[thelist] Paypal IPN integration help request

Chris Ditty cditty at gmail.com
Fri Dec 31 15:22:59 CST 2004


Right now, I am just looking at the results that the IPN is sending
back.  All the address fields and customer company information is
missing.  Even when it is filled in on my side.

I don't have a merchant account.  I only have a premier business.

Chris


On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 12:46:33 -0600, Peter Brunone (EasyListBox.com)
<peter at easylistbox.com> wrote:
> 
>         Well, I don't send them, although I had considered adding that
> at some point.  I believe that one option for your purchases is to
> require shipping information, whether the member is verified or not (at
> least it is for Buy Now buttons).
> 
>         How are you checking for the fields in your IPN script?  Are
> they completely missing from the form post, or are they present but
> blank?
> 
>         BTW, if you have a PayPal merchant account, you can call their
> 800 number for questions like this (they can't always help, but it might
> be worth a try if we can't find the problem here).
> 
> Peter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org On Behalf Of Chris Ditty
> 
> I am sending them and expecting them back.   I would get them from
> paypal, but I sometimes deal with unverified accounts and don't think
> that information is available.  Is it?
> 
> If it is, how do you tell paypal to give you that information?  Can you
> share your secret?  :)
> 
> Chris
> 
> On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 22:38:07 -0600, Peter Brunone (EasyListBox.com)
> <peter at easylistbox.com> wrote:
> >
> >         So are you sending those fields *from* your page to paypal and
> 
> > then expecting to get them back on the IPN page, or are you telling
> > Paypal to get that info from them?  I do the latter and I always get
> > those fields back if they're filled out (except for
> > payer_business_name; I think I use something else).
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org On Behalf Of Chris Ditty
> >
> > Hi all.  Hopefully, someone here will be able to tell me what I am
> > doing wrong.  I have gone over the IPN documentation and tried various
> 
> > options wihout success.
> >
> > I have been successful in getting the basics down and am receiving the
> 
> > payment.  But for some reason, some of the tags/information that I am
> > submitting is not being returned.  Specifically, I require the end
> > user to give their mailling address and company name. But when I use
> > the paypal tags, that information is not returned.
> >
> > The tags I am using are:
> > payer_business_name - Company name
> > address_street
> > address_city
> > address_state
> > address_zip
> >
> > This is the configuration information that I am sending paypal:
> > currency_code mc_currency address_override amount no_shipping return
> > notify_url no_note
> >
> > Does anyone know how to fix this so that I can get the address
> > information sent back?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Chris
> >
> >
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