sending a post request to a secure site (paypal) from a python script/external method
I'm trying to work out how to setup a python script and external method to post form data to a paypal https url. I basically want the user to click a button to pay for their selection which calls the python script, their order info is saved for our records, and then the external script passes onto paypal's secure server. Is this possible? The closest I have got this to work is the palpay page displayed with images missing, but not on a secure connection. I assume the images are missing because the url in the address bar is that of the python script, not the paypal url. Should I be doing something different than a read() in the ext. method? I have looked thru the examples in the urllib.py and urllib2.py but could not work out where I am going wrong, or if it is possible. I have seen comments about python must be built/installed with ssl support for secure connections to https urls, how do I work out if python was built/installed with this? Running: system: freebsd Zope: 2.5.1 python: 2.1.3 The python script: payBill ######### req = context.REQUEST form_dict = {} order_ref = context.recordOrder() form_dict['cmd'] = '_xclick' form_dict['business'] = 'test@test' form_dict['item_name'] = 'Services' form_dict['item_number'] = '%s' % order_ref form_dict['amount'] = '%.2f' % float(req['gdttl']) form_dict['return'] = '%s/services_thankyou' % req['URL'] form_dict['cancel_return'] = '%s/services_thanks' % req['URL1'] form_dict['no_note'] = 1 form_dict['currency_code'] = req['currency_code'] #send info to external method url_req = context.payBillExt( 'https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr', form_dict ) return url_req ########## The External Method: payBillExt ######### import urllib2 import urllib def urlRequestCreation(self, url, data): """url""" url_data = urllib.urlencode( data ) url_req = urllib2.urlopen(url, url_data) return url_req.read() ######### Thanks for any pointers in the right direction. Richard --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.456 / Virus Database: 256 - Release Date: 18/02/2003
Richard Ettema wrote at 2003-3-5 11:47 -0000:
.... I have looked thru the examples in the urllib.py and urllib2.py but could not work out where I am going wrong, or if it is possible.
It is possible.
I have seen comments about python must be built/installed with ssl support for secure connections to https urls, how do I work out if python was built/installed with this?
I do not know but I would find out by looking at the HTTPS support in "httplib", i.e. look at its source. Dieter
I do credit card authorization from zope via m2crypto It's as simple as .... from M2Crypto import m2urllib encodedParams = urllib.urlencode(params) url = m2urllib.FancyURLopener() u = url.open('https://place.you.are.posting.to',encodedParams) data = u.read() This is in an external method. Hope this helps with your paypal question... On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 05:47, Richard Ettema wrote:
I'm trying to work out how to setup a python script and external method to post form data to a paypal https url. I basically want the user to click a button to pay for their selection which calls the python script, their order info is saved for our records, and then the external script passes onto paypal's secure server. Is this possible?
The closest I have got this to work is the palpay page displayed with images missing, but not on a secure connection. I assume the images are missing because the url in the address bar is that of the python script, not the paypal url. Should I be doing something different than a read() in the ext. method?
I have looked thru the examples in the urllib.py and urllib2.py but could not work out where I am going wrong, or if it is possible. I have seen comments about python must be built/installed with ssl support for secure connections to https urls, how do I work out if python was built/installed with this?
Running: system: freebsd Zope: 2.5.1 python: 2.1.3
The python script: payBill
######### req = context.REQUEST form_dict = {}
order_ref = context.recordOrder()
form_dict['cmd'] = '_xclick' form_dict['business'] = 'test@test' form_dict['item_name'] = 'Services' form_dict['item_number'] = '%s' % order_ref form_dict['amount'] = '%.2f' % float(req['gdttl']) form_dict['return'] = '%s/services_thankyou' % req['URL'] form_dict['cancel_return'] = '%s/services_thanks' % req['URL1'] form_dict['no_note'] = 1 form_dict['currency_code'] = req['currency_code']
#send info to external method url_req = context.payBillExt( 'https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr', form_dict )
return url_req ##########
The External Method: payBillExt
######### import urllib2 import urllib
def urlRequestCreation(self, url, data): """url"""
url_data = urllib.urlencode( data ) url_req = urllib2.urlopen(url, url_data)
return url_req.read() #########
Thanks for any pointers in the right direction.
Richard
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