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PayPal - Generate Invoice Number
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Generates the next invoice number that is available to the user.Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.65 or greater.
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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"
$success = $false
# 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..
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Clear the REST object of any headers or query params from previous requests.
$rest.ClearAllHeaders()
$rest.ClearAllQueryParams()
$rest.AddHeader("Authorization",$sbAuth.GetAsString())
# Send the POST request with an emtpy body and get the JSON response.
$sbJsonRequest = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$sbJsonResponse = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$success = $rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/v1/invoicing/invoices/next-invoice-number",$sbJsonRequest,$sbJsonResponse)
if ($success -ne $true) {
$($rest.LastErrorText)
exit
}
$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$json.EmitCompact = $false
$json.LoadSb($sbJsonResponse)
$("Response Status Code = " + $rest.ResponseStatusCode)
# Did we get a 200 success response?
if ($rest.ResponseStatusCode -ne 200) {
$($json.Emit())
$("Failed.")
exit
}
# Sample JSON response is shown below.
$($json.Emit())
$("----------------------")
$("Next invoice number: " + $json.StringOf("number"))
$("success")
# ------------------------------------------------
# A sample JSON response:
# {
# "number": "0003"
# }