RE: NoCat with Paypal

Hello,

Yes ... I wrote code to integrate Papal with our Hotspot network.  I did it
using an LDAP Directory.

My NoCat configuration is using the LDAP module for the user store, and this
directory has "account expiration" attributes for all users.  So my PayPal
integration is not with NoCat, but instead manipulates and updates the
"account expiration" of the users account in the directory.

When NoCat uses LDAP to authenticate the user, an error is returned from the
directory if the account is expired.

What I did was to configure the "AllowedHosts" to allow access to PayPal and
our web site, and on the login page, I added a link to add credit to an
account.  This link takes the user to PayPal where they make their payment.
Then, using the PayPal Instant Payment Notification (IPN) capabilities I
have a script that is called by PayPal and updates the users account in the
LDAP directory.

I also made some updates to the NoCat code to return detailed error codes on
the authentication attempt.  This is actually a complex change since it will
require updates to *all* NoCat database modules.  The purpose of this is so
that I can provide better error messages to the end-user to indicate an
expired account.  The current NoCat code only provides the "yes it worked"
or "no it didn't" logic on login.

I'd be glad to share more with you ... The PayPal integration is really
working well for us.  Also ... I'm sorry for the blatant plug ... But there
is a group of us creating a resource for WISPs at http://wisp.org ... The
site is going to "go live" on December 1st ... We have a forum for
discussing all of the options on HotSpots, etc.


Scott C. Lemon
 
 


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Pankaj Godbole
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 5:54 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [NoCat] NoCat with Paypal


Hi All,

I am developing a service for WISPs where the wireless user would be able to
buy internet time after logging into the captive portal and being
authenticated. As I see it, the service will incorporate NoCat and
FreeRadius.

My question is: is it possible to use Paypal along with NoCat to process
both credit card and non-credit card payments . If I remember correctly, I
read somewhere on another site, that support for Paypal had been considered,
though I searched the archives but couldn't find any post related to Paypal.
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