VB.NET 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:

VB.NET Example

Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest
Dim success As Boolean

'  URL: https://api.stripe.com/v1/events/evt_1BnETJGswQrCoh0XAl7jSmFB
Dim bTls As Boolean = True
Dim port As Integer = 443
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean = True
success = rest.Connect("api.stripe.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("ConnectFailReason: " & rest.ConnectFailReason)
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


rest.SetAuthBasic("STRIPE_SECRET_KEY","")


Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/v1/events/evt_1BnETJGswQrCoh0XAl7jSmFB",sbResponseBody)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim jsonResponse As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)

Dim id As String
Dim object As String
Dim api_version As Boolean
Dim created As Integer
Dim dataObjectId As String
Dim dataObjectObject As String
Dim dataObjectAmount As Integer
Dim dataObjectCreated As Integer
Dim dataObjectCurrency As String
Dim dataObjectInterval As String
Dim dataObjectInterval_count As Integer
Dim dataObjectLivemode As Boolean
Dim dataObjectName As String
Dim dataObjectStatement_descriptor As Boolean
Dim dataObjectTrial_period_days As Boolean
Dim livemode As Boolean
Dim pending_webhooks As Integer
Dim requestId As Boolean
Dim requestIdempotency_key As Boolean
Dim type As String

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"
}