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PayPal - Get Refund Details

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Shows details for a refund, by ID.

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

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<?php

$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 = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$jsonToken->LoadFile('qa_data/tokens/paypal.json');

// Build the Authorization request header field value.
$sbAuth = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
// 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 = new COM("Chilkat.Rest");
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect('api.sandbox.paypal.com',443,1,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\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());

// The refund ID is added to the path.
// To list your refunds, Find Completed Sales. 
// Refunds in the list have a sale object with a state of "refunded" and a refund object with a state of "completed".
$sbPath = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$sbPath->Append('/v1/payments/refund/refund_id');
$numReplaced = $sbPath->Replace('refund_id','7NE550583A133505U');

// Send the GET request and get the JSON response.
$sbJsonResponse = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$success = $rest->FullRequestNoBodySb('GET',$sbPath->getAsString(),$sbJsonResponse);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$json->EmitCompact = 0;
$json->LoadSb($sbJsonResponse);

print 'Response Status Code = ' . $rest->ResponseStatusCode . "\n";

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

// Sample JSON response is shown below.
print $json->emit() . "\n";
print '----------------------' . "\n";

print 'success' . "\n";

// ------------------------------------------------
// A sample JSON response:

// 	{ 
// 	  "id": "7NE550583A133505U",
// 	  "create_time": "2016-11-26T16:38:27Z",
// 	  "update_time": "2016-11-26T16:38:27Z",
// 	  "state": "completed",
// 	  "amount": { 
// 	    "total": "-289.00",
// 	    "currency": "USD"
// 	  },
// 	  "sale_id": "1XC17935MN507400J",
// 	  "parent_payment": "PAY-2AA764602T410180HLA4FX6Q",
// 	  "links": [
// 	    { 
// 	      "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/refund/7NE550583A133505U",
// 	      "rel": "self",
// 	      "method": "GET"
// 	    },
// 	    { 
// 	      "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-2AA764602T410180HLA4FX6Q",
// 	      "rel": "parent_payment",
// 	      "method": "GET"
// 	    },
// 	    { 
// 	      "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/sale/1XC17935MN507400J",
// 	      "rel": "sale",
// 	      "method": "GET"
// 	    }
// 	  ]
// 	}

?>