PayPal IPN

[Guest]

In Paypal, there are two areas which deal with returning to osCommerce.

 

One is called "Auto Return for Website Payments". If you want the customer to be automatically taken back after payment completion, you turn "Auto Return" on and specify a destination URL. It says: "Auto Return for Website Payments brings your buyers back to your website immediately after payment completion."

 

The other is called "Instant Payment Notification Preferences". It says: "PayPal's Instant Payment Notification (IPN) allows you to integrate PayPal payments with your website back-end operations." Again you can turn it on and specify a destination URL.

 

My question. As I see it, there are three possible URLs: checkout_confirmation.php, checkout_process.php, and checkout_success.php. Which return do I want to use and which URL? I have found very little help in various documentation.

 

Thank you for pointing me in the correct direction.

 

Don

[MAD King]

I got the same question and hope someone can aswer it.

[Guest]

I got the same question and hope someone can aswer it.

I am surprised that someone has not answered the question by now. I just need someone to point to documentation that will help!

 

ALSO, I have noticed that ALL on my orders in osCommerce have a status of "Preparing [PayPal]".

 

What module is responsible for completing the order?

 

Someone, please help us!

 

Thanks,

Don

[jhande]

I am not sure which PayPal module you are using, but I copied this from the PayPal IPN contrib as it should be relevant.

 

 

AutoReturn

You do NOT need to enable Auto Return in your PayPal account as this information is sent automatically by the IPN module.

 

If you do wish to activate it, then the return path is the pathway to the checkout_process.php file. Sample pathways are:

 

• for sites with full SSL: https://yourdomain.com/checkout_process.php
  
• for sites with shared SSL: https://yourserver.xssl.net/yourdomain.com/...ut_proccess.php
  

Note: Only enable AutoReturn if you have only shop linked to your PayPal account!

 

 

IPN

You do NOT need to enable the IPN in your PayPal account as all the required information is sent by the module.

 

If you do wish to activate it, then the notify URL is the pathway to the /ext/modules/payment/paypal_ipn/ipn.php file.

 

ALSO, I have noticed that ALL on my orders in osCommerce have a status of "Preparing [PayPal]".

"Set PayPal Acknowledged Order Status - Set the status of orders made with this payment module to this value - Which one? For now I have defualt is that ok?

Yes, default is fine, otherwise choose any value you wish from the drop-down. That's entirely your choice."

 

You can either chose a different notification message from your Admin Panel or edit the message to your liking. Once you receive payment verification from PayPal, you can update the order status and send an email to the customer from your Admin Panel. Basically the message - "Preparing [PayPal]" kind of stands for the customer heading off to pay through the PayPal gateway (IPN system).

 

Maybe someone that can explain it better will post.

Until then I hope I might have helped a little at least? :huh:

[Guest]

THANK YOU very much!

 

I believe that it is exactly what I needed.

 

Best Regards,

Don :lol:

[jhande]

Glad I was able to help some.

 

Good luck. ;)