Hi Jim,
PayPal has an option where they post data to your website to let you
know about transactions and payments. So instead of getting an email
they would just connect directly to your web server and you have a CGI
program process the data from them.
It's called "instant payment notification" and there is information at
https://www.paypal.com/en_US/ebook/PP_OrderManagement_IntegrationGuide/i
pn.html.
It's been a long time since I used this and I'm not sure if it's still
the "best" interface for this type of thing, so caveat emptor.
Good luck!
Brandon
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On Behalf Of Jim Franz
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 10:42 AM
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Subject: [WEB400] accepting paypal on cgi site
Customer wants to accept Paypal payment on their current rpg/cgi site
for their customers A/R statement.
Most likely only a couple trans a day, all for different amounts.
Read thru the Paypal developer site.
I'm sure others have done this -
The basic HTML Checkout Cart Upload method with only 1 item seems to fit
this situation.
Questions:
1. since what customer pays is will get applied - do I need the
encryption
options? (if yes - would like some idea how on iSeries)
2. Did not see any option from Paypal other than email for payment
confirmation - it there a way to get transaction record (immediate -
need to release a credit lock on new orders if payment made).
Would prefer working in the rpg/cgi and not having to install/load php -
I see plenty of php info on paypal..customer looking for a "quick fix".
midrange.com
