Getting the confirmation code in a PayPal API transaction

For the most part, the startDonation method takes the same input parameters, functions the same way, and returns the same response data as the donate method. It supports the same types of transactions. There are a few differences:

• The extproc parameter is required. You must specify either "amazon" or "paypal" or "mobilepay."
• The ach_account, ach_routing, card_cvv, card_exp_date, card_exp_date_month, card_exp_date_year, and card_number fields, if specified, are ignored, since payment information is maintained by the external payment processor.
• You may optionally provide finish_success_redirect and finish_error_redirect URLs to guide page flow after returning from the external processor's site.

So I have these fields on my form:

<input name="extproc" id="extproc" type="hidden" value="paypal" />
<input name="finish_success_redirect" id="finish_success_redirect" type="hidden" value="https://secure3.convio.net/cmf/site/SPageServer?pagename=donate_main&page=thanks&cons_id=${donationResponse/donation/cons_id}&amount=${donationResponse/donation/amount/formatted}&tax_deductible_amount=${donationResponse/donation/tax_deductible_amount/formatted}&org_tax_id=${donationResponse/donation/org_tax_id}&transaction_id=${donationResponse/donation/transaction_id}&confirmation_code=${donationResponse/donation/confirmation_code}
&summary_${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[1]/name}=${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[1]/label}~${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[1]/value}
&summary_${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[2]/name}=${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[2]/label}~${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[2]/value}
&summary_${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[3]/name}=${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[3]/label}~${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[3]/value}
&summary_${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[4]/name}=${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[4]/label}~${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[4]/value}
&summary_${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[5]/name}=${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[5]/label}~${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[5]/value}
&summary_${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[6]/name}=${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[6]/label}~${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[6]/value}
&summary_${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[7]/name}=${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[7]/label}~${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[7]/value}
&summary_${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[8]/name}=${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[8]/label}~${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[8]/value}
&summary_${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[9]/name}=${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[9]/label}~${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[9]/value}
&summary_${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[10]/name}=${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[10]/label}~${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[10]/value}
&summary_${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[11]/name}=${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[11]/label}~${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[11]/value}
&summary_${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[12]/name}=${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[12]/label}~${donationResponse/donation/summary_data/field[12]/value}
" />

You can see that this is redirecting back to the same page as the form itself. My init script on the form looks at the query string to decide which content to display like this:

	$( document ).ready(function() {

		'use strict';

		// Read the QueryString.
		var qs = LurieChildrens.Utilities.GetQueryStrings();
		var qs_src = qs.s_src || "";
		var qs_sub = qs.s_subsrc || "";

		if (qs.page && qs.page.toLowerCase() === 'thanks')
		{

			// Show the Thank You page for Paypal/Amazon payment redirect
			$("#amount").html(qs.amount);
			$("#tax_deductible_amount").html(qs.tax_deductible_amount);
			$("#org_tax_id").html(qs.org_tax_id);
			$("#transaction_id").html(qs.transaction_id);
			$("#confirmation_code").html(qs.confirmation_code);

			for (var key in qs) {
				if (qs.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					if (key.indexOf("summary_") >= 0)
					{
						var fieldSet = qs[key];
						var fieldParts = fieldSet.split("~");
						var fieldLabel = fieldParts[0];
						var fieldValue = fieldParts[1];
						if ( fieldLabel && fieldValue )
						{
							var entry = $("<div>").addClass("col-12");
							$(entry).append(fieldLabel);
							$(entry).append(" ");
							var entryVal = $("<span>")
							$(entryVal).append(fieldValue);
							$(entry).append(entryVal);
							$("#donation_thanks .summary_data").append(entry);
						}
					}
				}
			}

			$("#donation_form").hide();
			$("#donation_error").hide();
			$("#donation_loading").hide();
			$("#donation_thanks").show();

		} else if (qs.page && qs.page.toLowerCase() === 'error')
		{
			$("#donation_form").hide();
			$("#donation_thanks").hide();
			$("#donation_loading").hide();
			$("#donation_error").show();

		} else {

			// Initialize Luminate Helper
			luminateExtend.init({
				apiKey: 'YOUR KEY HERE',
				apiCommon:
				{
					source: qs_src,
					sub_source: qs_sub
				},
				path:
				{
					nonsecure: 'http://foundation.luriechildrens.org/site/',
					secure: 'https://secure3.convio.net/cmf/site/'
				}
			});

*** END SNIP ***

Check it out in action here:
https://secure3.convio.net/cmf/site/SPageServer?pagename=donate_main&s_debug=true



This is the newer version we're just starting to roll out:
https://secure3.convio.net/cmf/site/SPageServer?pagename=_template_donate_default&debug=true

This one isn't different with respect to Paypal and is a bit more complicated, but it has other new features that you are welcome to steal.


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