There isn't much to say.  Do Paypal first, the documentation is better
and it requires fewer contortions.  You probably want to go straight
to the Web Payments Standard product.  Implement both PDT and IPN.

Jeff

On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Duong BaTien <duong.bat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jeff:
> I will soon have to deal with this issue. It would be nice if you can
> document your lesion learned, especially the best practice in regard to
> local persistence with Ocjectify. Thanks for your effort and recently
> released objectify-3.0x
> Duong BaTien
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> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Jeff Schnitzer <j...@infohazard.org> wrote:
>>
>> I'm about 80% through with both Google Checkout and Paypal integration
>> for a pure-digital service.  I must say, Google Checkout is VERY
>> disappointing - it seems to be an abandoned product.
>>
>>  * The Java SDK doesn't even compile.
>>  * The binaries don't run on GAE (jaxb issues).
>>  * The documentation is not very helpful.
>>
>> Basically you have to do your own XML processing.  The fact that the
>> server must submit to a valid HTTPS callback makes testing a pain in
>> the ass - this requirement exists even for the sandbox.  I had to
>> proxy through appengine *and* a cloud host ssh tunnel just to get the
>> @#$%! payload to my Eclipse dev system.  Overall the whole experience
>> feels janky and utterly fails to inspire trust.
>>
>> Say what you will about Paypal's evil eye and their confusing product
>> line, at least the integration is going fairly smoothly.  It feels
>> like 1990s technology but it works.  The most helpful advice I can
>> offer:  Forget everything else on their stupid overmarketed website
>> and go straight for "Web Payments Standard".
>>
>> Tirade over.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Chris Copeland <ch...@cope360.com> wrote:
>> > I just recently completed a Google Checkout integration for my GAE app.
>> > The
>> > fact that you are on GAE makes no difference except that if you do a
>> > level 2
>> > integration you will have to use your app-name.appspot.com URL for the
>> > callbacks since Google Checkout requires the callback URL to be secure.
>> >
>> > All that said, if I had it to do over, I would definitely go with Pay
>> > Pal
>> > (or someone else).  Checkout seems to be an abandoned product within
>> > Google.  There are long-standing bugs that prevent some users from
>> > paying
>> > and support (even for merchants) is almost nonexistent.
>> >
>> > -Chris
>> >
>> > On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 1:01 PM, anton savchuk <anton.antoh...@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I see.. thank you. Could you recommend some third-party libraries?
>> >>
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