Perl 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:

Perl Example

use chilkat();

$rest = chilkat::CkRest->new();

#  URL: https://api.stripe.com/v1/events/evt_1BnETJGswQrCoh0XAl7jSmFB
$bTls = 1;
$port = 443;
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect("api.stripe.com",$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success != 1) {
    print "ConnectFailReason: " . $rest->get_ConnectFailReason() . "\r\n";
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$rest->SetAuthBasic("STRIPE_SECRET_KEY","");

$sbResponseBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$success = $rest->FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/v1/events/evt_1BnETJGswQrCoh0XAl7jSmFB",$sbResponseBody);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$jsonResponse = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jsonResponse->LoadSb($sbResponseBody);

$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"
}