(Perl) PayPal - Capture a Previously Authorized Payment

Captures a previously authorized payment.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.65 or greater.

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use chilkat();

# Note: Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.65 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)
$jsonToken = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jsonToken->LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/paypal.json");

# Build the Authorization request header field value.
$sbAuth = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
# 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.
$rest = chilkat::CkRest->new();
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect("api.sandbox.paypal.com",443,1,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 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..
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Build the JSON containing the transaction information.
$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->put_EmitCompact(0);
$json->UpdateString("amount.currency","USD");
$json->UpdateString("amount.total","4.54");
$json->UpdateBool("is_final_capture",1);
print $json->emit() . "\r\n";

# The JSON created by the above code:

# 	{ 
# 	  "amount": { 
# 	    "currency": "USD",
# 	    "total": "4.54"
# 	  },
# 	  "is_final_capture": true
# 	}

$rest->AddHeader("Authorization",$sbAuth->getAsString());
$rest->AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json");

# To capture payment, make a call to /v1/payments/authorization/[authorization_id]/capture with the authorization ID in the URI.
# See PayPal Authorize Payment for sample code to create the authorization.
# The "7X8332687A4929542" comes from the "transactions[0].related_resources[0].authorization.id" part of the authorization response.

$sbPath = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$sbPath->Append("/v1/payments/authorization/[authorization_id]/capture");
$numReplacements = $sbPath->Replace("[authorization_id]","7X8332687A4929542");

# Send the POST request containign the JSON in the request body, and get the JSON response.
$sbJsonRequest = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$json->put_EmitCompact(1);
$json->EmitSb($sbJsonRequest);
$sbJsonResponse = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$success = $rest->FullRequestSb("POST",$sbPath->getAsString(),$sbJsonRequest,$sbJsonResponse);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$json->put_EmitCompact(0);
$json->LoadSb($sbJsonResponse);

print "Response Status Code = " . $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() . "\r\n";

# IMPORTANT: In most PayPal examples, the return status code is 201.
# For this particular call, PayPal returns status code 200.

# Did we get a 200 success response?
if ($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
    print $json->emit() . "\r\n";
    print "Failed." . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Sample JSON response is shown below.
print $json->emit() . "\r\n";

print "success" . "\r\n";

# ------------------------------------------------
# A sample JSON response:

# 	{ 
# 	  "id": "1LY5310469661362J",
# 	  "create_time": "2016-11-24T00:40:50Z",
# 	  "update_time": "2016-11-24T00:40:54Z",
# 	  "amount": { 
# 	    "total": "4.54",
# 	    "currency": "USD"
# 	  },
# 	  "is_final_capture": true,
# 	  "state": "completed",
# 	  "reasonCode": "None",
# 	  "parent_payment": "PAY-2CY489250W145633HLA3DK3Y",
# 	  "transaction_fee": { 
# 	    "value": "0.43",
# 	    "currency": "USD"
# 	  },
# 	  "links": [
# 	    { 
# 	      "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/capture/1LY5310469661362J",
# 	      "rel": "self",
# 	      "method": "GET"
# 	    },
# 	    { 
# 	      "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/capture/1LY5310469661362J/refund",
# 	      "rel": "refund",
# 	      "method": "POST"
# 	    },
# 	    { 
# 	      "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/authorization/7X8332687A4929542",
# 	      "rel": "authorization",
# 	      "method": "GET"
# 	    },
# 	    { 
# 	      "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-2CY489250W145633HLA3DK3Y",
# 	      "rel": "parent_payment",
# 	      "method": "GET"
# 	    }
# 	  ]
#