paypal-payments-flask

Create a simple purchase order using the PayPal REST api with a Flask application.

Requirements

• A personal or business PayPal account.
• Have an application created in PayPal Developer to have access to client_id and secret_client credentials.
  • PayPal Developer - Home Page
• Have Python installed.

Built with

This project was made with Python and the Flask micro framework, and consuming the PayPal REST api.

How to run the application?

1. Download the repository.

$ git clone https://github.com/Remy349/paypal-payments-flask

2. Move to the repository and activate a Python virtual environment to install the necessary dependencies.

$ cd paypal-payments-flask
# It may be just python depending on how you installed Python on your computer.
$ python3 -m venv venv

# Linux
$ . venv/bin/activate
# Windows
$ venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install the dependencies found in the requirements.txt file.

# It may be just "pip" depending on how you installed Python on your computer.
(venv) $ pip3 install -r requirements.txt

4. Create an ".env" file in the root of the project to add your environment variables.

SECRET_KEY=ab07778a3653971df13e144d26315afb
# When in production use this "https://api-m.paypal.com".
PAYPAL_API_URL=https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com
PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID=
PAYPAL_CLIENT_SECRET=

You get the credentials by creating an application in the PayPal Developer panel, log in with your personal or business PayPal account.

5. Run the application and test purchase.

(venv) $ flask run

* Serving Flask app 'application.py'
* Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000 (Press CTRL+C to quit)

Developed by Santiago de Jesús Moraga Caldera - Remy349(GitHub)