Thanks for all your help. I'll figure this out somehow. As to my last question, is IPN really necessary when you can manually set the order status?
-Alex On Aug 13, 8:46 am, "Brian O'Connor" <[email protected]> wrote: > I would have to imagine receiving a 500 when debug is true is very > significant, and would explain why the permissions stuff didn't pop up in > the code. > > As to what's causing it, I'm really not sure. > > You're probably getting a blank screen because there's no POST data when you > visit the site in the browser. If you're so inclined, I would maybe figure > out what the URL is expecting and use curl to send a request in. > > When I reached these kinds of errors, I honestly just started putting debug > output in the code to try and narrow it down, > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 5:23 AM, Alex Liu <[email protected]> wrote: > > In my site settings the POST URL (https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi- > > bin/webscr <https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-%0Abin/webscr>) and RETURN > > URL (satchmo_checkout-success) in the paypal > > payment module are default. > > > Did you mean the right URL as in "http://www.robertmillerassoc.com/ > > checkout/paypal/ipn/<http://www.robertmillerassoc.com/%0Acheckout/paypal/ipn/> > > "? > > > I put that in the IPN handler URL for the IPN Simulator in Paypal > > Sandbox and picked "Cart Checkout" > > > Left everything as it was and clicked "Send IPN" > > > I still get the "IPN delivery failed. HTTP error code 403: Forbidden" > > error. > > When I set DEBUG = True in my settings.py, I get an "IPN delivery > > failed. HTTP error code 500: Internal Server Error" > > I wonder if this is relevant? > > > I checked my Access Log and it is getting hit by Paypal > > 216.113.191.33 - - [12/Aug/2010:14:38:44 -0700] "POST /checkout/ > > paypal/ > > ipn/ HTTP/1.0" 403 1373 "-" "-" > > > Upon visiting the URL, > >http://www.robertmillerassoc.com/checkout/paypal/ipn > > I found that it is completely blank. I'm hoping that's normal. > > Do you or anyone else have any suggestions? I'm using Satchmo 0.9.2- > > pre hg-unknown and Django 1.2.1 > > > I was wondering if IPN is really necessary. I could just manually > > switch Order Status from None-->New-->Shipping-->Complete. Is the > > purpose of IPN with Satchmo mainly for changing the Order Status after > > payment? Is payment sent regardless? > > > I checked my Paypal Test Accounts and it had a receipt for the Buyer, > > and a payment notification E-Mail for the Merchant. Thus, if IPN is > > not set up, the store should still function (payments are still sent), > > correct? > > > Thanks for your time > > > -Alex > > > On Aug 12, 8:41 am, "Brian O'Connor" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That's not the error I was getting. I just took a quick look at the > > paypal > > > ipn view ( > >http://bitbucket.org/chris1610/satchmo/src/tip/satchmo/apps/payment/m...) > > > and I'm not seeing any permissions based stuff, at first glance. > > > > Are you sure that you put the right url in for the configuration on > > paypal? > > > > I haven't worked with this in a few months, sorry about lack of > > immediately > > > helpful information. > > > > Brian > > > > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 4:52 AM, Alex Liu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > UPDATE > > > > > I looked it over again and it seems I have a "IPN delivery failed. > > > > HTTP error code 403: Forbidden" problem when accessing the IPN page. > > > > (Based on the Sandbox Paypal IPN simulator) > > > > > I looked this error up and it's caused by a permissions access, so how > > > > exactly would I remedy this? > > > > > If I remember correctly, Paypal is supposed to send an IPN to my > > > > website after checkout so that the order status can be set to new. > > > > That explains why the order status is being set. > > > > > -Alex > > > > > On Aug 11, 2:51 pm, Alex Liu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Brian, > > > > > > Thanks for your reply. > > > > > > I'm 95% sure I set up my Test Accounts correctly. I have a Business > > > > > Test Account whose E-Mail Address is in the Paypal Test Account Email > > > > > in Site Settings. When I checkout, although it's with a user created > > > > > on my website with a different email address, I use the Personal Test > > > > > Account to pay with Paypal (though I believe this has no relevance). > > > > > All in all, everything looks to be setup correctly. The only thing > > > > > that bothers me is that the Accounts aren't "verified" but in order > > to > > > > > do so I would have to link bank accounts to Paypal, which shouldn't > > be > > > > > the case in a real setting anyways. > > > > > > You mentioned something about editing code when the site received a > > > > > "notification". Could you elaborate on that? > > > > > > Moreover, do you have any other ideas on how to fix this? I don't > > want > > > > > to start accepting real payments if I can't get the Order Status > > > > > working. > > > > > > -Alex > > > > > > On Aug 11, 10:06 am, "Brian O'Connor" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I definitely got it to work on Sandbox Paypal, albeit after some > > > > hardships. > > > > > > > I forget if I had to modify the code, but I seem to remember a good > > > > portion > > > > > > fo the code being completed when the site receieved a > > "notification" as > > > > > > opposed to when the customer came back to the site. > > > > > > > My first check would be to make sure you have the test accounts set > > up > > > > > > properly. that was my first error. > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 3:17 AM, Alex Liu <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > I know this thread has been made before and I already read > > through > > > > the > > > > > > > other ones. (Or I believe I did) > > > > > > > > However, those other threads were mainly focused on Sandbox > > Google > > > > > > > Checkout. > > > > > > > > Now, I'm testing payment via Sandbox Paypal. The thing is, > > whenever I > > > > > > > use my test account to pay to my test recipient, even if the > > payment > > > > > > > gets accepted, the Order Status is still None. It's listed under > > > > "View > > > > > > > All Orders" but its order status is set to none. > > > > > > > > My question is: Is this considered standard during testing? If > > not, > > > > > > > please tell me what code I should provide and show in order to > > help > > > > > > > you with my problem. > > > > > > > > I remember reading somewhere that the cart is not cleared upon > > > > checkout > > > > > > > +payment in Paypal Testing but works with the real thing. I was > > > > hoping > > > > > > > this is kind of the same thing. 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