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Perl

PayPal List Merchant Invoices

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List PayPal invoices.

See also PayPal List Invoices REST API Reference

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

# 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)
$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..
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

$rest->AddHeader("Authorization",$sbAuth->getAsString());
$rest->AddQueryParam("page","0");
$rest->AddQueryParam("page_size","20");
$rest->AddQueryParam("total_count_required","true");

# Send the GET request and get the JSON response.
$sbJsonResponse = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$success = $rest->FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/v1/invoicing/invoices",$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 response JSON is shown below.

# Iterate over each invoice and get some information from each..
$numInvoices = $json->SizeOfArray("invoices");
$i = 0;
while ($i < $numInvoices) {
    $json->put_I($i);
    print "Invoice ID: " . $json->stringOf("invoices[i].id") . "\r\n";
    print "Invoice Number: " . $json->stringOf("invoices[i].number") . "\r\n";
    print "Invoice Status: " . $json->stringOf("invoices[i].status") . "\r\n";
    print "Shipping First Name: " . $json->stringOf("invoices[i].shipping_info.first_name") . "\r\n";
    $j = 0;
    $numBillingInfo = $json->SizeOfArray("invoices[i].billing_info");
    while ($j < $numBillingInfo) {
        $json->put_J($j);
        print "billing_info email: " . $json->stringOf("invoices[i].billing_info[j].email") . "\r\n";
        $j = $j + 1;
    }

    $numLinks = $json->SizeOfArray("invoices[i].links");
    $j = 0;
    while ($j < $numLinks) {
        $json->put_J($j);
        print "link: " . $json->stringOf("invoices[i].links[j].href") . "\r\n";
        $j = $j + 1;
    }

    print "----" . "\r\n";
    $i = $i + 1;
}

print "Success." . "\r\n";

# 	{ 
# 	  "total_count": 2,
# 	  "invoices": [
# 	    { 
# 	      "id": "INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE",
# 	      "number": "0002",
# 	      "status": "DRAFT",
# 	      "merchant_info": { 
# 	        "email": "smith-facilitator@chilkatsoft.com"
# 	      },
# 	      "billing_info": [
# 	        { 
# 	          "email": "smith-buyer@chilkatsoft.com"
# 	        }
# 	      ],
# 	      "shipping_info": { 
# 	        "email": "smith-buyer@chilkatsoft.com",
# 	        "first_name": "Sally",
# 	        "last_name": "Patient",
# 	        "business_name": "Not applicable"
# 	      },
# 	      "invoice_date": "2016-11-15 PST",
# 	      "payment_term": { 
# 	        "due_date": "2016-12-30 PST"
# 	      },
# 	      "note": "Medical Invoice 16 Jul, 2013 PST",
# 	      "total_amount": { 
# 	        "currency": "USD",
# 	        "value": "500.00"
# 	      },
# 	      "metadata": { 
# 	        "created_date": "2016-11-15 08:09:21 PST"
# 	      },
# 	      "paid_amount": { 
# 	        "paypal": { 
# 	          "currency": "USD",
# 	          "value": "0.00"
# 	        },
# 	        "other": { 
# 	          "currency": "USD",
# 	          "value": "0.00"
# 	        }
# 	      },
# 	      "refunded_amount": { 
# 	        "paypal": { 
# 	          "currency": "USD",
# 	          "value": "0.00"
# 	        },
# 	        "other": { 
# 	          "currency": "USD",
# 	          "value": "0.00"
# 	        }
# 	      },
# 	      "links": [
# 	        { 
# 	          "rel": "self",
# 	          "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE",
# 	          "method": "GET"
# 	        },
# 	        { 
# 	          "rel": "send",
# 	          "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE/send",
# 	          "method": "POST"
# 	        },
# 	        { 
# 	          "rel": "update",
# 	          "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE/update",
# 	          "method": "PUT"
# 	        },
# 	        { 
# 	          "rel": "delete",
# 	          "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE",
# 	          "method": "DELETE"
# 	        }
# 	      ]
# 	    },
# 	    { 
# 	      "id": "INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR",
# 	      "number": "0001",
# 	      "status": "SENT",
# 	      "merchant_info": { 
# 	        "email": "smith-facilitator@chilkatsoft.com"
# 	      },
# 	      "billing_info": [
# 	        { 
# 	          "email": "smith-buyer@chilkatsoft.com"
# 	        }
# 	      ],
# 	      "shipping_info": { 
# 	        "email": "smith-buyer@chilkatsoft.com",
# 	        "first_name": "Sally",
# 	        "last_name": "Patient",
# 	        "business_name": "Not applicable"
# 	      },
# 	      "invoice_date": "2016-11-15 PST",
# 	      "payment_term": { 
# 	        "due_date": "2016-12-30 PST"
# 	      },
# 	      "note": "Medical Invoice 16 Jul, 2013 PST",
# 	      "total_amount": { 
# 	        "currency": "USD",
# 	        "value": "500.00"
# 	      },
# 	      "metadata": { 
# 	        "created_date": "2016-11-15 06:17:03 PST",
# 	        "payer_view_url": "https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi_bin/webscr?cmd=_pay-inv&viewtype=altview&id=INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR"
# 	      },
# 	      "paid_amount": { 
# 	        "paypal": { 
# 	          "currency": "USD",
# 	          "value": "0.00"
# 	        },
# 	        "other": { 
# 	          "currency": "USD",
# 	          "value": "0.00"
# 	        }
# 	      },
# 	      "refunded_amount": { 
# 	        "paypal": { 
# 	          "currency": "USD",
# 	          "value": "0.00"
# 	        },
# 	        "other": { 
# 	          "currency": "USD",
# 	          "value": "0.00"
# 	        }
# 	      },
# 	      "links": [
# 	        { 
# 	          "rel": "self",
# 	          "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR",
# 	          "method": "GET"
# 	        },
# 	        { 
# 	          "rel": "update",
# 	          "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR/update",
# 	          "method": "PUT"
# 	        },
# 	        { 
# 	          "rel": "cancel",
# 	          "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR/remind",
# 	          "method": "POST"
# 	        },
# 	        { 
# 	          "rel": "remind",
# 	          "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR/cancel",
# 	          "method": "POST"
# 	        },
# 	        { 
# 	          "rel": "record-payment",
# 	          "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR/record-payment",
# 	          "method": "POST"
# 	        },
# 	        { 
# 	          "rel": "qr-code",
# 	          "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR/qr-code",
# 	          "method": "GET"
# 	        }
# 	      ]
# 	    }
# 	  ],
# 	  "links": [
# 	    { 
# 	      "rel": "self",
# 	      "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices?page=0&page_size=20&total_count_required=true",
# 	      "method": "GET"
# 	    }
# 	  ]
# 	}
#