In my CreateRecurringPaymentsProfile request I don't sent any address information, and still get "success" response from paypal sandbox server allthough in API documentation these fields are marked as required: https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?&cmd=_render-content&content_ID=developer/e_howto_api_nvp_r_CreateRecurringPayments#i...
We need to mimic Groupon style payment, where users enter a credit card but aren't charged unless some trigger event occurs. (No, this isn't for another deal site.) Which payment APIs are best suited for this? PayPal? Amazon? We want to offload as much of the payment processing as possible. Ideally, we don't store credit card infor...
While using the Paypal iPhone SDK that integrates a mobile payment option on the iPhone, I am realizing that to use the SDK you hardcode your PayPalApplicationID into your application during the initialization of the SDK module. Is there a way to securely store this PayPalApplicationID on the phone? I'm at a lost since keychain isn't...
In our application we need to import transaction data from paypal through an API for the users of my application and store in the database. I've thousands (approx 5k now) of users and it is increasing day by day. This application is a .net windows service. This imports data on hourly basis for all the users. At present we are importing...
Hi, I have development site on localhost, Sandbox set IPN return url to external IP, in form set return and notify url to localhost/... After submission and succesfull payment script is going back to my notify url but $_POST array is empty Please help. ...
Hi there, Does anyone know whether I can put paypal fees onto the buyer - so that I get the full amount I'm charging? ...
Hi there, a site i am working on requires to have an option to pay with paypal and another through direct billing. I though the shopping cart would lead to a payment method and depending on the payement option selected either the user will be sent the bill via email or rerouted to paypal to complete the payment. I was wondering if anyon...
I'm setting up a payment gateway for my software product which users can buy off the web and use. I'm using paypal website payments standard to get started. There's a basic issue troubling me. The workflow for my user is: Login to my product site (free license for a trial period) -> Pay to extend license Now suppose a user - [email protected]...
I am using PayPal Website Payment Standard with IPN enabled. Before I was setting cmd variable like this <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick"> but then I canged it to <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> Also I changed some other variables inside my form <input type="hidden" name="item_name_1" value="Item1">...
I can't count the number of times I've been helped by an open source project or a library, or, as what prompted me to ask this question, a really good blog which has great instructional videos. But I never understood why these excellent resources always have a paypal "Donate" button (As if they're begging or something. Are these people f...
Hi, I'm little bit fighting with the PayPal button. I have the unencrypted version which works great, the problem is that the customer can change the amount etc. I found out that is possible to encrypt the data. I used these two examples: http://bit.ly/c5GpEQ and http://bit.ly/9I7pvJ . The problem is that I'm getting 'We were unable to d...
Hi there, I would like to get some help on how to setup paypal payment with a custom cart. At the end of the product selection I would like to give the user payment options. when choosing paypal I would like to reroute to paypal with the total amount due so the user can make a payment. I am trying to do so with the following form <form...
I need to build web application where users can sell goods. Each user should be able to get money directly on his PayPal account. Can you suggest which PayPal service/payment method (or other payment system) it is better/safely to use in this case? Thanks in advance ...
Hi, My notification script is launched twice first is VERIFIED and second INVALID. I've tried different ipn validation scripts and always get it twice. I'm using sandbox maybe seller account settings are not right? I've set IPN on with notify url and auto return. Also in form there is return and notify_url set ...
After a successful Paypal transaction my customer lands on a Paypal Thank You page with a link back to my site. That link is going to the expected page. However If I attempt to pull Referrer information from my server code, I get error Object Not set to an Instance of an object. I have a page on the site with a link to that same page...
I want to add my product description to paypal shopping cart and I am using html hidden fields to send form data. can anyone suggest what should I pass inorder to display product description? Thanks in advance for your co-operation. ...
I just wanted to run this by other heads to make sure I wasn't missing something obvious. I am using Payflow Link, which handles all the credit card nastiness of ecommerce transactions. However, you pass the total amount of the transaction to PayPal over POST variables - which seems like a potential security hole: A malicious user coul...
I want to collect paypal or other payments but have my site be totally static. I want to collect a few bits of information in a text field or two. Will one of paypal's APIs let me do this and process the data manually from emails from paypal or something, or do I need to write a chunk of code to be a callback, have a database and all tha...
i get a 403 with the IPN simulator my site is online (not on localhost) and i m using the paypal_lib library any idea what could cause this? this is the message from the IPN simulator : IPN delivery failed. HTTP error code 403: Forbidden ...
I am having some issue posting data to a specific URL when testing payment transactions on the paypal platform. Although much more technically understood, I chose not to use their API and NVP platform because of the requirement to FIRST create a transaction, then come back and have to create a recurring profile (as opposed to all at once...