[ic] PayPalExpress Signature and Token?

[Rick Bragg]

On Sun, 2008-09-21 at 09:58 +0100, Lyn St George wrote:
> On Friday 19 September 2008 17:32:49 Rick Bragg wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > What is the PayPal "Three Token System" for the "signature" setting for
> > paypalexpress? It seems there is a contradiction in the PayPalExpress
> > documentation.
> >
> > One line reads:
> > Log onto your PayPal Business (not Personal) account and go to "Profile" ->
> > "API access" -> "Request API Credential" -> "Signature".  This will
> > generate a user ID, a password and a signature for you to use.
> >
> > Then after that is says:
> > signature      xxx  (Required.  Use the three-token system - not the
> > certificate system at PayPal)
> 
> This is correct.
> 
> 
> > Also, it says to:
> > "Create a page called "ord/paypalsetrequest.html", with the following
> > content, and make it the target of any "PayPal" buttons or links."
> >
> > [value name="pprequest" set="" hide=1]
> > [charge route="paypalexpress" pprequest="setrequest"]
> >
> > [if scratch token]
> >     [bounce
> > href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_express-checkout&token=[sc
> >ratch token]"] [else]
> >     [bounce href="[area href=ord/checkout secure=1]"]
> > [/else]
> > [/if]
> 
> This needs to be updated, as the module redirects internally now to Paypal, so 
> the [if scratch token ... /if] bit can be omitted.
> 
> > The problem here is that "token" is never set.  Where does the scratch
> > variable "token" get set? And what should it's value be?
> 
> It's set internally within the module when Paypal returns the token. If the 
> token is not returned, typically because the customer's shipping address 
> fails validation or because Paypal simply fails for no reason, then the token 
> is not set. 


> I've sent you another version which includes better error 
> messages which indicate to the customer where the problem may lie.

Thanks Lyn,  How did you send this? to my email address?

Thanks again!
Rick


> (PS to Jon Jensen: I'm back from Australia now and hopefully will soon be able 
> to finalise this module and the others previously mentioned, and send them to 
> you)
> 
> > Thanks!
> > rick
> 
> 
> 
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