Paypal NVP allow to connect your Ruby on Rails application to the Paypal NVP API.
The recommended way is that you get the gem:
$ sudo gem install paypal_nvp
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" live: url: "https://api-3t.paypal.com/nvp" user: "o.bonn_1237393081_biz_api1.solisoft.net" pass: "1237393093" cert: "AU2Yv5COwWPCfeYLv34Z766F-gfNAzX6LaQE6VZkHMRq35Gmite-bMXu"
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" }) 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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