Delphi DLL Stripe: Create a Customer

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Creates a new customer object.

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

CURL Command

curl -X POST https://api.stripe.com/v1/customers \
   -u STRIPE_SECRET_KEY: \
   -d description="Customer for isabella.williams@example.com" \
   -d source=tok_amex

Delphi DLL Example

var
rest: HCkRest;
success: Boolean;
bTls: Boolean;
port: Integer;
bAutoReconnect: Boolean;
strResponseBody: PWideChar;
jsonResponse: HCkJsonObject;
id: PWideChar;
object: PWideChar;
account_balance: Integer;
created: Integer;
currency: PWideChar;
default_source: Boolean;
delinquent: Boolean;
description: Boolean;
discount: Boolean;
email: Boolean;
livemode: Boolean;
shipping: Boolean;
sourcesObject: PWideChar;
sourcesHas_more: Boolean;
sourcesTotal_count: Integer;
sourcesUrl: PWideChar;
subscriptionsObject: PWideChar;
subscriptionsHas_more: Boolean;
subscriptionsTotal_count: Integer;
subscriptionsUrl: PWideChar;
i: Integer;
count_i: Integer;

begin
rest := CkRest_Create();

//  URL: https://api.stripe.com/v1/customers
bTls := True;
port := 443;
bAutoReconnect := True;
success := CkRest_Connect(rest,'api.stripe.com',port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('ConnectFailReason: ' + IntToStr(CkRest_getConnectFailReason(rest)));
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkRest__lastErrorText(rest));
    Exit;
  end;

CkRest_SetAuthBasic(rest,'STRIPE_SECRET_KEY','');

CkRest_AddQueryParam(rest,'description','Customer for isabella.williams@example.com');
CkRest_AddQueryParam(rest,'source','tok_amex');

strResponseBody := CkRest__fullRequestFormUrlEncoded(rest,'POST','/v1/customers');
if (CkRest_getLastMethodSuccess(rest) <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkRest__lastErrorText(rest));
    Exit;
  end;

jsonResponse := CkJsonObject_Create();
CkJsonObject_Load(jsonResponse,strResponseBody);

id := CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonResponse,'id');
object := CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonResponse,'object');
account_balance := CkJsonObject_IntOf(jsonResponse,'account_balance');
created := CkJsonObject_IntOf(jsonResponse,'created');
currency := CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonResponse,'currency');
default_source := CkJsonObject_IsNullOf(jsonResponse,'default_source');
delinquent := CkJsonObject_BoolOf(jsonResponse,'delinquent');
description := CkJsonObject_IsNullOf(jsonResponse,'description');
discount := CkJsonObject_IsNullOf(jsonResponse,'discount');
email := CkJsonObject_IsNullOf(jsonResponse,'email');
livemode := CkJsonObject_BoolOf(jsonResponse,'livemode');
shipping := CkJsonObject_IsNullOf(jsonResponse,'shipping');
sourcesObject := CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonResponse,'sources.object');
sourcesHas_more := CkJsonObject_BoolOf(jsonResponse,'sources.has_more');
sourcesTotal_count := CkJsonObject_IntOf(jsonResponse,'sources.total_count');
sourcesUrl := CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonResponse,'sources.url');
subscriptionsObject := CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonResponse,'subscriptions.object');
subscriptionsHas_more := CkJsonObject_BoolOf(jsonResponse,'subscriptions.has_more');
subscriptionsTotal_count := CkJsonObject_IntOf(jsonResponse,'subscriptions.total_count');
subscriptionsUrl := CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonResponse,'subscriptions.url');
i := 0;
count_i := CkJsonObject_SizeOfArray(jsonResponse,'sources.data');
while i < count_i do
  begin
CkJsonObject_putI(jsonResponse,i);
    i := i + 1;
  end;

i := 0;
count_i := CkJsonObject_SizeOfArray(jsonResponse,'subscriptions.data');
while i < count_i do
  begin
CkJsonObject_putI(jsonResponse,i);
    i := i + 1;
  end;

CkRest_Dispose(rest);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonResponse);

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "id": "cus_CBbgVLJqv487Oq",
  "object": "customer",
  "account_balance": 0,
  "created": 1516662781,
  "currency": "usd",
  "default_source": null,
  "delinquent": false,
  "description": null,
  "discount": null,
  "email": null,
  "livemode": false,
  "metadata": {},
  "shipping": null,
  "sources": {
    "object": "list",
    "data": [
    ],
    "has_more": false,
    "total_count": 0,
    "url": "/v1/customers/cus_CBbgVLJqv487Oq/sources"
  },
  "subscriptions": {
    "object": "list",
    "data": [
    ],
    "has_more": false,
    "total_count": 0,
    "url": "/v1/customers/cus_CBbgVLJqv487Oq/subscriptions"
  }
}