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hypejunction/payments\_paypal\_api
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PayPal API Payments for Elgg

1.0.3(9y ago)1231[2 PRs](https://github.com/hypeJunction/Elgg-payments_paypal_api/pulls)GPL-2.0PHP

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PayPal API Payments for Elgg
============================

[](#paypal-api-payments-for-elgg)

[![Elgg 2.3](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/8452daaef3ea7320843e9a5473e44a80e23ec99b34525f2c9bbf8c83ccad0cd6/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f456c67672d322e332d6f72616e67652e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/8452daaef3ea7320843e9a5473e44a80e23ec99b34525f2c9bbf8c83ccad0cd6/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f456c67672d322e332d6f72616e67652e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)

Features
--------

[](#features)

- API for handling payments via PayPal API

Acknowledgements
----------------

[](#acknowledgements)

- Plugin has been sponsored by \[Social Business World\] ( "Social Business World")

Notes
-----

[](#notes)

### Example

[](#example)

See actions/payments/checkout/paypal.php for usage example.

### Payment Status

[](#payment-status)

You can use `'transaction:', 'payments'` hooks to apply additional logic upon payment status changes. Note that not all payment are synchronous, e.g. e-Check payments might take a while to clear.

### Web hook events

[](#web-hook-events)

Make sure to setup webhook via plugin settings. Web hook event data signature is validated for all requests to `payments/paypal/api/webhook`Web hook event data can be digested with `'digest:webhook', 'paypal_api'` plugin hook that receives an instance of `\PayPal\API\WebhookEvent` as `$params['webhook_event']`

### SSL

[](#ssl)

- Your site must be served over HTTPS for the API requests and webhooks to work as expected

### App Credentials

[](#app-credentials)

- Login to
- Create a new REST API app
- Enter Sandbox and Live Credentials in Plugin Settings
- You can switch to Live (production) mode in `payments` plugin settings
- Once you have configured your credentials, setup Webhooks using the buttons in the plugin settings

### Testing

[](#testing)

To start making test payments:

- Go to your dashboard at
- Create a new sandbox account via Sandbox > Accounts > Create account
- Use sandbox account credentials during checkout

### Logs

[](#logs)

- Logs are enabled and located in the root of the data directory

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~9 days

Total

4

Last Release

3433d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5071b1cd852e094b3f564962a625e04c227adc73af30c5b46b243ab8f20154a7?d=identicon)[hypeJunction](/maintainers/hypeJunction)

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Top Contributors

[![hypeJunction](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1202761?v=4)](https://github.com/hypeJunction "hypeJunction (10 commits)")

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Tags

pluginelggpaymentspaypalPayPal API

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