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That's very close to what I've always done. I have a notification to warn me if I have new failed sign-ups due to payment and keep Paypal responses to catch all

That's very close to what I've always done. I have a notification to warn me if I have new failed sign-ups due to payment and keep Paypal responses to catch all sorts of problems. It's just good practice to expect things to fail sometimes. That's also why I have my status page hosted with a different provider and twitter status as a back-up for that. My favorite Paypal annoyance is that for split payments there's no way to verify that a seller's Paypal account qualifies for split payments (has to be a business account and verified), without trying to send a payment. At least, that's the way it was last it mattered to me.

thenduks 12y ago
Actually you can check if an account is verified! Here's a snippet in Ruby I use to check. It's not perfect, but it catches a lot of cases: # ... def initialize @request = PaypalAdaptive::Request.new end # ... def verified_status( opts={} ) begin opts.assert_keys! :first_name, :last_name, :paypal_account_email result = @request.get_verified_status( emailAddress: opts[:paypal_account_email], firstName: opts[:first_name], lastName: opts[:last_name], matchCriteria: 'NAME' ) Rails.logger.debug "PAYPAL VERIFICATION: #{result.inspect}" return result.success? && result['accountStatus'] == 'VERIFIED' rescue return false end end Here's the API docs: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/api/adaptive-accounts/GetVerifiedStatus_API_Operation/ https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/api/adaptive-accou... What I can't stand is that accounts in some countries (at least India) can't send payments from balance. So you can't get your fee. This is mentioned nowhere in the docs, a customer just hit it one day and that's how I found out. I asked paypal what other countries can't send payments and they said... wait for it... they "don't have a list". I kid you not: https://twitter.com/rfunduk/status/412980259001102336 https://twitter.com/rfunduk/status/412980259001102336

thenduks 12y ago

Actually you can check if an account is verified! Here's a snippet in Ruby I use to check. It's not perfect, but it catches a lot of cases: # ... def initialize @request = PaypalAdaptive::Request.new end # ... def verified_status( opts={} ) begin opts.assert_keys! :first_name, :last_name, :paypal_account_email result = @request.get_verified_status( emailAddress: opts[:paypal_account_email], firstName: opts[:first_name], lastName: opts[:last_name], matchCriteria: 'NAME' ) Rails.logger.debug "PAYPAL VERIFICATION: #{result.inspect}" return result.success? && result['accountStatus'] == 'VERIFIED' rescue return false end end Here's the API docs: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/api/adaptive-accounts/GetVerifiedStatus_API_Operation/ https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/api/adaptive-accou... What I can't stand is that accounts in some countries (at least India) can't send payments from balance. So you can't get your fee. This is mentioned nowhere in the docs, a customer just hit it one day and that's how I found out. I asked paypal what other countries can't send payments and they said... wait for it... they "don't have a list". I kid you not: https://twitter.com/rfunduk/status/412980259001102336 https://twitter.com/rfunduk/status/412980259001102336