Perl

PayPal Send Invoice Reminder

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Sends a PayPal invoice reminder to a customer.

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

Perl

use chilkat();

$success = 0;

# 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 request body containing the reminder information:
$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->put_EmitCompact(0);
$json->UpdateString("subject","Past due");
$json->UpdateString("note","Please pay soon");
$json->UpdateBool("send_to_merchant",1);
print $json->emit() . "\r\n";

# The JSON created by the above code:

# 	{ 
# 	  "subject": "Past due",
# 	  "note": "Please pay soon",
# 	  "send_to_merchant": true,
# 	}

# Build a path using a previously-sent invoice ID.
$sbPath = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$sbPath->Append("/v1/invoicing/invoices/invoice_id/remind");
$numReplacements = $sbPath->Replace("invoice_id","INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR");

$json->put_EmitCompact(1);
$sbRequestBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$sbResponseBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();

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

$success = $rest->FullRequestSb("POST",$sbPath->getAsString(),$sbRequestBody,$sbResponseBody);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

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

# Did we get a 202 accepted response?
if ($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() != 202) {
    print $sbResponseBody->getAsString() . "\r\n";
    print "Failed." . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# If the 202 response is received, the response body would be empty...
print "Success." . "\r\n";