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PayPal Search for Invoices

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Search PayPal invoices.

See also SearchInvoices

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

$success = $false

# Note: Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.64 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..
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Create JSON to specify the search
$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$json.EmitCompact = $false
$json.AppendString("start_invoice_date","2016-01-01 PST")
$json.AppendString("end_invoice_date","2016-11-16 PST")
$json.AppendInt("page",0)
$json.AppendInt("page_size",10)
$json.AppendBool("total_count_required",$true)

$($json.Emit())

# The JSON by the above code:

# 	{
# 	  "start_invoice_date": "2016-01-01 PST",
# 	  "end_invoice_date": "2016-11-16 PST",
# 	  "page": 0,
# 	  "page_size": 10,
# 	  "total_count_required": true
# 	}

# Send the POST equivalent to this CURL command:

# 	curl -v -X POST https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/search/ \
# 	-H "Content-Type:application/json" \
# 	-H "Authorization: Bearer Access-Token" \
# 	-d '{ invoice JSON goes here }'

$json.EmitCompact = $true
$sbRequestBody = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$sbResponseBody = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder

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

$success = $rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/v1/invoicing/search",$sbRequestBody,$sbResponseBody)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# We should have some sort of JSON response.  It could be successful, or an error.
$jsonResponse = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$jsonResponse.EmitCompact = $false
$jsonResponse.LoadSb($sbResponseBody)

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

# Did we get a 200 success response?
if ($rest.ResponseStatusCode -ne 200) {
    # Show the JSON response body
    $($jsonResponse.Emit())
    $("Failed.")
    exit
}

# Sample response JSON is shown below.

# Iterate over each invoice and get some information from each..
$numInvoices = $jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("invoices")
$i = 0
while ($i -lt $numInvoices) {
    $jsonResponse.I = $i
    $("Invoice ID: " + $jsonResponse.StringOf("invoices[i].id"))
    $("Shipping First Name: " + $jsonResponse.StringOf("invoices[i].shipping_info.first_name"))
    $j = 0
    $numBillingInfo = $jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("invoices[i].billing_info")
    while ($j -lt $numBillingInfo) {
        $jsonResponse.J = $j
        $("billing_info email: " + $jsonResponse.StringOf("invoices[i].billing_info[j].email"))
        $j = $j + 1
    }

    $numLinks = $jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("invoices[i].links")
    $j = 0
    while ($j -lt $numLinks) {
        $jsonResponse.J = $j
        $("link: " + $jsonResponse.StringOf("invoices[i].links[j].href"))
        $j = $j + 1
    }

    $("----")
    $i = $i + 1
}

$("Success.")

# A successful response looks like this:

# { 
#   "total_count": 2,
#   "invoices": [
#     { 
#       "id": "INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE",
#       "number": "0002",
#       "status": "DRAFT",
#       "merchant_info": { 
#         "email": "smith-facilitator@chilkatsoft.com"
#       },
#       "billing_info": [
#         { 
#           "email": "smith-buyer@chilkatsoft.com"
#         }
#       ],
#       "shipping_info": { 
#         "email": "smith-buyer@chilkatsoft.com",
#         "first_name": "Sally",
#         "last_name": "Patient",
#         "business_name": "Not applicable"
#       },
#       "invoice_date": "2016-11-15 PST",
#       "payment_term": { 
#         "due_date": "2016-12-30 PST"
#       },
#       "note": "Medical Invoice 16 Jul, 2013 PST",
#       "total_amount": { 
#         "currency": "USD",
#         "value": "500.00"
#       },
#       "metadata": { 
#         "created_date": "2016-11-15 08:09:21 PST"
#       },
#       "paid_amount": { 
#         "paypal": { 
#           "currency": "USD",
#           "value": "0.00"
#         },
#         "other": { 
#           "currency": "USD",
#           "value": "0.00"
#         }
#       },
#       "refunded_amount": { 
#         "paypal": { 
#           "currency": "USD",
#           "value": "0.00"
#         },
#         "other": { 
#           "currency": "USD",
#           "value": "0.00"
#         }
#       },
#       "links": [
#         { 
#           "rel": "self",
#           "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE",
#           "method": "GET"
#         },
#         { 
#           "rel": "send",
#           "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE/send",
#           "method": "POST"
#         },
#         { 
#           "rel": "update",
#           "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE/update",
#           "method": "PUT"
#         },
#         { 
#           "rel": "delete",
#           "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE",
#           "method": "DELETE"
#         }
#       ]
#     },
#     { 
#       "id": "INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR",
#       "number": "0001",
#       "status": "SENT",
#       "merchant_info": { 
#         "email": "smith-facilitator@chilkatsoft.com"
#       },
#       "billing_info": [
#         { 
#           "email": "smith-buyer@chilkatsoft.com"
#         }
#       ],
#       "shipping_info": { 
#         "email": "smith-buyer@chilkatsoft.com",
#         "first_name": "Sally",
#         "last_name": "Patient",
#         "business_name": "Not applicable"
#       },
#       "invoice_date": "2016-11-15 PST",
#       "payment_term": { 
#         "due_date": "2016-12-30 PST"
#       },
#       "note": "Medical Invoice 16 Jul, 2013 PST",
#       "total_amount": { 
#         "currency": "USD",
#         "value": "500.00"
#       },
#       "metadata": { 
#         "created_date": "2016-11-15 06:17:03 PST",
#         "payer_view_url": "https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi_bin/webscr?cmd=_pay-inv&viewtype=altview&id=INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR"
#       },
#       "paid_amount": { 
#         "paypal": { 
#           "currency": "USD",
#           "value": "0.00"
#         },
#         "other": { 
#           "currency": "USD",
#           "value": "0.00"
#         }
#       },
#       "refunded_amount": { 
#         "paypal": { 
#           "currency": "USD",
#           "value": "0.00"
#         },
#         "other": { 
#           "currency": "USD",
#           "value": "0.00"
#         }
#       },
#       "links": [
#         { 
#           "rel": "self",
#           "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR",
#           "method": "GET"
#         },
#         { 
#           "rel": "update",
#           "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR/update",
#           "method": "PUT"
#         },
#         { 
#           "rel": "cancel",
#           "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR/remind",
#           "method": "POST"
#         },
#         { 
#           "rel": "remind",
#           "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR/cancel",
#           "method": "POST"
#         },
#         { 
#           "rel": "record-payment",
#           "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR/record-payment",
#           "method": "POST"
#         },
#         { 
#           "rel": "qr-code",
#           "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/invoicing/invoices/INV2-ZG2H-HKAW-PMWU-N6ZR/qr-code",
#           "method": "GET"
#         }
#       ]
#     }
#   ]
# }
#