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AlexBrand
AlexBrand

Reputation: 12429

PayPal subscriptions and IPN

After a PayPal subscription is created for a user, does subscr_signup get sent before or after confirming the payment?

I am using django-paypal, which does not have built-in functionality to handle the subscr_payment IPN message.

This lead me to wonder whether or not I can use subscr_signup as an indicator that the subscription was successful.

Many thanks

Upvotes: 6

Views: 2005

Answers (1)

bershika
bershika

Reputation: 1000

Typically subscr_signup is sent after subscr_payment(3 sec apart), but the sequence is not guaranteed. PayPal recommendation is to rely on subscr_signup. Read more here: http://www.mixedwaves.com/2010/11/paypal-subscriptions-ipn-demystified/

Upvotes: 10

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