[Mason] How do I implement PayPal IPN code in Mason?

[Jim R. <jim...@go...>]

Hi

I have downloaded some sample code written in perl from the PayPal site, but
it appears to handle the POSTed parameters directly rather like in CGI perl.
I use mod_perl2 and Apache2 code. Does anyone have a copy of this code
already converted for Mason2 / mod_perl2 / Apache2?

Jim Rey

The free code provided follows:

#!/usr/bin/perl

#(requires LWP::UserAgent)

# read post from PayPal system and add 'cmd'
read (STDIN, $query, $ENV{'CONTENT_LENGTH'});
$query .= '&cmd=_notify-validate';

# post back to PayPal system to validate
use LWP::UserAgent;
$ua = new LWP::UserAgent;
$req = new HTTP::Request 'POST','http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr';
$req->content_type('application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
$req->content($query);
$res = $ua->request($req);

# split posted variables into pairs
@pairs = split(/&/, $query);
$count = 0;
foreach $pair (@pairs) {
($name, $value) = split(/=/, $pair);
$value =~ tr/+/ /;
$value =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C", hex($1))/eg;
$variable{$name} = $value;
$count++;
}

# assign posted variables to local variables
$item_name = $variable{'item_name'};
$item_number = $variable{'item_number'};
$payment_status = $variable{'payment_status'};
$payment_amount = $variable{'mc_gross'};
$payment_currency = $variable{'mc_currency'};
$txn_id = $variable{'txn_id'};
$receiver_email = $variable{'receiver_email'};
$payer_email = $variable{'payer_email'};

if ($res->is_error) {
# HTTP error
}
elsif ($res->content eq 'VERIFIED') {
# check the $payment_status=Completed
# check that $txn_id has not been previously processed
# check that $receiver_email is your Primary PayPal email
# check that $payment_amount/$payment_currency are correct
# process payment
}
elsif ($res->content eq 'INVALID') {
# log for manual investigation
}
else {
# error
}
print "content-type: text/plain\n\n";


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