http://www.authorize.net/ has a wonderful API. You could call their web services directly from within your app. However, I'd have your app communicate with your server which then, in turn, talks to their services. That way you can update the payment processing logic without having to release an app update. Either way, they're a fantastic service I've used many times in the past for small biz clients.
Tyler -- http://clickontyler.com On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Tomas Franzén <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I'm considering introducing an optional service for a future app. Users > would subscribe to a service provided by our server, and pay something like > a yearly fee. > I would like to make the signup and payment process as straightforward and > hassle-free as possible, and I'd like users to stay inside the app during > the process. Ideally, the payment processor would provide some kind of API > (HTTP or something) so that I can pretty much just send them (through our > server, perhaps) credit card details (securely) and the payment would take > place. That way, I have full control over the UI. However, I haven't found a > payment processor that provides anything like this. The ones I found that > have app integration at all require me to use their libraries, often with > some kind of stupid WebKit-based interface. > > Is my idea even feasible? Do any of you know of a payment service that has > a nice API? > > Thanks! > > Tomas Franzén > Lighthead Software > http://www.lightheadsw.com/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
