C# Stripe: Retrieve an Event

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Retrieves the details of an event. Supply the unique identifier of the event, which you might have received in a webhook.

Documentation: https://stripe.com/docs/api/curl#retrieve_event

CURL Command

curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/events/evt_1BnETJGswQrCoh0XAl7jSmFB \
   -u STRIPE_SECRET_KEY:

C# Example

Chilkat.Rest rest = new Chilkat.Rest();
bool success;

//  URL: https://api.stripe.com/v1/events/evt_1BnETJGswQrCoh0XAl7jSmFB
bool bTls = true;
int port = 443;
bool bAutoReconnect = true;
success = rest.Connect("api.stripe.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine("ConnectFailReason: " + Convert.ToString(rest.ConnectFailReason));
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

rest.SetAuthBasic("STRIPE_SECRET_KEY","");

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbResponseBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/v1/events/evt_1BnETJGswQrCoh0XAl7jSmFB",sbResponseBody);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.JsonObject jsonResponse = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);

string id;
string object;
bool api_version;
int created;
string dataObjectId;
string dataObjectObject;
int dataObjectAmount;
int dataObjectCreated;
string dataObjectCurrency;
string dataObjectInterval;
int dataObjectInterval_count;
bool dataObjectLivemode;
string dataObjectName;
bool dataObjectStatement_descriptor;
bool dataObjectTrial_period_days;
bool livemode;
int pending_webhooks;
bool requestId;
bool requestIdempotency_key;
string type;

id = jsonResponse.StringOf("id");
object = jsonResponse.StringOf("object");
api_version = jsonResponse.IsNullOf("api_version");
created = jsonResponse.IntOf("created");
dataObjectId = jsonResponse.StringOf("data.object.id");
dataObjectObject = jsonResponse.StringOf("data.object.object");
dataObjectAmount = jsonResponse.IntOf("data.object.amount");
dataObjectCreated = jsonResponse.IntOf("data.object.created");
dataObjectCurrency = jsonResponse.StringOf("data.object.currency");
dataObjectInterval = jsonResponse.StringOf("data.object.interval");
dataObjectInterval_count = jsonResponse.IntOf("data.object.interval_count");
dataObjectLivemode = jsonResponse.BoolOf("data.object.livemode");
dataObjectName = jsonResponse.StringOf("data.object.name");
dataObjectStatement_descriptor = jsonResponse.IsNullOf("data.object.statement_descriptor");
dataObjectTrial_period_days = jsonResponse.IsNullOf("data.object.trial_period_days");
livemode = jsonResponse.BoolOf("livemode");
pending_webhooks = jsonResponse.IntOf("pending_webhooks");
requestId = jsonResponse.IsNullOf("request.id");
requestIdempotency_key = jsonResponse.IsNullOf("request.idempotency_key");
type = jsonResponse.StringOf("type");

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "id": "evt_1BnETJGswQrCoh0XAl7jSmFB",
  "object": "event",
  "api_version": null,
  "created": 1516662781,
  "data": {
    "object": {
      "id": "gold",
      "object": "plan",
      "amount": 2000,
      "created": 1516662781,
      "currency": "usd",
      "interval": "month",
      "interval_count": 1,
      "livemode": false,
      "metadata": {},
      "name": "T-shirt",
      "statement_descriptor": null,
      "trial_period_days": null
    }
  },
  "livemode": false,
  "pending_webhooks": 0,
  "request": {
    "id": null,
    "idempotency_key": null
  },
  "type": "plan.created"
}