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ETrade Place Order

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The Place Order API is used to submit an order after it has been successfully previewed.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http

http.OAuth1 = True
http.OAuthVerifier = ""
http.OAuthConsumerKey = "ETRADE_CONSUMER_KEY"
http.OAuthConsumerSecret = "ETRADE_CONSUMER_SECRET"

' Load the access token previously obtained via the OAuth1 Authorization
Dim jsonToken As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/etrade.json")
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed to load OAuth1 token")
    Exit Sub
End If


http.OAuthToken = jsonToken.StringOf("oauth_token")
http.OAuthTokenSecret = jsonToken.StringOf("oauth_token_secret")

Dim sandboxUrl As String = "https://apisb.etrade.com/v1/accounts/{$accountIdKey}/orders/place"
Dim liveUrl As String = "https://api.etrade.com/v1/accounts/{$accountIdKey}/orders/place"

http.SetUrlVar("accountIdKey","6_Dpy0rmuQ9cu9IbTfvF2A")

' Send a POST with the following XML body

' Use this online tool to generate the code from sample XML: 
' Generate Code to Create XML

' <PlaceOrderRequest>
'    <orderType>EQ</orderType>
'    <clientOrderId>sd464333</clientOrderId>
'    <PreviewIds>
'       <previewId>730206520</previewId>
'    </PreviewIds>
'    <Order>
'       <allOrNone>false</allOrNone>
'       <priceType>LIMIT</priceType>
'       <orderTerm>GOOD_FOR_DAY</orderTerm>
'       <marketSession>REGULAR</marketSession>
'       <stopPrice />
'       <limitPrice>188.51</limitPrice>
'       <Instrument>
'          <Product>
'             <securityType>EQ</securityType>
'             <symbol>FB</symbol>
'          </Product>
'          <orderAction>BUY</orderAction>
'          <quantityType>QUANTITY</quantityType>
'          <quantity>150</quantity>
'       </Instrument>
'    </Order>
' </PlaceOrderRequest>

Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
xml.Tag = "PlaceOrderRequest"
xml.UpdateChildContent("orderType","EQ")
xml.UpdateChildContent("clientOrderId","sd464333")
xml.UpdateChildContent("PreviewIds|previewId","730206520")
xml.UpdateChildContent("Order|allOrNone","false")
xml.UpdateChildContent("Order|priceType","LIMIT")
xml.UpdateChildContent("Order|orderTerm","GOOD_FOR_DAY")
xml.UpdateChildContent("Order|marketSession","REGULAR")
xml.UpdateChildContent("Order|stopPrice","")
xml.UpdateChildContent("Order|limitPrice","188.51")
xml.UpdateChildContent("Order|Instrument|Product|securityType","EQ")
xml.UpdateChildContent("Order|Instrument|Product|symbol","FB")
xml.UpdateChildContent("Order|Instrument|orderAction","BUY")
xml.UpdateChildContent("Order|Instrument|quantityType","QUANTITY")
xml.UpdateChildContent("Order|Instrument|quantity","150")
xml.EmitCompact = True

Dim resp As New Chilkat.HttpResponse
success = http.HttpStr("POST",sandboxUrl,xml.GetXml(),"utf-8","application/xml",resp)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Make sure a successful response was received.
If (resp.StatusCode > 200) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(resp.StatusLine)
    Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header)
    Debug.WriteLine(resp.BodyStr)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Sample XML response:

' Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: 
' Generate Parsing Code from XML

' <PlaceOrderResponse>
'    <orderType>EQ</orderType>
'    <Order>
'       <orderTerm>GOOD_FOR_DAY</orderTerm>
'       <priceType>LIMIT</priceType>
'       <limitPrice>188.51</limitPrice>
'       <stopPrice>0</stopPrice>
'       <marketSession>REGULAR</marketSession>
'       <allOrNone>false</allOrNone>
'       <Instrument>
'          <Product>
'             <symbol>FB</symbol>
'             <securityType>EQ</securityType>
'          </Product>
'          <symbolDescription>FACEBOOK INC CL A</symbolDescription>
'          <orderAction>BUY</orderAction>
'          <quantityType>QUANTITY</quantityType>
'          <quantity>150</quantity>
'          <cancelQuantity>0.0</cancelQuantity>
'          <reserveOrder>true</reserveOrder>
'          <reserveQuantity>0.0</reserveQuantity>
'       </Instrument>
'       <messages>
'          <Message>
'             <code>1027</code>
'             <description>200|The market was closed when we received your order. It has been entered into our system and will be reviewed prior to market open on the next regular trading day. After market open, please check to make sure your order was accepted.</description>
'             <type>WARNING</type>
'          </Message>
'       </messages>
'       <egQual>EG_QUAL_NOT_A_MARKET_ORDER</egQual>
'       <estimatedCommission>6.95</estimatedCommission>
'       <estimatedTotalAmount>28283.45</estimatedTotalAmount>
'       <netPrice>0</netPrice>
'       <netBid>0</netBid>
'       <netAsk>0</netAsk>
'       <gcd>0</gcd>
'       <ratio />
'    </Order>
'    <dstFlag>true</dstFlag>
'    <optionLevelCd>4</optionLevelCd>
'    <marginLevelCd>MARGIN_TRADING_ALLOWED</marginLevelCd>
'    <OrderIds>
'       <orderId>5</orderId>
'    </OrderIds>
'    <placedTime>1528764717641</placedTime>
'    <accountId>84312767</accountId>
' </PlaceOrderResponse>

xml.LoadXml(resp.BodyStr)
Debug.WriteLine(xml.GetXml())

Dim orderType As String
Dim orderTerm As String
Dim priceType As String
Dim limitPrice As String
Dim stopPrice As Integer
Dim marketSession As String
Dim allOrNone As String
Dim symbol As String
Dim securityType As String
Dim symbolDescription As String
Dim orderAction As String
Dim quantityType As String
Dim quantity As Integer
Dim cancelQuantity As String
Dim reserveOrder As String
Dim reserveQuantity As String
Dim code As Integer
Dim description As String
Dim v_type As String
Dim egQual As String
Dim estimatedCommission As String
Dim estimatedTotalAmount As String
Dim netPrice As Integer
Dim netBid As Integer
Dim netAsk As Integer
Dim gcd As Integer
Dim dstFlag As String
Dim optionLevelCd As Integer
Dim marginLevelCd As String
Dim orderId As Integer
Dim placedTime As String
Dim accountId As Integer

orderType = xml.GetChildContent("orderType")
orderTerm = xml.GetChildContent("Order|orderTerm")
priceType = xml.GetChildContent("Order|priceType")
limitPrice = xml.GetChildContent("Order|limitPrice")
stopPrice = xml.GetChildIntValue("Order|stopPrice")
marketSession = xml.GetChildContent("Order|marketSession")
allOrNone = xml.GetChildContent("Order|allOrNone")
symbol = xml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|Product|symbol")
securityType = xml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|Product|securityType")
symbolDescription = xml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|symbolDescription")
orderAction = xml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|orderAction")
quantityType = xml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|quantityType")
quantity = xml.GetChildIntValue("Order|Instrument|quantity")
cancelQuantity = xml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|cancelQuantity")
reserveOrder = xml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|reserveOrder")
reserveQuantity = xml.GetChildContent("Order|Instrument|reserveQuantity")
code = xml.GetChildIntValue("Order|messages|Message|code")
description = xml.GetChildContent("Order|messages|Message|description")
v_type = xml.GetChildContent("Order|messages|Message|type")
egQual = xml.GetChildContent("Order|egQual")
estimatedCommission = xml.GetChildContent("Order|estimatedCommission")
estimatedTotalAmount = xml.GetChildContent("Order|estimatedTotalAmount")
netPrice = xml.GetChildIntValue("Order|netPrice")
netBid = xml.GetChildIntValue("Order|netBid")
netAsk = xml.GetChildIntValue("Order|netAsk")
gcd = xml.GetChildIntValue("Order|gcd")
dstFlag = xml.GetChildContent("dstFlag")
optionLevelCd = xml.GetChildIntValue("optionLevelCd")
marginLevelCd = xml.GetChildContent("marginLevelCd")
orderId = xml.GetChildIntValue("OrderIds|orderId")
placedTime = xml.GetChildContent("placedTime")
accountId = xml.GetChildIntValue("accountId")

Debug.WriteLine("Success.")