# Fwd: \[rubygems\] how to integate paypal with https

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 21, 2008, 9:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-rubygems-how-to-integate-paypal-with-https/129748 "2008-02-21T09:35:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![pavanagrawal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pavanagrawal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pavanagrawal)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 9:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-rubygems-how-to-integate-paypal-with-https/129748/1 "2008-02-21T09:35:26Z")

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From: amit [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
Date: Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 12:46 PM  
Subject: [rubygems] how to integate paypal with https  
To: rubygems [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

Hello everyone,

I have 3 main questions and they are:

1. Is it possible to integrate the PayPal payment gateway within our  
website? My client doesn’t want the customer to be directed to the  
PayPal website to complete the transaction.

2. I tried integrating the ‘Ruby PayPal Gem’ from  
[HugeDomains.com](http://www.elctech.com/projects/paypal)  
but ran into some issues. I am using the PayPal SOAP API on Rails  
1.2.5. I have a PayPal Pro and Developer Account but I did not get  
sandbox\_api.crt, sandbox\_api.key, live\_api.crt and live\_api.key as  
required for this installation.

My questions are a) Is this library compatible with Rails 1.2.5? and  
b) Could someone direct me to a good tutorial of installing this gem?

1. Is there a way to work with Active Merchant on Rails 1.2.5 because  
I think it is only compatible with the latest version?

I’ve been trying to crack this since the last 2 days and I am  
desperate to get this going. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!  
Amit

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Pavan A.

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**Author:** ![pavanagrawal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pavanagrawal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pavanagrawal)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 12:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-rubygems-how-to-integate-paypal-with-https/129748/2 "2008-02-21T12:21:29Z")

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Try Google Checkout. I think they allow for in-website purchases.

Vish

On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Pavan A.  
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**Author:** ![pavanagrawal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pavanagrawal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pavanagrawal)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-rubygems-how-to-integate-paypal-with-https/129748/3 "2008-02-21T18:22:57Z")

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Perhaps it’s not the best way, but I’m using the PayPal NVP (Name-  
Value Pair) API by doing crude stuff: creating a string of name-value  
pairs, encoding it, sending an https post to PayPal with credentials,  
and parsing the response. The rails community has provided some great  
tools, but I sometimes find it easier to take a more “simple” approach  
and do some work myself. Then, I at least know what’s going wrong  
(and I can blame any problems on myself). If you’re used to SOAP,  
have at it. I found it to be a bit more than I needed for a few  
simple requests and responses.

-Kyle