Visual Basic 6.0 Stripe: Update a Customer

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Updates the specified customer by setting the values of the parameters passed. Any parameters not provided will be left unchanged.

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

CURL Command

curl -X POST https://api.stripe.com/v1/customers/cus_CBbgVLJqv487Oq \
   -u STRIPE_SECRET_KEY: \
   -d description="Customer for isabella.williams@example.com"

Visual Basic 6.0 Example

Dim rest As New ChilkatRest
Dim success As Long

'  URL: https://api.stripe.com/v1/customers/cus_CBbgVLJqv487Oq
Dim bTls As Long
bTls = 1
Dim port As Long
port = 443
Dim bAutoReconnect As Long
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("api.stripe.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print "ConnectFailReason: " & rest.ConnectFailReason
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

success = rest.SetAuthBasic("STRIPE_SECRET_KEY","")

success = rest.AddQueryParam("description","Customer for isabella.williams@example.com")

Dim strResponseBody As String
strResponseBody = rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/v1/customers/cus_CBbgVLJqv487Oq")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim jsonResponse As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = jsonResponse.Load(strResponseBody)

Dim id As String
Dim object As String
Dim account_balance As Long
Dim created As Long
Dim currency As String
Dim default_source As Long
Dim delinquent As Long
Dim description As String
Dim discount As Long
Dim email As Long
Dim livemode As Long
Dim shipping As Long
Dim sourcesObject As String
Dim sourcesHas_more As Long
Dim sourcesTotal_count As Long
Dim sourcesUrl As String
Dim subscriptionsObject As String
Dim subscriptionsHas_more As Long
Dim subscriptionsTotal_count As Long
Dim subscriptionsUrl As String
Dim i As Long
Dim count_i As Long

id = jsonResponse.StringOf("id")
object = jsonResponse.StringOf("object")
account_balance = jsonResponse.IntOf("account_balance")
created = jsonResponse.IntOf("created")
currency = jsonResponse.StringOf("currency")
default_source = jsonResponse.IsNullOf("default_source")
delinquent = jsonResponse.BoolOf("delinquent")
description = jsonResponse.StringOf("description")
discount = jsonResponse.IsNullOf("discount")
email = jsonResponse.IsNullOf("email")
livemode = jsonResponse.BoolOf("livemode")
shipping = jsonResponse.IsNullOf("shipping")
sourcesObject = jsonResponse.StringOf("sources.object")
sourcesHas_more = jsonResponse.BoolOf("sources.has_more")
sourcesTotal_count = jsonResponse.IntOf("sources.total_count")
sourcesUrl = jsonResponse.StringOf("sources.url")
subscriptionsObject = jsonResponse.StringOf("subscriptions.object")
subscriptionsHas_more = jsonResponse.BoolOf("subscriptions.has_more")
subscriptionsTotal_count = jsonResponse.IntOf("subscriptions.total_count")
subscriptionsUrl = jsonResponse.StringOf("subscriptions.url")
i = 0
count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("sources.data")
Do While i < count_i
    jsonResponse.I = i
    i = i + 1
Loop
i = 0
count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("subscriptions.data")
Do While i < count_i
    jsonResponse.I = i
    i = i + 1
Loop

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "id": "cus_CBbgVLJqv487Oq",
  "object": "customer",
  "account_balance": 0,
  "created": 1516662781,
  "currency": "usd",
  "default_source": null,
  "delinquent": false,
  "description": "Customer for isabella.williams@example.com",
  "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"
  }
}