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Amazon Pay - Get Charge

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Get Charge details such as charge amount and authorization state. Use this operation to determine if authorization or capture was successful.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http

' Implements the following CURL command:

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

' 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("chargeId","P21-1111111-1111111")
' 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/charges/{$chargeId}",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)
        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)

' {
'      "chargeId": "P21-1111111-1111111-C111111",
'      "chargePermissionId": "P21-1111111-1111111",
'      "chargeAmount": {
'          "amount": "14.00",
'          "currencyCode": "USD"
'      },
'      "captureAmount": {
'          "amount": "14.00",
'          "currencyCode": "USD"
'      },
'      "refundedAmount": {
'          "amount": "0.00",
'          "currencyCode": "USD"
'      },
'      "convertedAmount": "14.00",
'      "conversionRate": "1.00",
'      "softDescriptor": "Descriptor",
'      "merchantMetadata": null,
'      "providerMetadata": {
'          "providerReferenceId": null
'      },
'      "statusDetails":{
'          "state": "Captured",
'          "reasonCode": null,
'          "reasonDescription": null,
'          "lastUpdatedTimestamp": "20190714T155300Z"
'      },
'      "creationTimestamp": "20190714T155300Z",
'      "expirationTimestamp": "20190715T155300Z",
'      "releaseEnvironment": "Sandbox"
' }

' 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 chargeId As String = jResp.StringOf("chargeId")
Dim chargePermissionId As String = jResp.StringOf("chargePermissionId")
Dim chargeAmountAmount As String = jResp.StringOf("chargeAmount.amount")
Dim chargeAmountCurrencyCode As String = jResp.StringOf("chargeAmount.currencyCode")
Dim captureAmountAmount As String = jResp.StringOf("captureAmount.amount")
Dim captureAmountCurrencyCode As String = jResp.StringOf("captureAmount.currencyCode")
Dim refundedAmountAmount As String = jResp.StringOf("refundedAmount.amount")
Dim refundedAmountCurrencyCode As String = jResp.StringOf("refundedAmount.currencyCode")
Dim convertedAmount As String = jResp.StringOf("convertedAmount")
Dim conversionRate As String = jResp.StringOf("conversionRate")
Dim softDescriptor As String = jResp.StringOf("softDescriptor")
Dim merchantMetadata As String = jResp.StringOf("merchantMetadata")
Dim providerMetadataProviderReferenceId As String = jResp.StringOf("providerMetadata.providerReferenceId")
Dim statusDetailsState As String = jResp.StringOf("statusDetails.state")
Dim statusDetailsReasonCode As String = jResp.StringOf("statusDetails.reasonCode")
Dim statusDetailsReasonDescription As String = jResp.StringOf("statusDetails.reasonDescription")
Dim statusDetailsLastUpdatedTimestamp As String = jResp.StringOf("statusDetails.lastUpdatedTimestamp")
Dim creationTimestamp As String = jResp.StringOf("creationTimestamp")
Dim expirationTimestamp As String = jResp.StringOf("expirationTimestamp")
Dim releaseEnvironment As String = jResp.StringOf("releaseEnvironment")