PowerBuilder

Populi Add Financial Aid Disbursement

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Demonstrates the Populi addFinancialAidDisbursement task. PowerBuilder

integer li_rc
long li_Success
oleobject loo_Xml
string ls_AccessKey
oleobject loo_Rest
long li_BAutoReconnect
string ls_ResponseBody
long li_Disbursement

li_Success = 0

//  This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
//  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

//  First load the previously obtained API token.
//  See Get Populi Access Token for sample code showing how to get the API token.
loo_Xml = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Xml.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Xml")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Xml
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if
li_Success = loo_Xml.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/tokens/populi_token.xml")
ls_AccessKey = loo_Xml.GetChildContent("access_key")
if loo_Xml.LastMethodSuccess <> 1 then
    Write-Debug "Did not find the access_key"
    destroy loo_Xml
    return
end if

loo_Rest = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Rest.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Rest")

//  Connect using TLS.
//  A single REST object, once connected, can be used for many Populi 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.
li_BAutoReconnect = 1
li_Success = loo_Rest.Connect("yourcollege.populi.co",443,1,li_BAutoReconnect)
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Xml
    destroy loo_Rest
    return
end if

loo_Rest.Authorization = ls_AccessKey

loo_Rest.AddQueryParam("task","addFinancialAidDisbursement")
loo_Rest.AddQueryParam("person_id","12345678")
loo_Rest.AddQueryParam("award_id","555555")
loo_Rest.AddQueryParam("academic_term_id","123")
loo_Rest.AddQueryParam("scheduled_date","2019-10-10")
loo_Rest.AddQueryParam("amount","12345")

ls_ResponseBody = loo_Rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/api/index.php")
if loo_Rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Xml
    destroy loo_Rest
    return
end if

//  We should expect a 200 response if successful.
if loo_Rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200 then
    Write-Debug "Request Header: "
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.LastRequestHeader
    Write-Debug "----"
    Write-Debug "Response StatusCode = " + string(loo_Rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    Write-Debug "Response StatusLine: " + loo_Rest.ResponseStatusText
    Write-Debug "Response Header:"
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.ResponseHeader
    Write-Debug "Response Body:"
    Write-Debug ls_ResponseBody
    destroy loo_Xml
    destroy loo_Rest
    return
end if

loo_Xml.LoadXml(ls_ResponseBody)
Write-Debug loo_Xml.GetXml()

//  Sample response:
//  Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: 
//  Generate Parsing Code from XML

//  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
//  <result>
//  	<disbursement>123456</disbursement>
//  </result>

li_Disbursement = loo_Xml.GetChildIntValue("disbursement")


destroy loo_Xml
destroy loo_Rest