Yes it is. That's what happens when you make minor code changes without testing 'em. It's working now if you want to try it again.
----- Original Message ---- From: Jordan Snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 4:19:53 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] flash and paypal That was helpful John! FYI, it seems your Google Checkout code is broken! Cheers On 4/23/07, John Hattan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You don't need any third-party API's to talk to paypal. Since the paypal site > accepts standard GET and POST CGI data, sending a transaction to Paypal can > be done by setting up a LoadVars object, setting the parameters to your > shopping cart in the object, then sending that LoadVars object to PayPal's > little processor at https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr > > (note that there's apparently a long-standing bug in Flash's POST-handler, so > I just use GET. It makes for ugly URL's, but it works) > > As for doing back-end processing from Paypal (i.e. being notified that > somebody bought something and you need to act on that purchase), google for > "IPN", which is Paypal's spec for creating and acting on transactions. > Paypal's got good sample code in several server-side languages along with > developer forums and a sandbox (i.e. a "fake paypal" where you can test your > code without spending real money). > > The process basically goes like this. . . > > 1. You send your shopping cart data to paypal (either from Flash or some > other browser-based shopping-cart solution) > 2. The user is sent to paypal where he pays for the transaction. > 3. Paypal contacts some server-side code telling you that somebody bought > something. > 4. You verify the transaction with paypal (to make sure you're not being > spoofed) > 5. If verified, do whatever's necessary to complete the transaction, like > email the user a download link. > > Here's my little shopping-cart. Note that it also talks to Google Checkout, > which has a few more steps but is otherwise similar. > > http://www.thecodezone.com/buy.html > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 11:23:40 AM > Subject: [Flashcoders] flash and paypal > > i'm going to be producing a site which sells some exclusive, single > and multiple (ie shopping cart) products which i'd like to do in flash. > > the client wants to use paypal to begin with (it's a startup). > > Does anyone have any experience with using flash with paypal? Can you > recommend any good tutorial sites or 3rd party api's? > > Hope you guys can help > > thanks > a > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > -- Jordan Snyder Applications Developer Image Action LLC http://www.imageaction.com _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
