Go Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

PayPal: Record an external refund against an invoice

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Record USD 5 already returned by bank transfer for a paid invoice. This call does not move money. To refund a PayPal capture, use the Payments v2 capture refund example instead.

PayPal documentation

Go

    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 := chilkat.NewHttp()
    http.SetAuthToken("SANDBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN")
    resp := chilkat.NewHttpResponse()

    //  Record only money already returned outside PayPal. Reconcile first if a previous
    //  attempt timed out.

    http.SetUrlVar("id","INVOICE_ID")
    body := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    body.UpdateString("method","BANK_TRANSFER")
    body.UpdateString("amount.currency_code","USD")
    body.UpdateString("amount.value","5.00")

    //  Use the actual date of the transfer; this example records one made today.
    date := chilkat.NewCkDateTime()
    date.SetFromCurrentSystemTime()
    body.UpdateString("refund_date",*date.GetAsIso8601("YYYY-MM-DD",false))

    success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com/v2/invoicing/invoices/{$id}/refunds",body,"application/json",resp)
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println("No HTTP response: ", http.LastErrorText())
        http.DisposeHttp()
        resp.DisposeHttpResponse()
        body.DisposeJsonObject()
        date.DisposeCkDateTime()
        return
    }

    if (resp.StatusCode() < 200) || (resp.StatusCode() >= 300) {
        errorInfo := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
        errorInfo.Load(resp.BodyStr())
        fmt.Println("HTTP ", resp.StatusCode(), " ", *errorInfo.StringOf("name"), " ", *errorInfo.StringOf("details[0].issue"))
        fmt.Println("PayPal debug ID: ", *errorInfo.StringOf("debug_id"))
        http.DisposeHttp()
        resp.DisposeHttpResponse()
        body.DisposeJsonObject()
        date.DisposeCkDateTime()
        errorInfo.DisposeJsonObject()
        return
    }

    result := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    parsed := result.Load(resp.BodyStr())
    if parsed != true {
        fmt.Println("Expected a JSON response; HTTP ", resp.StatusCode())
        http.DisposeHttp()
        resp.DisposeHttpResponse()
        body.DisposeJsonObject()
        date.DisposeCkDateTime()
        errorInfo.DisposeJsonObject()
        result.DisposeJsonObject()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Record ID: ", *result.StringOf("refund_id"))

    http.DisposeHttp()
    resp.DisposeHttpResponse()
    body.DisposeJsonObject()
    date.DisposeCkDateTime()
    errorInfo.DisposeJsonObject()
    result.DisposeJsonObject()