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Chuyi Huang
Chuyi Huang

Reputation: 444

Does my website require https/ssl for Paypal Express Checkout for recurring payment?

I am not sure it is neccessary if I am using PayPal express checkout for recurring payment, do I need https/ssl for my website to connect to PayPal? I am using Ruby on Rails and there is a gem called "paypal-express". It is working well without ssl in sandbox environment. Any suggestion? Thank you.

Upvotes: 8

Views: 5372

Answers (2)

izip
izip

Reputation: 2096

Callbacks required SSL as stated here: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/express-checkout/integration-guide/ECInstantUpdateAPI/

Upvotes: 0

Robert
Robert

Reputation: 19356

If by 'https/ssl' you mean whether your site itself needs to support SSL traffic over HTTP (and thus have a valid SSL certificate): no, it doesn't.

You do however need to be able to establish an SSL connection. Specifically, to PayPal's API endpoint.
This means you need to allow outbound SSL traffic via your firewall (if you have any) and your environment needs to support this.

Ensure you have a valid copy of the root certs (I usually suggest http://curl.haxx.se/ca/cacert.pem) to valid the SSL certificates against.

Upvotes: 10

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