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ETrade Place Order

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The Place Order API is used to submit an order after it has been successfully previewed.

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Tcl

load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

# This requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

set http [new_CkHttp]

CkHttp_put_OAuth1 $http 1
CkHttp_put_OAuthVerifier $http ""
CkHttp_put_OAuthConsumerKey $http "ETRADE_CONSUMER_KEY"
CkHttp_put_OAuthConsumerSecret $http "ETRADE_CONSUMER_SECRET"

# Load the access token previously obtained via the OAuth1 Authorization
set jsonToken [new_CkJsonObject]

set success [CkJsonObject_LoadFile $jsonToken "qa_data/tokens/etrade.json"]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts "Failed to load OAuth1 token"
    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
    exit
}

CkHttp_put_OAuthToken $http [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jsonToken "oauth_token"]
CkHttp_put_OAuthTokenSecret $http [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jsonToken "oauth_token_secret"]

set sandboxUrl "https://apisb.etrade.com/v1/accounts/{$accountIdKey}/orders/place"
set liveUrl "https://api.etrade.com/v1/accounts/{$accountIdKey}/orders/place"

CkHttp_SetUrlVar $http "accountIdKey" "6_Dpy0rmuQ9cu9IbTfvF2A"

# Send a POST with the following XML body

# Use this online tool to generate the code from sample XML: 
# Generate Code to Create XML

# <PlaceOrderRequest>
#    <orderType>EQ</orderType>
#    <clientOrderId>sd464333</clientOrderId>
#    <PreviewIds>
#       <previewId>730206520</previewId>
#    </PreviewIds>
#    <Order>
#       <allOrNone>false</allOrNone>
#       <priceType>LIMIT</priceType>
#       <orderTerm>GOOD_FOR_DAY</orderTerm>
#       <marketSession>REGULAR</marketSession>
#       <stopPrice />
#       <limitPrice>188.51</limitPrice>
#       <Instrument>
#          <Product>
#             <securityType>EQ</securityType>
#             <symbol>FB</symbol>
#          </Product>
#          <orderAction>BUY</orderAction>
#          <quantityType>QUANTITY</quantityType>
#          <quantity>150</quantity>
#       </Instrument>
#    </Order>
# </PlaceOrderRequest>

set xml [new_CkXml]

CkXml_put_Tag $xml "PlaceOrderRequest"
CkXml_UpdateChildContent $xml "orderType" "EQ"
CkXml_UpdateChildContent $xml "clientOrderId" "sd464333"
CkXml_UpdateChildContent $xml "PreviewIds|previewId" "730206520"
CkXml_UpdateChildContent $xml "Order|allOrNone" "false"
CkXml_UpdateChildContent $xml "Order|priceType" "LIMIT"
CkXml_UpdateChildContent $xml "Order|orderTerm" "GOOD_FOR_DAY"
CkXml_UpdateChildContent $xml "Order|marketSession" "REGULAR"
CkXml_UpdateChildContent $xml "Order|stopPrice" ""
CkXml_UpdateChildContent $xml "Order|limitPrice" "188.51"
CkXml_UpdateChildContent $xml "Order|Instrument|Product|securityType" "EQ"
CkXml_UpdateChildContent $xml "Order|Instrument|Product|symbol" "FB"
CkXml_UpdateChildContent $xml "Order|Instrument|orderAction" "BUY"
CkXml_UpdateChildContent $xml "Order|Instrument|quantityType" "QUANTITY"
CkXml_UpdateChildContent $xml "Order|Instrument|quantity" "150"
CkXml_put_EmitCompact $xml 1

set resp [new_CkHttpResponse]

set success [CkHttp_HttpStr $http "POST" $sandboxUrl [CkXml_getXml $xml] "utf-8" "application/xml" $resp]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkHttp_lastErrorText $http]
    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
    delete_CkXml $xml
    delete_CkHttpResponse $resp
    exit
}

# Make sure a successful response was received.
if {[CkHttpResponse_get_StatusCode $resp] > 200} then {
    puts [CkHttpResponse_statusLine $resp]
    puts [CkHttpResponse_header $resp]
    puts [CkHttpResponse_bodyStr $resp]
    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
    delete_CkXml $xml
    delete_CkHttpResponse $resp
    exit
}

# Sample XML response:

# Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: 
# Generate Parsing Code from XML

# <PlaceOrderResponse>
#    <orderType>EQ</orderType>
#    <Order>
#       <orderTerm>GOOD_FOR_DAY</orderTerm>
#       <priceType>LIMIT</priceType>
#       <limitPrice>188.51</limitPrice>
#       <stopPrice>0</stopPrice>
#       <marketSession>REGULAR</marketSession>
#       <allOrNone>false</allOrNone>
#       <Instrument>
#          <Product>
#             <symbol>FB</symbol>
#             <securityType>EQ</securityType>
#          </Product>
#          <symbolDescription>FACEBOOK INC CL A</symbolDescription>
#          <orderAction>BUY</orderAction>
#          <quantityType>QUANTITY</quantityType>
#          <quantity>150</quantity>
#          <cancelQuantity>0.0</cancelQuantity>
#          <reserveOrder>true</reserveOrder>
#          <reserveQuantity>0.0</reserveQuantity>
#       </Instrument>
#       <messages>
#          <Message>
#             <code>1027</code>
#             <description>200|The market was closed when we received your order. It has been entered into our system and will be reviewed prior to market open on the next regular trading day. After market open, please check to make sure your order was accepted.</description>
#             <type>WARNING</type>
#          </Message>
#       </messages>
#       <egQual>EG_QUAL_NOT_A_MARKET_ORDER</egQual>
#       <estimatedCommission>6.95</estimatedCommission>
#       <estimatedTotalAmount>28283.45</estimatedTotalAmount>
#       <netPrice>0</netPrice>
#       <netBid>0</netBid>
#       <netAsk>0</netAsk>
#       <gcd>0</gcd>
#       <ratio />
#    </Order>
#    <dstFlag>true</dstFlag>
#    <optionLevelCd>4</optionLevelCd>
#    <marginLevelCd>MARGIN_TRADING_ALLOWED</marginLevelCd>
#    <OrderIds>
#       <orderId>5</orderId>
#    </OrderIds>
#    <placedTime>1528764717641</placedTime>
#    <accountId>84312767</accountId>
# </PlaceOrderResponse>

CkXml_LoadXml $xml [CkHttpResponse_bodyStr $resp]
puts [CkXml_getXml $xml]

set orderType [CkXml_getChildContent $xml "orderType"]
set orderTerm [CkXml_getChildContent $xml "Order|orderTerm"]
set priceType [CkXml_getChildContent $xml "Order|priceType"]
set limitPrice [CkXml_getChildContent $xml "Order|limitPrice"]
set stopPrice [CkXml_GetChildIntValue $xml "Order|stopPrice"]
set marketSession [CkXml_getChildContent $xml "Order|marketSession"]
set allOrNone [CkXml_getChildContent $xml "Order|allOrNone"]
set symbol [CkXml_getChildContent $xml "Order|Instrument|Product|symbol"]
set securityType [CkXml_getChildContent $xml "Order|Instrument|Product|securityType"]
set symbolDescription [CkXml_getChildContent $xml "Order|Instrument|symbolDescription"]
set orderAction [CkXml_getChildContent $xml "Order|Instrument|orderAction"]
set quantityType [CkXml_getChildContent $xml "Order|Instrument|quantityType"]
set quantity [CkXml_GetChildIntValue $xml "Order|Instrument|quantity"]
set cancelQuantity [CkXml_getChildContent $xml "Order|Instrument|cancelQuantity"]
set reserveOrder [CkXml_getChildContent $xml "Order|Instrument|reserveOrder"]
set reserveQuantity [CkXml_getChildContent $xml "Order|Instrument|reserveQuantity"]
set code [CkXml_GetChildIntValue $xml "Order|messages|Message|code"]
set description [CkXml_getChildContent $xml "Order|messages|Message|description"]
set v_type [CkXml_getChildContent $xml "Order|messages|Message|type"]
set egQual [CkXml_getChildContent $xml "Order|egQual"]
set estimatedCommission [CkXml_getChildContent $xml "Order|estimatedCommission"]
set estimatedTotalAmount [CkXml_getChildContent $xml "Order|estimatedTotalAmount"]
set netPrice [CkXml_GetChildIntValue $xml "Order|netPrice"]
set netBid [CkXml_GetChildIntValue $xml "Order|netBid"]
set netAsk [CkXml_GetChildIntValue $xml "Order|netAsk"]
set gcd [CkXml_GetChildIntValue $xml "Order|gcd"]
set dstFlag [CkXml_getChildContent $xml "dstFlag"]
set optionLevelCd [CkXml_GetChildIntValue $xml "optionLevelCd"]
set marginLevelCd [CkXml_getChildContent $xml "marginLevelCd"]
set orderId [CkXml_GetChildIntValue $xml "OrderIds|orderId"]
set placedTime [CkXml_getChildContent $xml "placedTime"]
set accountId [CkXml_GetChildIntValue $xml "accountId"]

puts "Success."

delete_CkHttp $http
delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
delete_CkXml $xml
delete_CkHttpResponse $resp