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PayPal - Get Sale Details

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Shows details for a sale transaction, by ID.

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require 'chilkat'

success = false

#  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 = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/paypal.json")

#  Build the Authorization request header field value.
sbAuth = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
#  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 = Chilkat::CkRest.new()
bAutoReconnect = true
success = rest.Connect("api.sandbox.paypal.com",443,true,bAutoReconnect)
if (success == false)
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

#  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#  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 sale ID is added to the path.
#  The sale ID is obtained from payment records as shown here: Find Completed Sales
sbPath = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
sbPath.Append("/v1/payments/sale/sale_id")
numReplaced = sbPath.Replace("sale_id","1XC17935MN507400J")

#  Send the GET request and get the JSON response.
sbJsonResponse = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET",sbPath.getAsString(),sbJsonResponse)
if (success == false)
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

json = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
json.put_EmitCompact(false)
json.LoadSb(sbJsonResponse)

print "Response Status Code = " + rest.get_ResponseStatusCode().to_s() + "\n";

#  Did we get a 200 success response?
if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200)
    print json.emit() + "\n";
    print "Failed." + "\n";
    exit
end

#  Sample JSON response is shown below.
print json.emit() + "\n";
print "----------------------" + "\n";

#  Show how to get a timestamp, such as update_time.
dateTime = Chilkat::CkDateTime.new()
success = dateTime.SetFromTimestamp(json.stringOf("update_time"))
print "utc update_time: " + dateTime.getAsTimestamp(false) + "\n";
print "local update_time: " + dateTime.getAsTimestamp(true) + "\n";
print "utc rfc822: " + dateTime.getAsRfc822(false) + "\n";
print "local rfc822: " + dateTime.getAsRfc822(true) + "\n";

dtUtc = Chilkat::CkDtObj.new()
dateTime.ToDtObj(false,dtUtc)

print dtUtc.get_Month().to_s() + "/" + dtUtc.get_Day().to_s() + "/" + dtUtc.get_Year().to_s() + "\n";

print "success" + "\n";

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

#  	{ 
#  	  "id": "1XC17935MN507400J",
#  	  "create_time": "2016-11-25T15:42:50Z",
#  	  "update_time": "2016-11-25T15:42:56Z",
#  	  "amount": { 
#  	    "total": "289.00",
#  	    "currency": "USD"
#  	  },
#  	  "payment_mode": "INSTANT_TRANSFER",
#  	  "state": "completed",
#  	  "protection_eligibility": "ELIGIBLE",
#  	  "protection_eligibility_type": "ITEM_NOT_RECEIVED_ELIGIBLE,UNAUTHORIZED_PAYMENT_ELIGIBLE",
#  	  "parent_payment": "PAY-2AA764602T410180HLA4FX6Q",
#  	  "transaction_fee": { 
#  	    "value": "8.68",
#  	    "currency": "USD"
#  	  },
#  	  "links": [
#  	    { 
#  	      "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/sale/1XC17935MN507400J",
#  	      "rel": "self",
#  	      "method": "GET"
#  	    },
#  	    { 
#  	      "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/sale/1XC17935MN507400J/refund",
#  	      "rel": "refund",
#  	      "method": "POST"
#  	    },
#  	    { 
#  	      "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-2AA764602T410180HLA4FX6Q",
#  	      "rel": "parent_payment",
#  	      "method": "GET"
#  	    }
#  	  ]
#  	}