Anybody ever do anything with PayPal, specifically submitting orders from a custom page instead of working thru paypal's system? I'm looking for a solution in ASP.NET... or at least a place to start if its not a solution... Bobum... I know you've got something on this...

I got nothing man - never had to do any payment gateway work or anything like that - sorry bro!

*bangs head*

This isn't much help Josh, but I JUST converted a ColdFusion site from Authorize.NET to PayPal's IPN (Instant Payment Notification).

I can tell you that testing it is a bit of a pain, as once you've activated the IPN feature for the user's account, you have to setup dummy PayPal accounts on it's sandbox server to be able to test it. I had to setup a dummy personal account and a dummy business account.

At least with Authorize.NET you can declare a test request as "True" in your code and just change it to "False" when you're ready to go live.

Anyway, if you are familiar with ColdFusion, you may be able to see what the CF code is doing and convert it to .NET to suit your needs. Lemme know if your interested and I'll email it to you.

Regards,

MB

pretty easy with cfm, jared just got done with a paypal cfc but hes on vacation, check easycfm.com and there is info there and u can just rewrite in the the devils language

http://www.jamwerx.com/bill/billy.html

hehe

Hi Josh,

You can pass along values from your custom form to populate the PayPal fields, as well as creating a PayPal shopping cart for your site. There are some helpful PDF files provided by PayPal, esp. if you're working as part of their free developer network. I think Authorize.Net and other vendors do a better job, but PayPal can be an ideal solution many times for its convenience ... with convenience, however, comes less functionality at times.

Bryant

Bryant... you have some experience w/ this? The thing is... I want to be able to build a list of items ordered myself (a small "cart" app), store some info in MY databsase, and then just pass the required info along to paypal... without using their shopping cart, but rather doing the finalized payment in one foul swoop.

I am in the developer network, and am lookign into this... guess I'm just looking for some tips...

So in short ... the only thing which PayPal would receive from your site ... is the total purchase amount, and other details such as order/tracking number & description ... and then PayPal would return a success/failure message for the payment being made?

You can send me an email to bryant@databasedude.com, if you want ... I'll revisit some of the manuals from PayPal to get refreshed on some of their techniques ... worked mostly with their subscription-based payments here lately. But it's great to have other thoughts & experiences from others here on the board, too. Glad to help in any way I can.

Thanks,
Bryant

PS - Are shipping charges and/or sales tax considerations also?

You hit the nail on the head.

they have free extensions for this josh, did u look on the exchange?

wtf is a 'foul swoop' ?

Some kinda new chicken? Or is that like Tarzan swinging out of bounds?

If you're a Cub fan, it's a behavior exhibited by Steve Bartman in October 2003 as opposed to a "fowl swoop, which would be Foghorn Leghorn asking "asl?" to someone who's just entered a chat room.

Bryant

I think i did one of those in my pants once......

MB - sorry I missed your post earlier. I'd be very interested in that. I do conversions quite a bit for things...

I just need a good direction. I think I'm looking too far into things. :s

Dave... checking the exchange now...

if u cant find them I have them somewhere