DjangoPayPal (3) – Server Side Django.How

WAY 3 PayPal Server Side

+ Migrate is not needed – no changes to DB
– You need a client key not just the email
– Package must be installed
– PayPal app should be created in PayPal

1. Create sandbox account -for testing

one for pesonal

one for business

https://developer.paypal.com/developer/accounts/create

2. Create business app in paypal

https://developer.paypal.com/developer

3. Install

pip install paypal-checkout-serversdk

4. Update settings

PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID = “client id here”
PAYPAL_SECRET_ID = “secret id here”

5. Get client id from server-side

learn/views.py

def pay(request, pk):
    client_id = settings.PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID
    course = get_object_or_404(Course, pk=pk)
    return render(request, 'pay.html', {'course':course, 'client_id':client_id })

6. Temaple learn/templates/pay.html

<br /> {% block extrascript %}<br /> <script src="https://www.paypal.com/sdk/js?client-id={{client_id}}&disable-funding=credit,card" > </script><br /> <script src="{% static 'learn/js/main.js' %}" ></script><br /> {% endblock %}<br />

Resource

https://abderrahmane.hashnode.dev/the-basics-of-adding-paypal-payments-to-django-server-and-client-side