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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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VBScript
Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

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

set http = CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

http.OAuth1 = 1
http.OAuthVerifier = ""
http.OAuthConsumerKey = "ETRADE_CONSUMER_KEY"
http.OAuthConsumerSecret = "ETRADE_CONSUMER_SECRET"

' Load the access token previously obtained via the OAuth1 Authorization
set jsonToken = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/etrade.json")
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("Failed to load OAuth1 token")
    WScript.Quit
End If

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

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

success = 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>

set xml = CreateObject("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 = 1

set resp = CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
success = http.HttpStr("POST",sandboxUrl,xml.GetXml(),"utf-8","application/xml",resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Make sure a successful response was received.
If (resp.StatusCode > 200) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(resp.StatusLine)
    outFile.WriteLine(resp.Header)
    outFile.WriteLine(resp.BodyStr)
    WScript.Quit
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>

success = xml.LoadXml(resp.BodyStr)
outFile.WriteLine(xml.GetXml())

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")

outFile.WriteLine("Success.")

outFile.Close