Re: [Ledger-smb-users] PayPal Integration

2011-03-04 Thread Hugh Esco
I wrote an IPN.pm in 2008 to integrate with a donor form I had previously written. I also helped write a LedgerSMB::API which is published to CPAN in March 2009 (but has not been maintained since). If one or more folks could help focus my attention on the subject, I could probably make all that co

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] PayPal Integration

2011-03-04 Thread Darren Wiebe
I'd gladly kick in $75 USD. Darren Wiebe Aleph Communications Phone: 1-877-702-2900 Fax: 1-866-274-4506 Email: dar...@aleph-com.net On 04/03/2011 1:51 PM, Alvin Starr wrote: I could see reason to kick something into this also. On 03/04/2011 03:49 PM, Gerald A wrote: H

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] PayPal Integration

2011-03-04 Thread Luke
On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, Alvin Starr wrote: > I would like to put my vote in again for some API to allow generating payment > requests and taking payment confirmations. As far as PayPal is concerned, my original thought of auto generating payment requests, does not seem possible. From what I have b

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] PayPal Integration

2011-03-04 Thread Alvin Starr
I could see reason to kick something into this also. On 03/04/2011 03:49 PM, Gerald A wrote: Hi there, I did some Paypal IPN stuff many moons ago. Seems like there might be a critical mass for this -- might it be worth some bounty or other motivating factor? Shorter term I'm willing to cont

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] PayPal Integration

2011-03-04 Thread Gerald A
Hi there, I did some Paypal IPN stuff many moons ago. Seems like there might be a critical mass for this -- might it be worth some bounty or other motivating factor? Shorter term I'm willing to contribute to such a bounty. Longer term I'd be willing to look into and put some code together for it

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] PayPal Integration

2011-03-04 Thread Alvin Starr
I would like to put my vote in again for some API to allow generating payment requests and taking payment confirmations. Before the days of PayPal we were involved in a project where we were generating invoices and taking payment direct via credit card transactions. I would like to be able to do

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] PayPal Integration

2011-03-04 Thread Luke
On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, Chris Travers wrote: > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Joshua D. Drake > wrote: >> Supporting Paypal integration would be a boon for our community. > > Agreed. Not only for payments but for payment notification too. Yes, getting the IPN supported will be quite a fine thing

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] PayPal Integration

2011-03-04 Thread Chris Travers
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > On Thu, 2011-02-24 at 06:42 -0500, Alvin Starr wrote: >> We all have out pet money launderers we hate. >> Google,Amazon,Visa,MasterCard,Amex. >> >> My special hate is saved for Amex. >> I am actively doing things that cost them money. > > Su

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] PayPal Integration

2011-03-03 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Thu, 2011-02-24 at 06:42 -0500, Alvin Starr wrote: > We all have out pet money launderers we hate. > Google,Amazon,Visa,MasterCard,Amex. > > My special hate is saved for Amex. > I am actively doing things that cost them money. Supporting Paypal integration would be a boon for our community. J

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] PayPal Integration

2011-02-24 Thread Alvin Starr
We all have out pet money launderers we hate. Google,Amazon,Visa,MasterCard,Amex. My special hate is saved for Amex. I am actively doing things that cost them money. ario wrote: > PayPal. > API's or not, I stay away from that organisation for as far and as long > as is possible! > > ario > > > O

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] PayPal Integration

2011-02-24 Thread ario
PayPal. API's or not, I stay away from that organisation for as far and as long as is possible! ario On Wed, 2011-02-23 at 01:47 -0500, Luke wrote: > Has anyone done any LedgerSMB PayPal integration? > > I am pondering the idea of a "post and send through PayPal" invoice > option. > > The ide

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] PayPal Integration

2011-02-23 Thread Alvin Starr
This whole line of thought opens up the area of API's Having a programmatic way to access the accounting system (other than faking out the web interface) is to some extent a vital feature. Another nice feature would be the ability to set up events. For example allow an external program to be run

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] PayPal Integration

2011-02-23 Thread Lyle
On 23/02/2011 23:40, Luke wrote: > On Wed, 23 Feb 2011, Lyle wrote: >> I think on one of their APIs you could automatically bill customers you have >> paypal agreements with. Taking the money right out of their account without >> the need for any request or payment link. > You might be talking abou

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] PayPal Integration

2011-02-23 Thread Luke
On Wed, 23 Feb 2011, Lyle wrote: > I think on one of their APIs you could automatically bill customers you have > paypal agreements with. Taking the money right out of their account without > the need for any request or payment link. You might be talking about subscriptions, or recurring payments

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] PayPal Integration

2011-02-23 Thread Lyle
Various comments I think on one of their APIs you could automatically bill customers you have paypal agreements with. Taking the money right out of their account without the need for any request or payment link. This seems to be increasingly popular online. Lyle

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] PayPal Integration

2011-02-23 Thread Luke
On Wed, 23 Feb 2011, Darren Wiebe wrote: > When I send out a PDF invoice it has a link to Paypal containing the > invoice number and total price. When they click the link they're > presented with the paypal site with the payment information > prepopulated. It works quite well. Care to share you

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] PayPal Integration

2011-02-23 Thread Luke
On Wed, 23 Feb 2011, Luke wrote: > I need to track down the PayPal link/button generation code. Which I have now done. In its seemingly most basic form, it goes something like this: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?business=email_address@to_be_paid&cmd=_xclick¤cy_code=USD&amount=12.34&ite

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] PayPal Integration

2011-02-23 Thread Darren Wiebe
On 23/02/2011 1:01 PM, John Locke wrote: > 've got a similar idea that might share a solution: a custom payment link. > > We currently accept payments through Ubercart on our web site. I've set > up an invoice product there, with fields for amount and invoice number. > I can construct a link that a

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] PayPal Integration

2011-02-23 Thread Luke
On Wed, 23 Feb 2011, John Locke wrote: > I've got a similar idea that might share a solution: a custom payment link. > > We currently accept payments through Ubercart on our web site. I've set > up an invoice product there, with fields for amount and invoice number. That is one of the user-driven

Re: [Ledger-smb-users] PayPal Integration

2011-02-23 Thread John Locke
Hi, I've got a similar idea that might share a solution: a custom payment link. We currently accept payments through Ubercart on our web site. I've set up an invoice product there, with fields for amount and invoice number. I can construct a link that adds the product to the user's cart with appr

[Ledger-smb-users] PayPal Integration

2011-02-22 Thread Luke
Has anyone done any LedgerSMB PayPal integration? I am pondering the idea of a "post and send through PayPal" invoice option. The idea being, that posting an invoice to PayPal enabled customers, would act through the PayPal API to invoice them or send a money request, based upon the posted inv