QUICKSTART

To run test suite:

python paypal/test.py

The meat is in paypal.sdk.interface. The docs are in the docstrings and tests.

• Create a paypal.sdk.interface.Interface object
• pass it configuration args
• that interface is how you access paypal.

Pat Collins' original was useful, but had the config info hardcoded into a Settings object.

So I refactored hid code into more of an OOP concept.

basically, you create a sdk.Interface() instace with the account details. that creates an internal config object of the PayPalConfig() class ( was settings.py ). this could be overriden by making a raw config object and explicitly setting it.

all of the original methods were migrated to the the Interface class -- and alphabetized -- as methods of that class.

the end result -- which i was going for -- is that i can now construct an interface with the account settings -- and not worry about editing config files and having to manually place this library in every project. It's also easier to lookup info.

-- Jonathan Vanasco ( [email protected] )

WHY?

The real value for me is having a working test suite with easy-to-understand and use methods on the APIs.

TODO

See TODO

Also, the following methods don't do much yet, because Express Checkout hasn't been implemented at all:

address_verify
do_authorization
get_express_checkout_details

set_express_checkout technically works, but it needs get_express_checkout_details to do all of the work, and that method requires a PAYERID that you can only get if the user logs into PayPal.

ADDENDUM A

Instructions for setting up a Sandbox Website Payments Pro account. More detailed instructions can be found at x.com but this is what worked for me.

1. Create Sandbox account. Don't use your live PayPal account email address.
2. Login to Sandbox
3. Test Accounts -> "Preconfigured" -- the manual process sucks.
4. Make a "Seller" account
5. Don't change "login email" at all -- it seems to truncate to 6 characters.
6. I took the numeric password they gave as default and copy/pasted it into a plain text document so I could use it later to make all my test account passwords the same.
7. I chose Visa as the credit card.
8. Bank Account = "Yes" -- This is needed for a Verified account, which is needed for Website Payments Pro.
9. Put $1,000 of fake $$ into the account. At one point I tried $5,000 but the test account I created wasn't Verified automatically? Not sure if the two are related.
10. No notes.
11. "Create Account"
12. When it takes you back to the "Test Accounts" screen, it should say "Business" and "Verified"
13. When you click on "API Credentials" you should see API credentials for the corresponding test account you just created. I copy/pasted them into the same text file used above.

The next step was the tricky part, at least for me. I was getting 10501 errors which means the billing agreement wasn't agreed to. Apparently you need to accept the fake billing agreement that comes along with the fake account you just created, which semi-conveniently has come packaged with an automatically created and verified fake bank account and business account "verified" status. Why couldn't the billing agreement be automatically "agreed to" as well?

Back on the "Test Accounts" page, choose the account you just created and click "Enter Sandbox Test Site." It should populate the fake email address, which should be [email protected]. Use the copy/pasted password from step #6 and paste it into the password field and login.

Now go under Merchant Services -> Website Payments Pro. In the right column there should be a link to "agree" to the billing agreement. Click this link and agree to the agreement. Now your API calls will work as expected.

LICENSE

Copyright 2009 Pat Collins [email protected]

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