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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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Objective-C
#import <CkoJsonObject.h>
#import <CkoStringBuilder.h>
#import <CkoRest.h>

BOOL success = NO;

// 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)
CkoJsonObject *jsonToken = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[jsonToken LoadFile: @"qa_data/tokens/paypal.json"];

// Build the Authorization request header field value.
CkoStringBuilder *sbAuth = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
// token_type should be "Bearer"
[sbAuth Append: [jsonToken StringOf: @"token_type"]];
[sbAuth Append: @" "];
[sbAuth Append: [jsonToken StringOf: @"access_token"]];

// 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.
CkoRest *rest = [[CkoRest alloc] init];
BOOL bAutoReconnect = YES;
success = [rest Connect: @"api.sandbox.paypal.com" port: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 443] tls: YES autoReconnect: bAutoReconnect];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// 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:
CkoJsonObject *jsonPartial = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
jsonPartial.EmitCompact = NO;
[jsonPartial UpdateString: @"amount.total" value: @"2.34"];
[jsonPartial UpdateString: @"amount.currency" value: @"USD"];
// invoice_number is optional..
[jsonPartial UpdateString: @"invoice_number" value: @"INV-1234567"];
NSLog(@"%@",[jsonPartial Emit]);

// The JSON for a partial refund:

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

[rest AddHeader: @"Authorization" value: [sbAuth GetAsString]];
[rest AddHeader: @"Content-Type" value: @"application/json"];

// The sale ID is added to the path.
// The sale ID is obtained from payment records as shown here: Find Completed Sales
CkoStringBuilder *sbPath = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
[sbPath Append: @"/v1/payments/sale/sale_id/refund"];
int numReplaced = [[sbPath Replace: @"sale_id" replacement: @"1XC17935MN507400J"] intValue];

// Send the POST request containign the JSON in the request body, and get the JSON response.
CkoStringBuilder *sbJsonRequest = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
jsonPartial.EmitCompact = YES;
[jsonPartial EmitSb: sbJsonRequest];
CkoStringBuilder *sbJsonResponse = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];

BOOL bFullRefund = YES;
// To send a full refund, send an empty request body:
if (bFullRefund == YES) {
    [sbJsonRequest Clear];
    [sbJsonRequest Append: @"{}"];
}

success = [rest FullRequestSb: @"POST" uriPath: [sbPath GetAsString] requestBody: sbJsonRequest responseBody: sbJsonResponse];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

CkoJsonObject *json = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
json.EmitCompact = NO;
[json LoadSb: sbJsonResponse];

NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Response Status Code = ",[rest.ResponseStatusCode intValue]);

// Did we get a 201 success response?
if ([rest.ResponseStatusCode intValue] != 201) {
    NSLog(@"%@",[json Emit]);
    NSLog(@"%@",@"Failed.");
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@",[json Emit]);
NSLog(@"%@",@"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"
// 	    }
// 	  ]
// 	}