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PayPal - Update Invoice

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Update a PayPal invoice.

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

See also PayPal Update Invoice REST API Reference

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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..
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# First create the JSON with updated information:

set json [new_CkJsonObject]

CkJsonObject_put_EmitCompact $json 0
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "merchant_info.email" "smith-facilitator@chilkatsoft.com"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "merchant_info.first_name" "Joe"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "merchant_info.last_name" "Facilitator"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "merchant_info.business_name" "Medical Professionals, LLC"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "merchant_info.phone.country_code" "001"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "merchant_info.phone.national_number" "5032141716"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "merchant_info.address.line1" "1234 Main St."
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "merchant_info.address.city" "Portland"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "merchant_info.address.state" "OR"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "merchant_info.address.postal_code" "97217"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "merchant_info.address.country_code" "US"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "billing_info[0].email" "smith-buyer@chilkatsoft.com"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "shipping_info.first_name" "Sally"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "shipping_info.last_name" "Patient"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "shipping_info.business_name" "Not applicable"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "shipping_info.phone.country_code" "001"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "shipping_info.phone.national_number" "5039871234"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "shipping_info.address.line1" "1234 Broad St."
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "shipping_info.address.city" "Portland"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "shipping_info.address.state" "OR"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "shipping_info.address.postal_code" "97216"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "shipping_info.address.country_code" "US"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "items[0].name" "Sutures"
# We are updating the quantity from 100.0 to 200.0
# Note: The UpdateNumber method is added in v9.5.0.65
CkJsonObject_UpdateNumber $json "items[0].quantity" "200.0"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "items[0].unit_price.currency" "USD"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "items[0].unit_price.value" "5.00"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "payment_term.term_type" "NET_45"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "payment_term.due_date" "2016-12-30 PST"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "note" "Medical Invoice 16 Jul, 2013 PST"

# The JSON created by the above code is this:

# 	{ 
# 	  "merchant_info": { 
# 	    "email": "smith-facilitator@chilkatsoft.com",
# 	    "first_name": "Joe",
# 	    "last_name": "Facilitator",
# 	    "business_name": "Medical Professionals, LLC",
# 	    "phone": { 
# 	      "country_code": "001",
# 	      "national_number": "5032141716"
# 	    },
# 	    "address": { 
# 	      "line1": "1234 Main St.",
# 	      "city": "Portland",
# 	      "state": "OR",
# 	      "postal_code": "97217",
# 	      "country_code": "US"
# 	    }
# 	  },
# 	  "billing_info": [
# 	    { 
# 	      "email": "smith-buyer@chilkatsoft.com"
# 	    }
# 	  ],
# 	  "shipping_info": { 
# 	    "first_name": "Sally",
# 	    "last_name": "Patient",
# 	    "business_name": "Not applicable",
# 	    "phone": { 
# 	      "country_code": "001",
# 	      "national_number": "5039871234"
# 	    },
# 	    "address": { 
# 	      "line1": "1234 Broad St.",
# 	      "city": "Portland",
# 	      "state": "OR",
# 	      "postal_code": "97216",
# 	      "country_code": "US"
# 	    }
# 	  },
# 	  "items": [
# 	    { 
# 	      "name": "Sutures",
# 	      "quantity": 200.0,
# 	      "unit_price": { 
# 	        "currency": "USD",
# 	        "value": "5.00"
# 	      }
# 	    }
# 	  ],
# 	  "payment_term": { 
# 	    "term_type": "NET_45",
# 	    "due_date": "2016-12-30 PST"
# 	  },
# 	  "note": "Medical Invoice 16 Jul, 2013 PST"
# 	}

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

set invoiceId "INV2-XV4B-736P-PLVN-SZCE"

set sbPath [new_CkStringBuilder]

CkStringBuilder_Append $sbPath "/v1/invoicing/invoices/"
CkStringBuilder_Append $sbPath $invoiceId

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

CkJsonObject_EmitSb $json $sbJsonRequest
set sbJsonResponse [new_CkStringBuilder]

set success [CkRest_FullRequestSb $rest "PUT" [CkStringBuilder_getAsString $sbPath] $sbJsonRequest $sbJsonResponse]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkRest_lastErrorText $rest]
    delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbAuth
    delete_CkRest $rest
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbPath
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbJsonRequest
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbJsonResponse
    exit
}

CkJsonObject_LoadSb $json $sbJsonResponse

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

# Did we get a 200 success response?
if {[CkRest_get_ResponseStatusCode $rest] != 200} then {
    puts [CkJsonObject_emit $json]
    puts "Failed."
    delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbAuth
    delete_CkRest $rest
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbPath
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbJsonRequest
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbJsonResponse
    exit
}

# Sample response JSON is shown below.

# Get some information..
puts "email: [CkJsonObject_stringOf $json merchant_info.email]"
puts "business_name: [CkJsonObject_stringOf $json merchant_info.business_name]"

set numItems [CkJsonObject_SizeOfArray $json "items"]
set i 0
while {$i < $numItems} {
    CkJsonObject_put_I $json $i
    puts "item name: [CkJsonObject_stringOf $json {items[i].name}]"
    puts "item quantity: [CkJsonObject_stringOf $json {items[i].quantity}]"
    puts "item currency: [CkJsonObject_stringOf $json {items[i].unit_price.currency}]"
    puts "item value: [CkJsonObject_stringOf $json {items[i].unit_price.value}]"
    puts "----"
    set i [expr $i + 1]
}

puts "Success."

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