(PowerShell) PayPal - Create a PayPal Payment

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Creates a payment to be paid from a PayPal account (as opposed to being funded by a credit card).

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

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# 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-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/paypal.json")

# Build the Authorization request header field value.
$sbAuth = New-Object 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-Object Chilkat.Rest
$bAutoReconnect = $true
$success = $rest.Connect("api.sandbox.paypal.com",443,$true,$bAutoReconnect)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    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 containing the transaction information.
$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$json.EmitCompact = $false
$json.UpdateString("intent","sale")
$json.UpdateString("redirect_urls.return_url","http://www.example.com/return_url")
$json.UpdateString("redirect_urls.cancel_url","http://www.example.com/cancel_url")
$json.UpdateString("payer.payment_method","paypal")
$json.UpdateString("transactions[0].amount.total","7.47")
$json.UpdateString("transactions[0].amount.currency","USD")
$json.UpdateString("transactions[0].description","This is the payment transaction description.")

$($json.Emit())

# The JSON created by the above code is this:

# 	{ 
# 	  "intent": "sale",
# 	  "redirect_urls": { 
# 	    "return_url": "http://www.example.com/return_url",
# 	    "cancel_url": "http://www.example.com/cancel_url"
# 	  },
# 	  "payer": { 
# 	    "payment_method": "paypal"
# 	  },
# 	  "transactions": [
# 	    { 
# 	      "amount": { 
# 	        "total": "7.47",
# 	        "currency": "USD"
# 	      },
# 	      "description": "This is the payment transaction description."
# 	    }
# 	  ]
# 	}

$rest.AddHeader("Authorization",$sbAuth.GetAsString())
$rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json")

# Send the POST request containign the JSON in the request body, and get the JSON response.
$sbJsonRequest = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$json.EmitCompact = $true
$json.EmitSb($sbJsonRequest)
$sbJsonResponse = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$success = $rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/v1/payments/payment",$sbJsonRequest,$sbJsonResponse)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$json.EmitCompact = $false
$json.LoadSb($sbJsonResponse)

$("Response Status Code = " + $rest.ResponseStatusCode)

# Did we get a 201 success response?
if ($rest.ResponseStatusCode -ne 201) {
    $($json.Emit())
    $("Failed.")
    exit
}

# Sample JSON response is shown below.
$($json.Emit())
$("success")

# ------------------------------------------------
# A sample JSON response:

# 	{ 
# 	  "id": "PAY-1XK50350XV338620BLA3CZGI",
# 	  "intent": "sale",
# 	  "state": "created",
# 	  "payer": { 
# 	    "payment_method": "paypal",
# 	    "use_vendor_currency_conversion": false
# 	  },
# 	  "transactions": [
# 	    { 
# 	      "amount": { 
# 	        "total": "7.47",
# 	        "currency": "USD"
# 	      },
# 	      "description": "This is the payment transaction description.",
# 	      "related_resources": [
# 	      ]
# 	    }
# 	  ],
# 	  "create_time": "2016-11-23T23:56:09Z",
# 	  "links": [
# 	    { 
# 	      "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-1XK50350XV338620BLA3CZGI",
# 	      "rel": "self",
# 	      "method": "GET"
# 	    },
# 	    { 
# 	      "href": "https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_express-checkout&token=EC-0BG932459F977083J",
# 	      "rel": "approval_url",
# 	      "method": "REDIRECT"
# 	    },
# 	    { 
# 	      "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-1XK50350XV338620BLA3CZGI/execute",
# 	      "rel": "execute",
# 	      "method": "POST"
# 	    }
# 	  ]
# 	}