I'm having some trouble implementing PayPal into a website. I haven't used it in a while and a lot of things have changed since.
The problem I'm having is that i specified clearly that users should not be prompted for their shipping address, however, when the "no paypal account" option is selected, the shipping info is anyways asked.
I know I should ask PayPal, but here people are smarter and kinder. =)
code:
note the: <input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1">
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<!-- Identify your business so that you can collect the payments. -->
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="ventas#ziced.com">
<!-- Specify a Buy Now button. -->
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
<!-- Variables agregadas -->
<input type="hidden" name="notify_url" value="notify.php">
<input type="hidden" name="return" value="return.php">
<input type="hidden" name="cancel_return" value="cancel_return.php">
<input type="hidden" name="page_style" value="primary">
<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="EN">
<input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1">
<!-- Specify details about the item that buyers will purchase. -->
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Ziced id:">
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="10">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="EUR">
<input type="hidden" name="quantity" value="1">
<!-- Display the payment button. -->
<input type="image" name="submit" border="0"
src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynow_LG.gif"
alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online">
<img alt="" border="0" width="1" height="1"
src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" >
</form>
no_shipping=1 applies to the shipping address. What you're looking at for the buyer on the 'guest checkout form' is the billing address. That's always going to be required.
Here's a little more information for others:
<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="0"> - prompt for shipping address, but do not require one
<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1"> - do not prompt for shipping address
<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="2"> - prompt for shipping address, and require one
See also: Paypal Address Handling Guide
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I'm building a website for a client that has to take donations. I want to have the donation value passed through and automatically filled when they land on PayPal. I have two different sets of code with two different errors.
I do not have access to my clients PayPal account so please let me know if it's not solvable on my end. I do have their merchant ID, which has been redacted in the below code with "merchantidgoeshere".
Code 1: Goes To Merchant Donation Form But Doesn't Pass The Value
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_top">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick" />
<input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="merchantidnumberhere" />
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Donation Description">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="hidden" name="tax" value="0">
<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="US">
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="15.00">
<br /><input name="submit" type="image" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/webstatic/en_US/i/btn/png/btn_donate_92x26.png" /><span class="lazy_container" style="width: 1px;"><span class="lazy_preloader" style="padding-top: 100%;"></span><img width="1" height="1" alt="" src="plugins/system/tmlazyload/blank.gif" class="lazy" data-src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" border="0" /></span>
</form>
Code 2: Doesn't Go To Page And Redirects To Error Page With The Message:
We cannot process this transaction because there is a problem with the PayPal email address supplied by the seller. Please contact the seller to resolve the problem. If this payment is for an eBay listing, you can contact the seller via the "Ask Seller a Question" link on the listing page. When you have the correct email address, payment can be made at www.paypal.com.
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_top">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_donations" />
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="merchantidnumberhere" />
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Donation Description">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="hidden" name="tax" value="0">
<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="US">
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="15.00">
<br /><input name="submit" type="image" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/webstatic/en_US/i/btn/png/btn_donate_92x26.png" /><span class="lazy_container" style="width: 1px;"><span class="lazy_preloader" style="padding-top: 100%;"></span><img width="1" height="1" alt="" src="plugins/system/tmlazyload/blank.gif" class="lazy" data-src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" border="0" /></span>
</form>
The first button is a hosted button, so the amount details would have to be set at in the button wizard within the PayPal account. You won't be able to pass your own dynamic value using a hosted button.
The second one is working fine for me when I replace "merchantidnumberhere" with a valid account email address. Did you make sure to update the business parameter with a valid email address or account ID?
Just as a note, to force English as the language the code shouldn't be:
<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="US">
It should be:
<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="en_US">
Cheers from Spain!
I need to allow recurring subscription to take place. So far, It is looking good except that Paypal is not honoring completely the "return" hidden variable value. It does the redirect but it omits the supplied query string. It does add couple querystring variables such as www.mysite.com?auth=XXXX&form_charset=YYYY
For my solution, I want to rely on some values on the query string if that possible. Otherwise, I would have to store that temporary info in Session.
Any ideas?
<form action="https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick-subscriptions">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="MerchantEmailAddress" />
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Description of Transaction">
<input type="hidden" name="a3" value="5.00">
<input type="hidden" name="p3" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="t3" value="M">
<input type="hidden" name="src" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="custom" value="111.111111" />
<input type="hidden" name="invoice" value="11" />
<input type="hidden" name="cancel_return" value="http://www.MySite.com/?Cmd=Cancel" />
<input type="hidden" name="return" value="http://www.MySite.com/?Cmd=Return" />
<input name="notify_url" value="http://www.MySite.com/?Cmd=Notify" type="hidden">
<!-- Display the payment button. -->
<input type="image" name="submit" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_subscribe_LG.gif"
alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online">
<img alt="" border="0" width="1" height="1"
src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif">
</form>
Adding the rm=2 variable and value should work. That would tell PayPal to send information back as a POST. If you have Payment Data Transfer enabled in your seller account it would overwrite the rm value and the information returned to your site from PayPal would always be a GET.
I have the following payment form:
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" id="online-store-paypal">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="kae#kvsites.ie">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Purchase made from www.kvsites.ie">
<input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="6">
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="1.00">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="EUR">
<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1">
<input type="hidden" value="http://www.kvsites.ie/contact-us/Login?onlinestore_iid=6" name="return">
<input type="hidden" name="notify_url" value="http://www.kvsites.ie/ww.plugins/online-store/verify/paypal.php">
<input type="hidden" name="bn" value="IC_Sample">
<input type="image" style="width:68px;height:23px;" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but23.gif" name="submit" alt="Make payments with payPal - it's fast, free and secure!">
<img width="1" height="1" alt="" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif">
</form>
The relevant line is this:
<input type="hidden" name="notify_url" value="http://www.kvsites.ie/ww.plugins/online-store/verify/paypal.php">
When I access it directly, it (obviously) is registered in my web server's access log.
When I actually /use/ the form, though, the payment goes through successfully, but the IPN does not appear in PayPal's IPN history page, and does not appear in Apache's logs.
This is something that worked perfectly for months, and only recently has stopped working completely.
Paypal IPN notification are down at the moment. See on Twitter.
I'm trying to get this form to initiate a donation using PayPal Payments Standard...
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_donations">
<input type="text" name="amount"></input>
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="OrganizationXYZ Donation">
<input type="hidden" name="image_url" value="http://www.OrganizationXYZ.org/images/logo.gif">
<input type="image" name="submit" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynow_LG.gif" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online">
</form>
This seems like it should work according to PayPal's documentation, but it doesn't. Instead I get this error:
"We cannot process this transaction because there is a problem with the PayPal email address supplied by the seller. Please contact the seller to resolve the problem. If this payment is for an eBay listing, you can contact the seller via the "Ask Seller a Question" link on the listing page. When you have the correct email address, payment can be made at www.paypal.com."
This error doesn't make any sense because you do not supply an email address in these forms. Yet it seems to me that my form needs to post some kind of identification- otherwise how would PayPal know which account is receiving the donation? Unless I register a domain vai my PayPal account settings, but there is no place to do that either.
Does anybody have experience with setting this up?
Yes, as you mentioned, it need some sort of identifier of the recipient.
What you need to add is the 'business' parameter. That's all.
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="your secure merchant account ID / email here">
You must to have a merchant account.
You can see a tutorial here: http://kb.worldsecuresystems.com/833/cpsid_83331.html
try this code:
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<select name="amount">
<option value="3.99">6 Months ($3.99)</option>
<option value="5.99">12 Months ($5.99)</option>
</select>
<br>
<input name="currency_code" type="hidden" value="USD">
<input name="shipping" type="hidden" value="0.00">
<input name="tax" type="hidden" value="0.00">
<input name="return" type="hidden" value="urlOnValidPayment">
<input name="cancel_return" type="hidden" value="UrlOnCancelPayment">
<input name="notify_url" type="hidden" value="URLForValidationPayement">
<input name="cmd" type="hidden" value="_xclick">
<input name="business" type="hidden" value="your e-mail">
<input name="item_name" type="hidden" value="name of the object">
<input name="no_note" type="hidden" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1">
<input name="lc" type="hidden" value="EN">
<input name="bn" type="hidden" value="PP-BuyNowBF">
<input name="custom" type="hidden" value="custom data">
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/CH/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!">
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/fr_FR/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
</form>
for me it's work
¿Are you just generating the payment buton yourself?
I must recommend you to login to your PayPal account, go to this part of the menu:
Merchant Services -> Key Features -> Buy now Button
Then choose the button type I guess you want a Donate button.
Then configure the overall button settings, I must recommend to save the button in paypal servers.
Finally choose Create Button
This will give you the right HTML code. This is a sample donate button HTML.
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_donations">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="YOUR_BUSINESS_ID">
<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="US">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="myorgname">
<input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="donateid">
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="20">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-DonationsBF:btn_donateCC_LG.gif:NonHosted">
<input type="hidden" name="custom_variable1" value="val1">
<input type="hidden" name="custom_variable2" value="val2">
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!">
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
</form>
Here is your problem:
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_donations">
Paypal's image value in Encrypted Payment System (WPS - EPS) for "cmd" is "_s-xclick"
So use it as below:
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick">
I am using Paypal buy now button on my website. For testing purpose I am using paypal sandbox account. The problem is when I click on buy now button, it takes me to sandbox sign in page when I have not already signed in. The following is my buy now button code
<form action="https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="skariz_1316503728_biz#gmail.com">
<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="US">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="PSYC">
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="2.00">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="hidden" name="custom" value="test#test.com">
<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="button_subtype" value="services">
<input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="0">
<input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-BuyNowBF:btn_buynowCC_LG.gif:NonHostedGuest">
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!">
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
</form>
I believe the sandbox account buttons require you to log into your sandbox account to use it. If memory serves the last time I was working with an IPN I had to do that. There may also be a section where you create test customer sandbox accounts, but I can't recall.