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==Example==
===Pages===
Sample data passed back to the merchant's server using IPN (using the PayPal [[../Sandbox|Sandbox]], not a real transaction), as collected by [[MediaWiki/SpecialLogPost|SpecialLogPost]]:
* [[/example]]
===HTML form code===
==Links==
<xml>
* [https://www.paypal.com/en_US/ebook/PP_OrderManagement_IntegrationGuide/ipn.html Order Integration: IPN]
<form action="https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="14406">
<input type="hidden" name="custom" value="UserNameWouldGoHere">
<input type="hidden" name="invoice" value="InvoiceFieldGoesHere">
<input type="hidden" name="notify_url" value="http://wiki.vbz.net/Special:LogPost">
<input type="hidden" name="return" value="http://test.vbz.net/cgi-bin/runpl">
<input type="image" src="https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_subscribeCC_LG.gif"
border="0" name="submit" alt="">
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
</form>
</xml>
===IPN POSTed data===
<pre>
2009-01-01 21:58:16
REQUEST_METHOD POST
HTTP_USER_AGENT
REMOTE_ADDR 216.113.191.33
transaction_subject
payment_date 18:58:14 Jan 01, 2009 PST
txn_type subscr_payment
subscr_id S-5G6357170N2927728
last_name User
residence_country US
item_name Full Site Access - one year
payment_gross 49.00
mc_currency USD
business paypal_1230320215_biz@hypertwins.org
payment_type instant
protection_eligibility Ineligible
verify_sign AxvQhTcd4JBdIIpB5MztE755SMD7AMz0sJLKKvdDiqzSP8TKRFoLHttM
payer_status verified
test_ipn 1
payer_email paypal_1230659178_per@hypertwins.org
txn_id 17R310755W630331M
receiver_email paypal_1230320215_biz@hypertwins.org
first_name Test
invoice InvoiceFieldGoesHere
payer_id 9AAMA7CUQ8TUN
receiver_id YCRD6GWFSUZ5L
payment_status Completed
payment_fee 1.72
mc_fee 1.72
btn_id 14406
mc_gross 49.00
charset windows-1252
notify_version 2.6
2009-01-01 21:58:16
REQUEST_METHOD POST
HTTP_USER_AGENT
REMOTE_ADDR 216.113.191.33
txn_type subscr_signup
subscr_id S-5G6357170N2927728
last_name User
residence_country US
mc_currency USD
item_name Full Site Access - one year
business paypal_1230320215_biz@hypertwins.org
amount3 49.00
recurring 1
verify_sign AdXmlE88KERMphmdMG4e.jeWGlkRAcUYzJVdMfWdteAAmuWxx9bpnguV
payer_status verified
test_ipn 1
payer_email paypal_1230659178_per@hypertwins.org
first_name Test
receiver_email paypal_1230320215_biz@hypertwins.org
payer_id 9AAMA7CUQ8TUN
invoice InvoiceFieldGoesHere
reattempt 1
subscr_date 18:58:12 Jan 01, 2009 PST
btn_id 14406
charset windows-1252
notify_version 2.6
period3 1 Y
mc_amount3 49.00
</pre>
Note that IPN returns the '''invoice''' data but not the '''custom''' data.

Revision as of 03:08, 3 January 2009

Overview

Instant Payment Notification (IPN) is one of two methods by which a web site may retrieve payment information from PayPal in real-time, i.e. immediately after a payment is completed. The other method is Payment Data Transfer (PDT).

IPN is somewhat more reliable than PDT in that PayPal's server contacts the merchant's server directly to transmit transaction data as soon as the transaction has occurred, rather than depending on the customer's browser to convey the data.

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