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ETrade v1 Place Order

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Submits an order after it has been successfully previewed. (Your application must first send the POST to preview the order. Then it can send this POST to place the order.)

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Tcl

load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

# This example 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 3-Legged Authorization examples Step1 and Step2.
set json [new_CkJsonObject]

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

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

# See the ETrade v1 API documentation HERE.

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

# <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
# <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"

set xmlContent [CkXml_getXml $xml]
set endpointUrl "https://apisb.etrade.com/v1/accounts/{accountIdKey}/orders/place"

set resp [new_CkHttpResponse]

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

# A 200 status code indicates success.
set statusCode [CkHttpResponse_get_StatusCode $resp]
puts "statusCode = $statusCode"

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

# A sample XML response is shown below...

CkXml_LoadXml $xml [CkHttpResponse_bodyStr $resp]

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"]

# Sample XML Response

# <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
# <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

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