| 1 | Support for PayPal(tm) Payments |
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| 2 | ******************************* |
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| 3 | |
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| 4 | Ikoba generally supports paying things via PayPal. For this, we use |
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| 5 | the REST-API provided by PayPal. |
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| 6 | |
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| 7 | To make that work, you have to (1) obtain app credentials from PayPal |
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| 8 | and (2) make that credentials known to ikoba. |
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| 10 | |
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| 11 | Getting Credentials from PayPal |
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| 12 | +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ |
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| 13 | |
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| 14 | 1) Create a general PayPal account |
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| 15 | |
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| 16 | Browse https://www.paypal.com and create a new account. If you plan |
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| 17 | to provide services or goods payed via PayPal. you should of course |
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| 18 | create a business account. You can, however, start with a personal |
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| 19 | account as it is upgradeable at a later point in time. |
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| 21 | For only testing ikoba PayPal support, a personal account is |
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| 22 | sufficient. |
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| 23 | |
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| 24 | 2) Register as a developer at PayPal |
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| 25 | |
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| 26 | Go to https://developer.paypal.com and log in with the credentials |
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| 27 | obtained in step 1. This will create some fake users/merchants for |
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| 28 | you, which are *not* suitable for use with the PayPal REST API. |
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| 29 | |
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| 30 | 3) Create a REST-API compatible application |
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| 31 | |
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| 32 | After logging in on https://developer.paypal.com/ go to the |
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| 33 | dashboard and create a new app by clicking the respective button. |
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| 34 | |
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| 35 | Afterwards, in the developer dashboard under "My apps" you can find |
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| 36 | your new set of client IDs and secrets for both, sandbox and live use. |
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| 38 | |
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| 39 | Setting PayPal Client ID, secret, etc. |
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| 40 | ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ |
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| 41 | |
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| 42 | To make the credentials known to Ikoba, put them into configuration |
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| 43 | files like this:: |
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| 44 | |
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| 45 | # paypal.conf |
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| 46 | |
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| 47 | [rest-client] |
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| 48 | id = <YOUR-VERY-OWN-PAYPAL-REST-CLIENT-ID> |
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| 49 | secret = <YOUR-VERY-OWN-PAYPAL-REST-CLIENT-SECRET> |
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| 50 | # valid values: sandbox, live |
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| 51 | mode = sandbox |
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| 52 | |
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| 53 | Out of the box, we expect these files to be in the following _two_ |
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| 54 | locations: |
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| 55 | |
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| 56 | path/to/ikoba/install/etc/paypal.conf |
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| 57 | path/to/ikoba/install/etc/paypal-testing.conf |
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| 59 | Obviously, the second file is used for (automated) testing. As these |
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| 60 | credentials are bound to persons/companies/organisations, we do not |
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| 61 | share them via version control. |
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