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PayPal - Authorize a Payment

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Creates an authorization for a payment. This is for the case where the payment will first be authorized, and then captured at a later date. (In other words, the buyer is providing his/her credit card information now, and the actual charge (capture) will take place at a later time.)

Creating the authorization is the same as creating "sale" payment, except the intent is set to "authorize" instead of "sale".

This example requests an authorization for a credit card payment (using a credit card ID previoulsy stored in the PayPal vault).

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

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CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    --  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)
    DECLARE @jsonToken int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @jsonToken OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonToken, 'LoadFile', @success OUT, 'qa_data/tokens/paypal.json'

    --  Build the Authorization request header field value.
    DECLARE @sbAuth int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbAuth OUT

    --  token_type should be "Bearer"
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonToken, 'StringOf', @sTmp0 OUT, 'token_type'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbAuth, 'Append', @success OUT, @sTmp0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbAuth, 'Append', @success OUT, ' '
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonToken, 'StringOf', @sTmp0 OUT, 'access_token'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbAuth, 'Append', @success OUT, @sTmp0

    --  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.
    DECLARE @rest int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Rest', @rest OUT

    DECLARE @bAutoReconnect int
    SELECT @bAutoReconnect = 1
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'Connect', @success OUT, 'api.sandbox.paypal.com', 443, 1, @bAutoReconnect
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbAuth
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        RETURN
      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..
    --  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    --  Build the JSON containing the transaction information.
    DECLARE @json int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @json OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @json, 'EmitCompact', 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'intent', 'authorize'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'payer.payment_method', 'credit_card'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card_token.credit_card_id', 'CARD-52W84623JH8043102LA3CLGA'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card_token.payer_id', 'user12345'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'transactions[0].amount.total', '6.70'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'transactions[0].amount.currency', 'USD'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'transactions[0].description', 'This is the payment transaction description.'

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    --  The JSON created by the above code is this:

    --  	{ 
    --  	  "intent": "authorize",
    --  	  "payer": { 
    --  	    "payment_method": "credit_card",
    --  	    "funding_instruments": [
    --  	      { 
    --  	        "credit_card_token": { 
    --  	          "credit_card_id": "CARD-52W84623JH8043102LA3CLGA",
    --  	          "payer_id": "user12345"
    --  	        }
    --  	      }
    --  	    ]
    --  	  },
    --  	  "transactions": [
    --  	    { 
    --  	      "amount": { 
    --  	        "total": "6.70",
    --  	        "currency": "USD"
    --  	      },
    --  	      "description": "This is the payment transaction description."
    --  	    }
    --  	  ]
    --  	}

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbAuth, 'GetAsString', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddHeader', @success OUT, 'Authorization', @sTmp0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddHeader', @success OUT, 'Content-Type', 'application/json'

    --  Send the POST request containign the JSON in the request body, and get the JSON response.
    DECLARE @sbJsonRequest int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbJsonRequest OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @json, 'EmitCompact', 1
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'EmitSb', @success OUT, @sbJsonRequest
    DECLARE @sbJsonResponse int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbJsonResponse OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'FullRequestSb', @success OUT, 'POST', '/v1/payments/payment', @sbJsonRequest, @sbJsonResponse
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbAuth
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbJsonRequest
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbJsonResponse
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @json, 'EmitCompact', 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'LoadSb', @success OUT, @sbJsonResponse


    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseStatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
    PRINT 'Response Status Code = ' + @iTmp0

    --  Did we get a 201 success response?
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseStatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 201
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0

        PRINT 'Failed.'
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbAuth
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbJsonRequest
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbJsonResponse
        RETURN
      END

    --  Sample JSON response is shown below.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0
    --  The authorization ID found in the related_resources is used to capture the payment at a later time.

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @sTmp0 OUT, 'transactions[0].related_resources[0].authorization.id'
    PRINT 'authorization id: ' + @sTmp0

    PRINT 'success'

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

    --  	{ 
    --  	  "id": "PAY-2CY489250W145633HLA3DK3Y",
    --  	  "create_time": "2016-11-24T00:33:51Z",
    --  	  "update_time": "2016-11-24T00:33:58Z",
    --  	  "state": "approved",
    --  	  "intent": "authorize",
    --  	  "payer": { 
    --  	    "payment_method": "credit_card",
    --  	    "funding_instruments": [
    --  	      { 
    --  	        "credit_card_token": { 
    --  	          "credit_card_id": "CARD-52W84623JH8043102LA3CLGA",
    --  	          "payer_id": "user12345",
    --  	          "last4": "9974",
    --  	          "type": "visa",
    --  	          "expire_month": "9",
    --  	          "expire_year": "2021"
    --  	        }
    --  	      }
    --  	    ]
    --  	  },
    --  	  "transactions": [
    --  	    { 
    --  	      "amount": { 
    --  	        "total": "6.70",
    --  	        "currency": "USD",
    --  	        "details": { 
    --  	          "subtotal": "6.70"
    --  	        }
    --  	      },
    --  	      "description": "This is the payment transaction description.",
    --  	      "related_resources": [
    --  	        { 
    --  	          "authorization": { 
    --  	            "id": "7X8332687A4929542",
    --  	            "create_time": "2016-11-24T00:33:51Z",
    --  	            "update_time": "2016-11-24T00:33:58Z",
    --  	            "amount": { 
    --  	              "total": "6.70",
    --  	              "currency": "USD",
    --  	              "details": { 
    --  	                "subtotal": "6.70"
    --  	              }
    --  	            },
    --  	            "state": "authorized",
    --  	            "parent_payment": "PAY-2CY489250W145633HLA3DK3Y",
    --  	            "valid_until": "2016-12-23T00:33:51Z",
    --  	            "links": [
    --  	              { 
    --  	                "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/authorization/7X8332687A4929542",
    --  	                "rel": "self",
    --  	                "method": "GET"
    --  	              },
    --  	              { 
    --  	                "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/authorization/7X8332687A4929542/capture",
    --  	                "rel": "capture",
    --  	                "method": "POST"
    --  	              },
    --  	              { 
    --  	                "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/authorization/7X8332687A4929542/void",
    --  	                "rel": "void",
    --  	                "method": "POST"
    --  	              },
    --  	              { 
    --  	                "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-2CY489250W145633HLA3DK3Y",
    --  	                "rel": "parent_payment",
    --  	                "method": "GET"
    --  	              }
    --  	            ],
    --  	            "processor_response": { 
    --  	              "avs_code": "X",
    --  	              "cvv_code": "M"
    --  	            },
    --  	            "fmf_details": {}
    --  	          }
    --  	        }
    --  	      ]
    --  	    }
    --  	  ],
    --  	  "links": [
    --  	    { 
    --  	      "href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-2CY489250W145633HLA3DK3Y",
    --  	      "rel": "self",
    --  	      "method": "GET"
    --  	    }
    --  	  ]
    --  	}

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbAuth
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbJsonRequest
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbJsonResponse


END
GO