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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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load ./chilkat.dll

set 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)
set jsonToken [new_CkJsonObject]

CkJsonObject_LoadFile $jsonToken "qa_data/tokens/paypal.json"

# Build the Authorization request header field value.
set sbAuth [new_CkStringBuilder]

# token_type should be "Bearer"
CkStringBuilder_Append $sbAuth [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jsonToken "token_type"]
CkStringBuilder_Append $sbAuth " "
CkStringBuilder_Append $sbAuth [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jsonToken "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.
set rest [new_CkRest]

set bAutoReconnect 1
set success [CkRest_Connect $rest "api.sandbox.paypal.com" 443 1 $bAutoReconnect]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkRest_lastErrorText $rest]
    delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbAuth
    delete_CkRest $rest
    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..
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Build the JSON containing the transaction information.
set json [new_CkJsonObject]

CkJsonObject_put_EmitCompact $json 0
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "intent" "authorize"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "payer.payment_method" "credit_card"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card_token.credit_card_id" "CARD-52W84623JH8043102LA3CLGA"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "payer.funding_instruments[0].credit_card_token.payer_id" "user12345"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "transactions[0].amount.total" "6.70"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "transactions[0].amount.currency" "USD"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "transactions[0].description" "This is the payment transaction description."

puts [CkJsonObject_emit $json]

# 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."
# 	    }
# 	  ]
# 	}

CkRest_AddHeader $rest "Authorization" [CkStringBuilder_getAsString $sbAuth]
CkRest_AddHeader $rest "Content-Type" "application/json"

# Send the POST request containign the JSON in the request body, and get the JSON response.
set sbJsonRequest [new_CkStringBuilder]

CkJsonObject_put_EmitCompact $json 1
CkJsonObject_EmitSb $json $sbJsonRequest
set sbJsonResponse [new_CkStringBuilder]

set success [CkRest_FullRequestSb $rest "POST" "/v1/payments/payment" $sbJsonRequest $sbJsonResponse]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkRest_lastErrorText $rest]
    delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbAuth
    delete_CkRest $rest
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbJsonRequest
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbJsonResponse
    exit
}

CkJsonObject_put_EmitCompact $json 0
CkJsonObject_LoadSb $json $sbJsonResponse

puts "Response Status Code = [CkRest_get_ResponseStatusCode $rest]"

# Did we get a 201 success response?
if {[CkRest_get_ResponseStatusCode $rest] != 201} then {
    puts [CkJsonObject_emit $json]
    puts "Failed."
    delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbAuth
    delete_CkRest $rest
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbJsonRequest
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbJsonResponse
    exit
}

# Sample JSON response is shown below.
puts [CkJsonObject_emit $json]
# The authorization ID found in the related_resources is used to capture the payment at a later time.
puts "authorization id: [CkJsonObject_stringOf $json {transactions[0].related_resources[0].authorization.id}]"
puts "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"
# 	    }
# 	  ]
# 	}

delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
delete_CkStringBuilder $sbAuth
delete_CkRest $rest
delete_CkJsonObject $json
delete_CkStringBuilder $sbJsonRequest
delete_CkStringBuilder $sbJsonResponse