(VB.NET) Populi Add Financial Aid Disbursement

Demonstrates the Populi addFinancialAidDisbursement task.

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' 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.
Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
Dim success As Boolean = xml.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/tokens/populi_token.xml")
Dim accessKey As String = xml.GetChildContent("access_key")
If (xml.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Did not find the access_key")
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest

' 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.
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean = True
success = rest.Connect("yourcollege.populi.co",443,True,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If



rest.Authorization = accessKey

rest.AddQueryParam("task","addFinancialAidDisbursement")
rest.AddQueryParam("person_id","12345678")
rest.AddQueryParam("award_id","555555")
rest.AddQueryParam("academic_term_id","123")
rest.AddQueryParam("scheduled_date","2019-10-10")
rest.AddQueryParam("amount","12345")


Dim responseBody As String = rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/api/index.php")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' We should expect a 200 response if successful.
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Request Header: ")
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastRequestHeader)
    Debug.WriteLine("----")
    Debug.WriteLine("Response StatusCode = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    Debug.WriteLine("Response StatusLine: " & rest.ResponseStatusText)
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:")
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.ResponseHeader)
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:")
    Debug.WriteLine(responseBody)
    Exit Sub
End If


xml.LoadXml(responseBody)
Debug.WriteLine(xml.GetXml())

' 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>

Dim disbursement As Integer
disbursement = xml.GetChildIntValue("disbursement")