I had created a recurring payment subscription button on sandbox and while checking on the IPN history ,the IPN message have generated.but i was not getting any value in the listener page . i had printed the Post data coming to the page,but it shows null.
the same listener is working for simple subscription button.
is there any difference in creating listener for recurring payment.
can any one give an example for the recurring payment Listener.
i got the answer
my button code was missing a line
<input type="hidden" name="rm" value="2">
now the values are getting on my Listener page.
thank you all.
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I've got a scenario where I need to collect address details from Paypal when a user donates to a site. From what I can tell in the Paypal Sandbox those details aren't returned via IPN or PDT when the transaction is related to a donation.
Is there something I'm missing like an account setting or paypal variable that can make this possible?
At the moment I'm using a Buy Now option as below which does return address details:
input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick"
Simply changing the cmd to donation and the address info stops coming in via IPN:
input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_donations"
I don't believe the address is given on donations. Your best bet is to call it a donation in the title & then send it still as an xclick. Change the displayed button image to a donation button, but use an xclick instead of _donation. I believe that's the only possible way.
On my website I'm using a custom PayPal checkout form and one of the elements in the form is:
input name="notify_url" type="hidden" value="http://www.example.com/ipn.php"
On actual PayPal I have my real ipn link, but could I route this to another ipn?
For example, let's say under my PayPal settings my ipn is: http://www.example.com/ipn_1.php
Can I set this link to say: http://www.example.com/ipn_2.php and then receive payment notifications at ipn_2.php instead of ipn_1.php like it says in my merchant settings?
Yes, when you use notify_url that will override what you have in your PayPal profile so it would hit that IPN URL instead.
I have a hosted PayPal form setup for a Subscribe button.
I send the return URL like so:
<input type="hidden" name="return" value="http://myurl.com/returnurl" />
This works fine, upon payment the user gets redirected to this URL.
I also send the item_number parameter like so
<input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="{{uid}}" />
{{uid}} is a template tag and I have verified when viewing the source code it is being filled correctly. For testing I was using uid 15.
When the user clicks the PayPal Subscribe button it takes them to the PayPal gateway. I have verified by using Developer Tools in Chrome that the correct uid (15 in this case) is being sent in the HTTP headers.
The problem is that all IPN notifications have the item_number 1 (I'm checking in the IPN history of the PayPal website, where it lists the parameters sent for each message.)
Can anyone think of why item_number is being sent as 1, and not the correct value?
Thanks
It appears item_number isn't always a variable you can set. When setting up a product to sell in the PayPal control panel you specify and item description and an item number. I'd setup the item_number of 1 and so even though I was setting it in my HTML <form> it was being overwritten by the item number I'd already setup.
The solution was to use a different custom field.
I am building a web site for an organisation. The organisation can create as many programs as they want.
Each program should have a paypal donate button. when creating a program, a paypal donate button can be inserted automatically (something like {donate_button: label } ).
i want to keep track of each program donation fees.
So i need somehow to know what program a donor donate to so then i can make a report about fee for each program.
Am not so sure how to get this done properly. is it possible to add some parameters in the donate paypal button dynamically ? if posible , is there any problem regarding to security ?
Can paypal donate button be created dynamically ?
I am very appreciated for all of you .
Thanks
Am sorry for my bad English.
I'd suggest looking at Instant Payment Notification (IPN) and 'custom' to pass the name of the organisation on to PayPal.
Simply include the following in your existing button code
<input type="hidden" name="notify_url" value="link to IPN script">
<input type="hidden" name="custom" value="name of organisation / other unique identifier">
and read the IPN POST for the 'custom' parameter when it comes through.
There's additional documentation and some sample code at https://www.paypal.com/ipn
Using PayPal IPN, can we implement delayed payment. Perfect example is Groupon where card is charged only when deal is tipped. Can someone throw light on implementation part using PayPal IPN and also how multiple cards can be charged at once when deal is tipped.
For Authorize And Capture:
To make a payment authorize you will have to pass "authorization" in paymentmethod parameter instead of "sale"
<input type="hidden" name="paymentaction" value="authorization" />
So, For this type of payment, paypal will not charge the sender immediately but will wait till receiver confirmation. To capture this payment two methods are available:
Receiver will either click on capture button in account
It can be done via a API - to capture the payment use DoCapture and void the payment use DoVoid