RE: [WebDNA] anyone successfully using webdna with paypal's NVP API?
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texte = Does anyone know if there are instructions anywhere to interface WebDNA =withPayPal via form posts or webdna's [TCPConnect]? It would be nicedocumentation to have on hand.-----Original Message-----From: Govinda [mailto:govinda.webdnatalk@gmail.com]=20Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:28 PMTo: talk@webdna.usSubject: Re: [WebDNA] anyone successfully using webdna with paypal's NVPAPI?Hi Lawrence,I didn't answer before because I had not yet really looked into the API.I am not sure at which point one's code's interaction with paypal =20servers qualifies for the title 'using the API', or not... but we are =20now successfully taking fully-paid orders in 3 clicks. One click goes =20from our webdna shopping cart to paypal, 2nd click logs the user in to =20his paypal acct, and the 3rd confirms the order, transfers the $, and =20gets the user back to our thanksAlot webdna page. Before I looked =20into the paypal 'API' I did not know how to do this. Communicating =20with paypal this way can be done with form posts, webdna's =20[TCPConnect], or via other [scripting] languages.-GOn Nov 27, 2008, at 12:33 AM, Lawrence wrote:> Hi, I'm using paypal for some clients. I'm only using Post forms =20> with some fields for the validation back to the website. It run's =20> fine...> What is the point of using the NVP API? On what OS is it running?> Lawrence>>>> Dan Strong a =E9crit :>> I hooked up to PayPal's system a long long time ago =20>> (2003? ...search the archives for "Paypal"). At the time I did not =20>> use [TCPConnect]. It was simply a matter of POSTing the order from =20>> a secure server (https://) and then having a page setup on the same =20>> secure server to receive the order response from PayPal, which I =20>> parsed out with WebDNA. It really wasn't all that complicated and =20>> it worked just fine. But I am not really sure if that pertains to =20>> what you're doing today, what with all them new-fangled PayPal =20>> thingamabobbers and whatnot :)>> -Dan>>>>>> On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:42:02 -0700>> Govinda
wrote:>>> Hello all :-) Happy Thanksgiving to those who have this holiday>>>>>> I need to implement Paypal's express checkout on a webdna shopping =20>>> site.>>> We are expecting to go with a webdna [shell] to a php or perl =20>>> script (as far as I've got into it so far), but I wanted to ask->>> Is anyone successfully using [TCPconnect] with paypal's NVP API?>>> Every so often someone comes along and says, "I was using =20>>> TCPconnect for _______, BUT then _________ started happening".>>>>>> Can people give your definitive answer - Is TCPconnect stable? =20>>> Do people feel there is a pattern in issues relating to this tag?>>>>>> We would love to stay all Webdna for this, since we know it best =20>>> and can tweak, fast, all we like, ...but we want to set it up and =20>>> just be done with it for years.>>>>>> Bob Minor, you there? I remember you had integrated paypal into =20>>> your merchant store product years ago, and I assume you keep it =20>>> up to date.>>> Do you use TCPconnect? Why or why not? Anyone else?>>---------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed tothe mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.usold archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/
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Does anyone know if there are instructions anywhere to interface WebDNA =withPayPal via form posts or webdna's [tcpconnect]? It would be nicedocumentation to have on hand.-----Original Message-----From: Govinda [mailto:govinda.webdnatalk@gmail.com]=20Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:28 PMTo: talk@webdna.usSubject: Re: [WebDNA] anyone successfully using webdna with paypal's NVPAPI?Hi Lawrence,I didn't answer before because I had not yet really looked into the API.I am not sure at which point one's code's interaction with paypal =20servers qualifies for the title 'using the API', or not... but we are =20now successfully taking fully-paid orders in 3 clicks. One click goes =20from our webdna shopping cart to paypal, 2nd click logs the user in to =20his paypal acct, and the 3rd confirms the order, transfers the $, and =20gets the user back to our thanksAlot webdna page. Before I looked =20into the paypal 'API' I did not know how to do this. Communicating =20with paypal this way can be done with form posts, webdna's =20[tcpconnect], or via other [scripting] languages.-GOn Nov 27, 2008, at 12:33 AM, Lawrence wrote:> Hi, I'm using paypal for some clients. I'm only using Post forms =20> with some fields for the validation back to the website. It run's =20> fine...> What is the point of using the NVP API? On what OS is it running?> Lawrence>>>> Dan Strong a =E9crit :>> I hooked up to PayPal's system a long long time ago =20>> (2003? ...search the archives for "Paypal"). At the time I did not =20>> use [tcpconnect]. It was simply a matter of POSTing the order from =20>> a secure server (https://) and then having a page setup on the same =20>> secure server to receive the order response from PayPal, which I =20>> parsed out with WebDNA. It really wasn't all that complicated and =20>> it worked just fine. But I am not really sure if that pertains to =20>> what you're doing today, what with all them new-fangled PayPal =20>> thingamabobbers and whatnot :)>> -Dan>>>>>> On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:42:02 -0700>> Govinda wrote:>>> Hello all :-) Happy Thanksgiving to those who have this holiday>>>>>> I need to implement Paypal's express checkout on a webdna shopping =20>>> site.>>> We are expecting to go with a webdna [shell] to a php or perl =20>>> script (as far as I've got into it so far), but I wanted to ask->>> Is anyone successfully using [tcpconnect] with paypal's NVP API?>>> Every so often someone comes along and says, "I was using =20>>> TCPconnect for _______, BUT then _________ started happening".>>>>>> Can people give your definitive answer - Is TCPconnect stable? =20>>> Do people feel there is a pattern in issues relating to this tag?>>>>>> We would love to stay all Webdna for this, since we know it best =20>>> and can tweak, fast, all we like, ...but we want to set it up and =20>>> just be done with it for years.>>>>>> Bob Minor, you there? I remember you had integrated paypal into =20>>> your merchant store product years ago, and I assume you keep it =20>>> up to date.>>> Do you use TCPconnect? Why or why not? Anyone else?>>---------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed tothe mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.usold archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/
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