(VB.NET) Amazon Pay - Get Buyer

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Get buyer details.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.89 or later. Contact support@chilkatsoft.com to get a v9.5.0.89 pre-release for testing.

For more information, see https://developer.amazon.com/docs/amazon-pay-api-v2/buyer.html#get-buyer

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

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean

' Implements the following CURL command:

' curl "https://pay-api.amazon.com/:version/buyers/:buyerToken" \
' 	-X GET
' 	-H "authorization:Px2e5oHhQZ88vVhc0DO%2FsShHj8MDDg%3DEXAMPLESIGNATURE"
' 	-H "x-amz-pay-date:20201012T235046Z"

' Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
' Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code


' Load your Amazon Pay private key.  
' There are many other ways to load private keys into the Chilkat private key object, such as from different formats,
' or from in-memory strings or bytes.
Dim privKey As New Chilkat.PrivateKey
success = privKey.LoadPemFile("C:/someDir/myAmazonPayPrivateKey.pem")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(privKey.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Provide your Amazon Pay private key and Public Key ID 
' Use your public key ID here.  It must be the one associated with the private key.
' Note: The SetAuthPrivateKey method was added in Chilkat v9.5.0.89
Dim publicKeyId As String = "SANDBOX-AHEGSJCM3L2S637RBGABLAFW"
success = http.SetAuthPrivateKey(publicKeyId,privKey)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Note: When the private key is provided as shown above, Chilkat will automatically add the required x-amz-pay-* headers to the HTTP request,
' and will also sign the request.  Nothing more is needed.
' Chilkat automatically generates and adds the following headers:
' 
' x-amz-pay-date
' x-amz-pay-host
' x-amz-pay-region
' Authorization

http.Accept = "application/json"

Dim respStatusCode As Integer = 0

Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = http.SetUrlVar("buyerToken","BUYER_TOKEN")
' To use the live system, replace "sandbox" with "live" in the URL passed to QuickGetSb.
' Also, make sure to use the correct region: pay-api.amazon.com, pay-api.amazon.eu, or pay-api.amazon.jp
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://pay-api.amazon.eu/sandbox/v2/buyers/{$buyerToken}",sbResponseBody)
If (success = False) Then
    ' If the LastStatus is not equal to 0, then we received a response, but it was an error response.
    respStatusCode = http.LastStatus
    If (respStatusCode <> 0) Then
        Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
        ' Here is a sample response body for the case where the buyer token does not exist:
        ' {"reasonCode":"InvalidBuyerToken","message":"The token provided is expired, revoked, malformed, or invalid for other reasons."}

        Debug.WriteLine("Response body:")
        Debug.WriteLine(http.LastResponseBody)
    Else
        Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    End If

    Exit Sub
End If


Dim jResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False

Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:")
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit())

respStatusCode = http.LastStatus
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
' We expect a 200 status code for success.
' Note: Some Amazon Pay API calls return 200 for success, others return 201.
If (respStatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.")
    Exit Sub
End If


' Sample JSON response:
' (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

' {
' 	"name": "John Example",
' 	"email": "johnexample@amazon.com",
' 	"postalCode": "12345",
' 	"countryCode": "US",
' 	"buyerId": "DIRECTEDBUYERID",
' 	"phoneNumber": "1234567811" // default billing address phone number
' 	"shippingAddress": {
' 		"name": "John",
' 		"addressLine1": "15th Street",
' 		"addressLine2": "",
' 		"addressLine3": "",
' 		"city": "Seattle", 
' 		"county": "",
' 		"district": "",
' 		"stateOrRegion": "WA",
' 		"country": "USA",
' 		"postalCode": "98121",
' 		"phoneNumber": "1234567899"
' 	},
' 	"billingAddress": null,
' 	"primeMembershipTypes": null
' }

' Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
' Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
' Generate Parsing Code from JSON




Dim name As String = jResp.StringOf("name")
Dim email As String = jResp.StringOf("email")
Dim postalCode As String = jResp.StringOf("postalCode")
Dim countryCode As String = jResp.StringOf("countryCode")
Dim buyerId As String = jResp.StringOf("buyerId")
Dim phoneNumber As String = jResp.StringOf("phoneNumber")
Dim shippingAddressName As String = jResp.StringOf("shippingAddress.name")
Dim shippingAddressAddressLine1 As String = jResp.StringOf("shippingAddress.addressLine1")
Dim shippingAddressAddressLine2 As String = jResp.StringOf("shippingAddress.addressLine2")
Dim shippingAddressAddressLine3 As String = jResp.StringOf("shippingAddress.addressLine3")
Dim shippingAddressCity As String = jResp.StringOf("shippingAddress.city")
Dim shippingAddressCounty As String = jResp.StringOf("shippingAddress.county")
Dim shippingAddressDistrict As String = jResp.StringOf("shippingAddress.district")
Dim shippingAddressStateOrRegion As String = jResp.StringOf("shippingAddress.stateOrRegion")
Dim shippingAddressCountry As String = jResp.StringOf("shippingAddress.country")
Dim shippingAddressPostalCode As String = jResp.StringOf("shippingAddress.postalCode")
Dim shippingAddressPhoneNumber As String = jResp.StringOf("shippingAddress.phoneNumber")
Dim billingAddress As String = jResp.StringOf("billingAddress")
Dim primeMembershipTypes As String = jResp.StringOf("primeMembershipTypes")