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yyopsgen

Reputation: 13

Retrieve paypal subscription data after approval

Afternoon

I am a bit of a PayPal integration newbie and having been working on a project where customers use a subscription button to purchase goods. Everything works well however I need to retrieve subscription data after approval for further use. Initially I need the email address so we can send a customised automated email thanking the customer for their purchase but going forward would like the majority of the data so it can be placed in an SQL database.

The onApprove: function(data, actions) seems to be the place to enter code but not overly sure where to start. The subscriptionID seems to be pulled and used within the default code, but when I try and pull another piece of data nothing happens.

onApprove: function(data, actions) { //alert('You have successfully created subscription ' + data.subscriptionID); alert('Here is the email address ' + data.subscriber.email_address); }

Is my reference to the email address wrong or does paypal only give you access to the subscriptionID which can then be passed to another PHP page and I can use do a REST API request for the subscription data??

Many thanks chris

Upvotes: 1

Views: 474

Answers (1)

Preston PHX
Preston PHX

Reputation: 30402

console.log(data) in the onApprove will show you the data that is available on the client side.

To log information to a server, you should not depend on approval notifications from the client, since they may fail for any number of reasons. Instead, (using the correct clientid) subscribe to webhooks related to subscriptions, particularly the PAYMENT.SALE.COMPLETED event so you receive an update every time a subscription is successfully renewed.

For reconciliation (so you know what payment is for what), you can pass your own arbitrary custom_id when the subscription is first created. This will be returned in the webhook.

Upvotes: 2

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