I'm using the variables found on this page: https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/docs/classic/paypal-payments-standard/integration-guide/Appx_websitestandard_htmlvariables/#id08A6HI0J0VU
to try to pre-populate the form data for buyers when they purchase things on my site. The trouble is, some of the fields are getting filled in, while others are not. First name, last name, telephone number, and email address work without a problem.
However, the country is always set to the USA, and address1, address2, city, and zip are left blank. I'm sure my code is correct. I'm currently using the sandbox for testing. Has anyone else experienced this problem and can tell me what the solution is? Any help would be appreciated.
Make sure you pass over all the address fields. If you do not pass over one of the variables, the address will not be displayed. If this still does not work, can you provide an example of what you are sending over and list what is not getting displayed when you test this and I will look into it further. However, make sure you are passing over all of the address fields.
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I created an intent for my item selling store with name "Order". I want to ask user if he wants the item to be picked up or get delivered.
if he is picking up then i do not need to capture his address. In my current implementation I created two required paramaters named "OrderType" and "deliveryAddress"
so the question is how do i skip deliveryAddress capture if value of OrderType is pickup ?
Please note that I am using fb messenger as a channel so the value of orderType would be coming from FB.
Wanted to put this as a comment but do not have 50 reps required for commenting.
Hence putting this as an answer though it is just a workaround and not the right solution.
I had faced a similar issue and achieved it by giving a default value to the required parameter. And then comparing in my fulfillment logic whether the value is default or else it would have been via user input. Not the right way but just a work around if no one replies with the right solution.
I am making an Action in Zapier for my App.
I have two fields where only one needs to be filled.
For eg: The user can either enter the email or phoneNumber but not both.
So I cant use the 'Required' attribute because it will ask user to enter both.
I couldnt find a solution in the Zapier Documentation also.
Kindly Help
Thanks
David from the Zapier Platform team here.
The best way to do this is mark neither field as required, but include help text for each field that mentions that either one or the other is needed.
Then, before you make your request, verify that a || b is true. If it's not, throw an error telling the user they have to supply either.
Hope that clears it up!
I program with PHP and I'm familiar with getting data from PayPal's IPN. I need to send custom data to ebay and get it back when payment is made. For example, if sold 1 Widget on ebay and that widget has a stock number of 12345A, I receive data back from PayPal. I get things like customer's name, address, item name, etc. But, unless I include that stock number in my title, I don't see any way to get that data back from PayPal. I don't want to use ebay's limited title space for including my stock numbers. I realize I could do it if I had another database to store ebay's item numbers and cross reference them with my stock numbers, but I don't want to do that.
I have noticed that when data comes back from PayPal after an ebay sale, it includes the custom variable and that variable has a large number in assigned to it. I have no idea what that is. I've also tried using ebay's custom label feature that's found in Turbo Lister and Selling Manager Pro. I was hoping that would be sent back in PayPal's custom variable, but no luck. Any ideas?
As you've discovered, it looks like it's some internal id number uniquely identifying each eBay order. You can probably forget about specifying a value for this field as it isn't documented anywhere.
The best solution to your problem is to use the eBay API. GetSingleItem will return information about an item given the item id.
The ItemSpecifics list will contain any item specific data that the seller has entered about the product. In my case, I added a custom field called SKU to the eBay item. Just add itemspecifics to your include selector. The call can be executed with a GET request:
http://open.api.ebay.com/shopping?callname=GetSingleItem&IncludeSelector=ItemSpecifics&appid=YOURAPPID=515&ItemID=ITEMIDOFINTEREST
What you get back will contain those custom fields you added to your item:
..
<ItemSpecifics>
<NameValueList>
<Name>MPN</Name>
<Value>MyPartModelA</Value>
</NameValueList>
<NameValueList>
<Name>SKU</Name>
<Value>123-456</Value>
</NameValueList>
</ItemSpecifics>
..
I am wrestling with the PayPal service . I almost have it done . Last step, when the customer payed and has the last page, which stays open for 10 seconds and then redirects them to the page of your choosing.
What parameters, posts, etc are sent with that page opening? And how do I get access to them, so I can link the returning user with their created account (from ipn and my personalized database entry on the initial buyitnow)
I tried echo($_post). But it just shows .... Array() But no key value pairs.
I'd think there would be a lot more
I have rm=2. Set already.
Plus, I see some Get() cars in the URL but, nothing I can use .
Also, I am passing a custom variable , which is going through, and being used by the IPN to update the user account just fine. I just don't see how to connect the return page and the customer, preferably with the $custom var
Help?
Try using var_dump($_POST); instead of echo($_post);
Apparently, there are no POST variables coming from PayPal, they're all GET variables. A VAR_DUMP(GET) will show like 6 things, including your CUSTOM variable (id cm). I thought there would be more and it would be in POST format.
I also thought there would be a way to show everything, POST, GET, SESSION, etc. I even tried using Firefox NETWORK setting, but there were like 50 separate items. None of which seemed to contain my data. I'm sure it was there, but, hidden.
I am trying to embed an ID into an email so that when a recipient replies to an email that my system sends out, my system can pick it up and match the two together.
I have tried appending a custom header, however this is stripped out when the user replies.
I have tried embedding an HTML comment within the email, but outlook does not seem to keep comments when a reply email is created.
Worst case scenario, I can manually try and match the sent and received emails by time span or have a visible tag within the message body.
Does anyone know of a more elegant solution?
Thanks in advance
Email messages already contain such an identifiers, called Message-ID. And there's even a way to send which message you're replying to by sending that ID in a header called In-Reply-To. That's done by pretty much all email clients, that's how they usually do their threading.
It's defined in RFC 822 (yep that's pretty old) and probably re-defined and refined in more modern versions of that.
I have seen a method that includes a one byte image with a unique name that's linked to the user. When they view the email and download the images, your HTTP server will record a hit for that unique image. Of course the user needs to display images, but you can include a message in the body asking them to display the images. We actually include content in an image so they need to show images.
If your incoming e-mail can handle +foo or -foo suffixes, use that.
Many e-mail systems can route user+foo#example.com or user-foo#example.com
to user#example.com. You can replace foo with some kind of identifier.
Several mailing list servers use this for tracking bounces.
While I can't say for certain, my investigation in that sort of matter some time ago yielded the following "conclusion":
Headers are transformed a lot
Message bodies are transformed a lot
This is partly because, I suspect, of:
Need to protect users from malicious intentions
Need to perform "targeted marketing"
I have seen "unique codes" flying around in clear text in the email body but I would suggest having a unique identifier embedded in the return address instead.
The usual approach is to place the id in the subject line and/or somewhere visible in the message text and informing the recipient that he should not modify the subject or quote the original mail when responding.