# A Ruby API for PayPal Adaptive Payments This gem provides access to PayPal's Adaptive Payments API using easy-to-use ruby classes. The internals are largely backed by [Virtus](https://github.com/solnic/virtus) and [RestClient](https://github.com/archiloque/rest-client), and so are easy to work with. ## Installing the Gem Via rubygems: gem install pp-adaptive All API calls are made by calling `#execute` on the client, with the relevant request type. Naming conventions have been ruby-ized, but you should just follow along with the PayPal documentation to understand the inputs and outputs. Some aliases have been added, to make things simpler. Some example scenarios are outlined below, but due to the size of the API, this README does not aim in any way to be an exhaustive reproduction of the official Adaptive Payments documentation. Given the declarative, model-style, nature of the classes in this gem, it probably makes sense to just browse the source to know what fields are available. ## Example API calls The following example should give you enough of an idea to be able to follow your senses and use this gem in your own applications. ### Taking a regular payment A typical checkout payment request starts like this. ``` ruby require "pp-adaptive" client = AdaptivePayments::Client.new( :user_id => "your-api-user-id", :password => "your-api-password", :signature => "your-api-signature", :app_id => "your-app-id", :sandbox => true ) client.execute(:Pay, :action_type => "PAY", :receiver_email => "your@email.com", :receiver_amount => 50, :currency_code => "USD", :cancel_url => "https://your-site.com/cancel", :return_url => "https://your-site.com/return" ) do |response| if response.success? puts "Pay key: #{response.pay_key}" # send the user to PayPal to make the payment # e.g. https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/webscr?cmd=_ap-payment&paykey=abc redirect_to client.payment_url(response) else puts "#{response.ack_code}: #{response.error_message}" end end ``` ### Checking the payment status on return When the customer is sent back from PayPal to your `return_url`, you need to check if the payment was successful or not. ``` ruby require "pp-adaptive" client = AdaptivePayments::Client.new( :user_id => "your-api-user-id", :password => "your-api-password", :signature => "your-api-signature", :app_id => "your-app-id", :sandbox => true ) client.execute(:PaymentDetails, :pay_key => "pay-key-from-pay-request") do |response| if response.success? puts "Payment status: #{response.payment_exec_status}" else puts "#{response.ack_code}: #{response.error_message}" end end ``` ### Initiating a chained payment If you need to take a cut of a payment and forward the remainder onto one or more other recipients, you use a chained payment. This is just a regular PayRequest, except it includes multiple receivers, one of which is marked as 'primary'. ``` ruby require "pp-adaptive" client = AdaptivePayments::Client.new( :user_id => "your-api-user-id", :password => "your-api-password", :signature => "your-api-signature", :app_id => "your-app-id", :sandbox => true ) client.execute(:Pay, :action_type => "PAY", :currency_code => "USD", :cancel_url => "https://your-site.com/cancel", :return_url => "https://your-site.com/return", :receivers => [ { :email => "your@email.com", :amount => 50, :primary => true }, { :email => "other@site.tld", :amount => 45 } ] ) do |response| if response.success? puts "Pay key: #{response.pay_key}" # send the user to PayPal to make the payment # e.g. https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/webscr?cmd=_ap-payment&paykey=abc redirect_to client.payment_url(response) else puts "#{response.ack_code}: #{response.error_message}" end end ``` In the above example, you get $5 from the $50 payment, with the remaining $45 going to other@site.tld. ### Setting up a Preapproval Agreement If you need to be able to take payments from a user's account on-demand, you get the user to authorize you for preapproved payments. ``` ruby require "pp-adaptive" client = AdaptivePayments::Client.new( :user_id => "your-api-user-id", :password => "your-api-password", :signature => "your-api-signature", :app_id => "your-app-id", :sandbox => false ) client.execute(:Preapproval, :ending_date => DateTime.now.next_year, :starting_date => DateTime.now, :max_total_amount => BigDecimal("950.00"), :currency_code => "USD", :cancel_url => "http://site.com/cancelled", :return_url => "http://site.com/completed" ) do |response| # you may alternatively pass a PreapprovalRequest instance if response.success? puts "Preapproval key: #{response.preapproval_key}" # send the user to PayPal to give their approval # e.g. https://www.paypal.com/webscr?cmd=_ap-preapproval&preapprovalkey=abc redirect_to client.preapproval_url(response) else puts "#{response.ack_code}: #{response.error_message}" end end ``` ### Taking a payment using an existing Preapproval To take a payment from a user who has previously authorized you for preapproved payments, just pass the `pay_key` in the usual PayRequest. ``` ruby require "pp-adaptive" client = AdaptivePayments::Client.new( :user_id => "your-api-user-id", :password => "your-api-password", :signature => "your-api-signature", :app_id => "your-app-id", :sandbox => false ) client.execute(:Pay, :preapproval_key => "existing-preapproval-key", :action_type => "PAY", :receiver_email => "your@email.com", :receiver_amount => 50, :currency_code => "USD", :cancel_url => "https://your-site.com/cancel", :return_url => "https://your-site.com/return" ) do |response| if response.success? puts "Pay key: #{response.pay_key}" puts "Status: #{response.payment_exec_status}" else puts "#{response.ack_code}: #{response.error_message}" end end ``` ### Issuing a refund If you have the pay_key from a previously made payment (up to 60 days), you can send a RefundRequest. ``` ruby require "pp-adaptive" client = AdaptivePayments::Client.new( :user_id => "your-api-user-id", :password => "your-api-password", :signature => "your-api-signature", :app_id => "your-app-id", :sandbox => false ) client.execute(:Refund, :pay_key => "the-pay-key") do |response| if response.success? puts "Refund sent" else puts "#{response.ack_code}: #{response.error_message}" end end ``` You can also do partial refunds by passing an `amount` field in the request. ### Other API calls Adaptive Payments is a very extensive API with a lot of endpoints and a lot of fields within each request. It wouldn't be wise to attempt to document them all here, but the official API documentation covers everything in detail. https://www.paypalobjects.com/webstatic/en_US/developer/docs/pdf/pp_adaptivepayments.pdf Just ruby-ize the fields (i.e. underscores, not camel case) and open up the request/response classes in this repository to get a feel for how this all works. ## License & Copyright Copyright © Flippa.com Pty Ltd. Licensed under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for details.