(Perl) PayPal - Generate Invoice Number

Generates the next invoice number that is available to the user.

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

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

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

# Send the POST request with an emtpy body and get the JSON response.
$sbJsonRequest = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$sbJsonResponse = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$success = $rest->FullRequestSb("POST","/v1/invoicing/invoices/next-invoice-number",$sbJsonRequest,$sbJsonResponse);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

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

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;
}

# Sample JSON response is shown below.
print $json->emit() . "\r\n";
print "----------------------" . "\r\n";
print "Next invoice number: " . $json->stringOf("number") . "\r\n";
print "success" . "\r\n";

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

# 	{ 
# 	  "number": "0003"
# 	}