erich37
Well-known member
since "Payments" are quite critical in terms of security, can something like this be included in the core ?
[bd] Paygates
Many thanks!
[bd] Paygates
Many thanks!
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Implemented Flexible and extensible payment gateway / provider API
SamJakob
Active member
How? I can't seem to find the documentation for half the features I see...
This is the only resource I can find: https://xenforo.com/xf2-docs/dev/
Robust
Well-known member
There is no documentation on most things in XF2 (yet).
The answer when this was asked before: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/add-own-payment-provider.138641/#post-1203313
SamJakob
Active member
That's not what I want to do.
I got the idea that this was also about there being an API to make/handle payments via PayPal.
Robust
Well-known member
Sorry, I don't understand what the question is here.
Yes, PayPal is one of the payment providers that come shipped in XenForo. The implementation is using the payment provider API.
Do you mean you want to use the payment providers outside of user upgrades?
Robust
Well-known member
It's a fine framework. I've added support for a couple of gateways using it. Takes a bit getting used to, mainly because it's not documented.
It's a bit like hooking into 2FA methods, if I'm to make a comparison. Not too complex, just fairly irritating without documentation. I had to do a bunch of playing around to understand what each of the functions did specifically. Would've been far less painful with documentation. Other than that, they're not too bad to use.
Any specific questions about it?
SamJakob
Active member
Yes.
The system is split up into several distinct parts.
There's the payment provider system which is what provides the ability to pay for items using any of the built in providers, e.g. PayPal, Stripe and the provider system is extensible so other developers can add other providers (see this resource for an example).
Then there's the purchasable item system which is the system that the user upgrades stuff is built upon.
The two systems are entirely separate, so theoretically you don't really need to know how the payment provider system works to create new purchasable items.
In lieu of the documentation, which we will work on at some point in the future, I recommend looking into how the user upgrade system works for guidance on how to create new purchasable items.
If you have any questions after this post, please post in the XenForo development discussions forum as this thread isn't the appropriate place for that kind of support.
There's the payment provider system which is what provides the ability to pay for items using any of the built in providers, e.g. PayPal, Stripe and the provider system is extensible so other developers can add other providers (see this resource for an example).
Then there's the purchasable item system which is the system that the user upgrades stuff is built upon.
The two systems are entirely separate, so theoretically you don't really need to know how the payment provider system works to create new purchasable items.
In lieu of the documentation, which we will work on at some point in the future, I recommend looking into how the user upgrade system works for guidance on how to create new purchasable items.
If you have any questions after this post, please post in the XenForo development discussions forum as this thread isn't the appropriate place for that kind of support.
