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PayPal - Update Invoice

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Update a PayPal invoice.

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

See also PayPal Update Invoice REST API Reference

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

# First create the JSON with updated information:

$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->put_EmitCompact(0);
$json->UpdateString("merchant_info.email",'smith-facilitator@chilkatsoft.com');
$json->UpdateString("merchant_info.first_name","Joe");
$json->UpdateString("merchant_info.last_name","Facilitator");
$json->UpdateString("merchant_info.business_name","Medical Professionals, LLC");
$json->UpdateString("merchant_info.phone.country_code","001");
$json->UpdateString("merchant_info.phone.national_number","5032141716");
$json->UpdateString("merchant_info.address.line1","1234 Main St.");
$json->UpdateString("merchant_info.address.city","Portland");
$json->UpdateString("merchant_info.address.state","OR");
$json->UpdateString("merchant_info.address.postal_code","97217");
$json->UpdateString("merchant_info.address.country_code","US");
$json->UpdateString("billing_info[0].email",'smith-buyer@chilkatsoft.com');
$json->UpdateString("shipping_info.first_name","Sally");
$json->UpdateString("shipping_info.last_name","Patient");
$json->UpdateString("shipping_info.business_name","Not applicable");
$json->UpdateString("shipping_info.phone.country_code","001");
$json->UpdateString("shipping_info.phone.national_number","5039871234");
$json->UpdateString("shipping_info.address.line1","1234 Broad St.");
$json->UpdateString("shipping_info.address.city","Portland");
$json->UpdateString("shipping_info.address.state","OR");
$json->UpdateString("shipping_info.address.postal_code","97216");
$json->UpdateString("shipping_info.address.country_code","US");
$json->UpdateString("items[0].name","Sutures");
# We are updating the quantity from 100.0 to 200.0
# Note: The UpdateNumber method is added in v9.5.0.65
$json->UpdateNumber("items[0].quantity","200.0");
$json->UpdateString("items[0].unit_price.currency","USD");
$json->UpdateString("items[0].unit_price.value","5.00");
$json->UpdateString("payment_term.term_type","NET_45");
$json->UpdateString("payment_term.due_date","2016-12-30 PST");
$json->UpdateString("note","Medical Invoice 16 Jul, 2013 PST");

# The JSON created by the above code is this:

# 	{ 
# 	  "merchant_info": { 
# 	    "email": "smith-facilitator@chilkatsoft.com",
# 	    "first_name": "Joe",
# 	    "last_name": "Facilitator",
# 	    "business_name": "Medical Professionals, LLC",
# 	    "phone": { 
# 	      "country_code": "001",
# 	      "national_number": "5032141716"
# 	    },
# 	    "address": { 
# 	      "line1": "1234 Main St.",
# 	      "city": "Portland",
# 	      "state": "OR",
# 	      "postal_code": "97217",
# 	      "country_code": "US"
# 	    }
# 	  },
# 	  "billing_info": [
# 	    { 
# 	      "email": "smith-buyer@chilkatsoft.com"
# 	    }
# 	  ],
# 	  "shipping_info": { 
# 	    "first_name": "Sally",
# 	    "last_name": "Patient",
# 	    "business_name": "Not applicable",
# 	    "phone": { 
# 	      "country_code": "001",
# 	      "national_number": "5039871234"
# 	    },
# 	    "address": { 
# 	      "line1": "1234 Broad St.",
# 	      "city": "Portland",
# 	      "state": "OR",
# 	      "postal_code": "97216",
# 	      "country_code": "US"
# 	    }
# 	  },
# 	  "items": [
# 	    { 
# 	      "name": "Sutures",
# 	      "quantity": 200.0,
# 	      "unit_price": { 
# 	        "currency": "USD",
# 	        "value": "5.00"
# 	      }
# 	    }
# 	  ],
# 	  "payment_term": { 
# 	    "term_type": "NET_45",
# 	    "due_date": "2016-12-30 PST"
# 	  },
# 	  "note": "Medical Invoice 16 Jul, 2013 PST"
# 	}

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

$invoiceId = "INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE";

$sbPath = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$sbPath->Append("/v1/invoicing/invoices/");
$sbPath->Append($invoiceId);

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

$json->LoadSb($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.

# Get some information..
print "email: " . $json->stringOf("merchant_info.email") . "\r\n";
print "business_name: " . $json->stringOf("merchant_info.business_name") . "\r\n";

$numItems = $json->SizeOfArray("items");
$i = 0;
while ($i < $numItems) {
    $json->put_I($i);
    print "item name: " . $json->stringOf("items[i].name") . "\r\n";
    print "item quantity: " . $json->stringOf("items[i].quantity") . "\r\n";
    print "item currency: " . $json->stringOf("items[i].unit_price.currency") . "\r\n";
    print "item value: " . $json->stringOf("items[i].unit_price.value") . "\r\n";
    print "----" . "\r\n";
    $i = $i + 1;
}

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