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Populi Add Financial Aid Disbursement

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Demonstrates the Populi addFinancialAidDisbursement task.

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#include <C_CkXmlW.h>
#include <C_CkRestW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkXmlW xml;
    const wchar_t *accessKey;
    HCkRestW rest;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    const wchar_t *responseBody;
    int disbursement;

    success = FALSE;

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    // First load the previously obtained API token.
    // See Get Populi Access Token for sample code showing how to get the API token.
    xml = CkXmlW_Create();
    success = CkXmlW_LoadXmlFile(xml,L"qa_data/tokens/populi_token.xml");
    accessKey = CkXmlW_getChildContent(xml,L"access_key");
    if (CkXmlW_getLastMethodSuccess(xml) != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"Did not find the access_key\n");
        CkXmlW_Dispose(xml);
        return;
    }

    rest = CkRestW_Create();

    // Connect using TLS.
    // A single REST object, once connected, can be used for many Populi 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.
    bAutoReconnect = TRUE;
    success = CkRestW_Connect(rest,L"yourcollege.populi.co",443,TRUE,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkXmlW_Dispose(xml);
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        return;
    }

    CkRestW_putAuthorization(rest,accessKey);

    CkRestW_AddQueryParam(rest,L"task",L"addFinancialAidDisbursement");
    CkRestW_AddQueryParam(rest,L"person_id",L"12345678");
    CkRestW_AddQueryParam(rest,L"award_id",L"555555");
    CkRestW_AddQueryParam(rest,L"academic_term_id",L"123");
    CkRestW_AddQueryParam(rest,L"scheduled_date",L"2019-10-10");
    CkRestW_AddQueryParam(rest,L"amount",L"12345");

    responseBody = CkRestW_fullRequestFormUrlEncoded(rest,L"POST",L"/api/index.php");
    if (CkRestW_getLastMethodSuccess(rest) != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkXmlW_Dispose(xml);
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        return;
    }

    // We should expect a 200 response if successful.
    if (CkRestW_getResponseStatusCode(rest) != 200) {
        wprintf(L"Request Header: \n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastRequestHeader(rest));
        wprintf(L"----\n");
        wprintf(L"Response StatusCode = %d\n",CkRestW_getResponseStatusCode(rest));
        wprintf(L"Response StatusLine: %s\n",CkRestW_responseStatusText(rest));
        wprintf(L"Response Header:\n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_responseHeader(rest));
        wprintf(L"Response Body:\n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",responseBody);
        CkXmlW_Dispose(xml);
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        return;
    }

    CkXmlW_LoadXml(xml,responseBody);
    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkXmlW_getXml(xml));

    // Sample response:
    // Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: 
    // Generate Parsing Code from XML

    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    // <result>
    // 	<disbursement>123456</disbursement>
    // </result>

    disbursement = CkXmlW_GetChildIntValue(xml,L"disbursement");


    CkXmlW_Dispose(xml);
    CkRestW_Dispose(rest);

    }