By following the guide on https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/docs/integration/web/accept-paypal-payment/ , I have successfully created a payment and redirect the user to approve it.
The created payment is something look like bellow, and I save it in user's session for further reference.
{
"id": "PAY-6RV70583SB702805EKEYSZ6Y",
"create_time": "2013-03-01T22:34:35Z",
"update_time": "2013-03-01T22:34:36Z",
"state": "created",
"intent": "sale",
"payer": {
"payment_method": "paypal"
},
"transactions": [
{
"amount": {
"total": "7.47",
"currency": "USD",
"details": {
"subtotal": "7.47"
}
},
"description": "This is the payment transaction description."
}
],
"links": [
{
"href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-6RV70583SB702805EKEYSZ6Y",
"rel": "self",
"method": "GET"
},
{
"href": "https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/webscr?cmd=_express-checkout&token=EC-60U79048BN7719609",
"rel": "approval_url",
"method": "REDIRECT"
},
{
"href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/PAY-6RV70583SB702805EKEYSZ6Y/execute",
"rel": "execute",
"method": "POST"
}
]
}
After user approved the payment, Paypal will redirect the user to the return_url
. For example, http://<return_url>?token=EC-60U79048BN7719609&PayerID=7E7MGXCWTTKK2
.
In order to execute the payment, a POST request has to made to https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment/{payment_id}/execute/
.
Question
The only two pieces of information provided from Paypal in the URL is token
and PayerID
. How can I find the corresponding payment_id
?
Possible Solution
The token
is part of the approval_url
, parse the URL and store the token -> payment
relationship can solve the problem. But I'm looking for a better solution that doesn't require parsing.