = loXml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|reserveQuantity")
lnCode = loXml.GetChildIntValue("Order|messages|Message|code")
lcDescription = loXml.GetChildContent("Order|messages|Message|description")
lcV_type = loXml.GetChildContent("Order|messages|Message|type")
lcEgQual = loXml.GetChildContent("Order|egQual")
lcEstimatedCommission = loXml.GetChildContent("Order|estimatedCommission")
lcEstimatedTotalAmount = loXml.GetChildContent("Order|estimatedTotalAmount")
lnNetPrice = loXml.GetChildIntValue("Order|netPrice")
lnNetBid = loXml.GetChildIntValue("Order|netBid")
lnNetAsk = loXml.GetChildIntValue("Order|netAsk")
lnGcd = loXml.GetChildIntValue("Order|gcd")
lcDstFlag = loXml.GetChildContent("dstFlag")
lnOptionLevelCd = loXml.GetChildIntValue("optionLevelCd")
lcMarginLevelCd = loXml.GetChildContent("marginLevelCd")
lnOrderId = loXml.GetChildIntValue("OrderIds|orderId")
lcPlacedTime = loXml.GetChildContent("placedTime")
lnAccountId = loXml.GetChildIntValue("accountId")

* Sample XML Response

* <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
* <PlaceOrderResponse>
*    <orderType>EQ</orderType>
*    <Order>
*       <orderTerm>GOOD_FOR_DAY</orderTerm>
*       <priceType>LIMIT</priceType>
*       <limitPrice>188.51</limitPrice>
*       <stopPrice>0</stopPrice>
*       <marketSession>REGULAR</marketSession>
*       <allOrNone>false</allOrNone>
*       <Instrument>
*          <Product>
*             <symbol>FB</symbol>
*             <securityType>EQ</securityType>
*          </Product>
*          <symbolDescription>FACEBOOK INC CL A</symbolDescription>
*          <orderAction>BUY</orderAction>
*          <quantityType>QUANTITY</quantityType>
*          <quantity>150</quantity>
*          <cancelQuantity>0.0</cancelQuantity>
*          <reserveOrder>true</reserveOrder>
*          <reserveQuantity>0.0</reserveQuantity>
*       </Instrument>
*       <messages>
*          <Message>
*             <code>1027</code>
*             <description>200|The market was closed when we received your order. It has been entered into our system and will be reviewed prior to market open on the next regular trading day. After market open, please check to make sure your order was accepted.</description>
*             <type>WARNING</type>
*          </Message>
*       </messages>
*       <egQual>EG_QUAL_NOT_A_MARKET_ORDER</egQual>
*       <estimatedCommission>6.95</estimatedCommission>
*       <estimatedTotalAmount>28283.45</estimatedTotalAmount>
*       <netPrice>0</netPrice>
*       <netBid>0</netBid>
*       <netAsk>0</netAsk>
*       <gcd>0</gcd>
*       <ratio />
*    </Order>
*    <dstFlag>true</dstFlag>
*    <optionLevelCd>4</optionLevelCd>
*    <marginLevelCd>MARGIN_TRADING_ALLOWED</marginLevelCd>
*    <OrderIds>
*       <orderId>5</orderId>
*    </OrderIds>
*    <placedTime>1528764717641</placedTime>
*    <accountId>84312767</accountId>
* </PlaceOrderResponse

RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loJson
RELEASE loXml
RELEASE loResp