Paypal NVP¶ ↑

Paypal NVP allow to connect your Ruby on Rails application to the Paypal NVP API.

You can install the gem in one of two ways. The first is using the gem install command from the command line:

$ gem install paypal_nvp

And the second is using Bundler. Simply add ‘gem ’paypal_nvp’‘ to your gemfile, then install with the following command:

$ bundle install

PaypalNVP need an optional paypal.yml file in your config directory (Rails App). Or you can specify parameter within the constructor

# All those fields are mandatory

sandbox:
  url:  "https://api-3t.sandbox.paypal.com/nvp"
  user: "o.bonn_1237393081_biz_api1.solisoft.net"
  pass: "1237393093"
  cert:  "AU2Yv5COwWPCfeYLv34Z766F-gfNAzX6LaQE6VZkHMRq35Gmite-bMXu"
  open_timeout: 3
  read_timeout: 60

live:
  url:  "https://api-3t.paypal.com/nvp"
  user: "o.bonn_1237393081_biz_api1.solisoft.net"
  pass: "1237393093"
  cert:  "AU2Yv5COwWPCfeYLv34Z766F-gfNAzX6LaQE6VZkHMRq35Gmite-bMXu"
  open_timeout: 3
  read_timeout: 60

p = PaypalNVP.new(true) # true mean "use sandbox"

# Or you can specify paramaters directly
p = PaypalNVP.new(true, {
  :user => "o.bonn_1237393081_biz_api1.solisoft.net",
  :pass => "1237393093",
  :cert => "AU2Yv5COwWPCfeYLv34Z766F-gfNAzX6LaQE6VZkHMRq35Gmite-bMXu",
  :url => "https://api-3t.sandbox.paypal.com/nvp",
  :open_timeout => 3,
  :read_timeout => 60,
})

data = {
  :version => "50.0", # Default is 50.0 as well... but now you can specify it
  :method => "MyPaypalMethod",
  :amt => "55"
  # other params needed
}
result = p.call_paypal(data) # will return a hash
puts result["ACK"] # Success

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