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PayPal - Find Authorizations

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Finds previously created authorizations.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

#  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 == 0) {
    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..
#  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#  Clear the REST object of any headers or query params from previous requests.
$rest->ClearAllHeaders();
$rest->ClearAllQueryParams();

$rest->AddHeader("Authorization",$sbAuth->getAsString());

#  To find authoriaztions, we list payments and look for those
#  containing "authorization" transactions
$rest->AddQueryParam("count","100");
$rest->AddQueryParam("start_index","0");
$rest->AddQueryParam("sort_by","update_time");
$rest->AddQueryParam("sort_order","asc");

#  Send the GET request and get the JSON response.
$sbJsonResponse = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$success = $rest->FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/v1/payments/payment",$sbJsonResponse);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->put_EmitCompact(0);
$json->LoadSb($sbJsonResponse);

#  (optional) Save the entire JSON response to a file to examine if desired..
$sbTemp = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$json->EmitSb($sbTemp);
$sbTemp->WriteFile("qa_output/paypal_payments.json","utf-8",0);

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

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

#  We are looking for "authorization" transactions .
#  As shown below, we are looking in the "transactions" for "related_resources"
#  containing "authorization" JSON objects. 

#  	{ 
#  	  "payments": [
#  	    { 
#  	      "id": "PAY-3SL8976592063093RLA3DMAY",
#  	      "create_time": "2016-11-24T00:36:19Z",
#  	      "update_time": "2016-11-24T00:36:24Z",
#  	      "state": "approved",
#  	      "intent": "authorize",
#  	      "payer": { 
#  	        "payment_method": "credit_card",
#  	        "funding_instruments": [
#  	          { 
#  	            "credit_card_token": { 
#  	              "credit_card_id": "CARD-52W84623JH8043102LA3CLGA",
#  	              "payer_id": "user12345",
#  	              "last4": "9974",
#  	              "type": "visa",
#  	              "expire_month": "9",
#  	              "expire_year": "2021"
#  	            }
#  	          }
#  	        ]
#  	      },
#  	      "transactions": [
#  	        { 
#  	          "amount": { 
#  	            "total": "6.70",
#  	            "currency": "USD",
#  	            "details": { 
#  	              "subtotal": "6.70"
#  	            }
#  	          },
#  	          "description": "This is the payment transaction description.",
#  	          "related_resources": [
#  	            { 
#  	              "authorization": { 
#  	                "id": "6HG91590AX913463C",
#  	                "create_time": "2016-11-24T00:36:19Z",
#  	                "update_time": "2016-11-24T00:36:24Z",
#  	                "amount": { 
#  	                  ...
#  	                  }
#  	                },
#  	                "state": "authorized",
#  	                "parent_payment": "PAY-3SL8976592063093RLA3DMAY",
#  	                "valid_until": "2016-12-23T00:36:19Z",
#  			...
#  

#  Iterate over the payments and show each authorization
$jsonAuth = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$numPayments = $json->SizeOfArray("payments");
$i = 0;
while ($i < $numPayments) {
    $json->put_I($i);
    $j = 0;
    $numTransactions = $json->SizeOfArray("payments[i].transactions");
    while ($j < $numTransactions) {
        $json->put_J($j);
        $numRelatedResources = $json->SizeOfArray("payments[i].transactions[j].related_resources");
        $k = 0;
        while ($k < $numRelatedResources) {
            $json->put_K($k);
            if ($json->HasMember("payments[i].transactions[j].related_resources[k].authorization") == 1) {

                $json->ObjectOf2("payments[i].transactions[j].related_resources[k].authorization",$jsonAuth);

                print "authorization id: " . $jsonAuth->stringOf("id") . "\r\n";
                print "state: " . $jsonAuth->stringOf("state") . "\r\n";
                print "total: " . $jsonAuth->stringOf("amount.total") . "\r\n";
                print "----" . "\r\n";
            }

            $k = $k + 1;
        }

        $j = $j + 1;
    }

    $i = $i + 1;
}

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