[Newbie] Paypal settings for IPN

Software Support
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Greetings!

In my OJS 3.0.2 installation > journal/management/settings/distribution, I have specified, ‘https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr’ as the IPN URL and my Paypal email in the seller Account.

At Paypal, paypal settings requires a ‘Notification URL’ to be set to enable IPN. Here is a screenshot.
I wonder what URL should I enter here? Do I enter the OJS installation domain name? Please help.

Thank you for your assistance.

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Hi @laxmin,

OJS 3.0.x doesn’t support payments/subscriptions – that support will be added with OJS 3.1.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

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Thank you @asmecher,

Will wait for the 3.1!!

Thanks once again

Regards

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I have the same problem, but in version OJS 2.
I wonder what URL should I enter in Notification URL in PAYPAL settings? Do I enter the OJS installation domain name? Please help. Thanks

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Hi @karwas,

I believe you should be able to leave that field empty. OJS provides the IPN URL to PayPal when a transaction occurs.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

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Hmm…
You must enter a properly formatted URL into the Notification URL field in order to activate Instant Payment Notification.
Maybe: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr ?

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Hi @karwas,

OJS should give the IPN URL to PayPal, but perhaps they now require it to match (I haven’t tried this recently). It should be…

http://.../index.php/myJournalPath/payment/plugin/Paypal/ipn

(…replacing ... and myJournalPath with the relevant values.)

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

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Alec, we have the same issue. When we go to check this setting in paypal, it reports that the IPN is disabled. When we check the “enable” box and save, the site complains and wants a URL. So the questions are a) are you really using IPN for event notification or b) are you use using the IPN gateway and reading all status during the transaction?

Lastly, are you using IPN notification to trigger sending emails to pay-per-view customers?

Thanks, radjr

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Hi @radjr,

The conversation has continued over at this thread: Payment details just stop showing up

It’s best not to post the same content in two places – this makes it hard for others to follow.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team