# PayPal WSDL API on Rails anyone? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 17, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/paypal-wsdl-api-on-rails-anyone/69847 "2006-02-17T21:14:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Francois\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/53a042/32.png) [@Francois\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Francois_B)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/paypal-wsdl-api-on-rails-anyone/69847/1 "2006-02-17T21:14:57Z")
Hi ! Has anyone connected to the Mass Pay API of PayPal using Rails ? I need to do this for a customer, and I wanted to know how easy/hard it was. I have no experience using SOAP, WSDL, etc. I saw soap4r[1] on the RAA[2]. This is probably what I’ll need to use. One question I haven’t answered yet is whether soap4r will accept PayPal’s certificates ? Thanks for any information on this topic. ## Have a nice day ! François Beausoleil [http://blog.teksol.info/](http://blog.teksol.info/) [1] [http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/soap4r/](http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/soap4r/) [2] Ruby Application Archive: [http://raa.ruby-lang.org/](http://raa.ruby-lang.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Francois\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/53a042/32.png) [@Francois\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Francois_B)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 9:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/paypal-wsdl-api-on-rails-anyone/69847/2 "2006-12-12T21:49:02Z")
Francois B. wrote: > Hi ! > > Has anyone connected to the Mass Pay API of PayPal using Rails ? I > need to do this for a customer, and I wanted to know how easy/hard it > was. I have no experience using SOAP, WSDL, etc. > > I saw soap4r[1] on the RAA[2]. This is probably what I’ll need to > use. One question I haven’t answered yet is whether soap4r will > accept PayPal’s certificates ? > > Thanks for any information on this topic. > > ## Have a nice day ! > > François Beausoleil > [http://blog.teksol.info/](http://blog.teksol.info/) > > [1] [http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/soap4r/](http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/soap4r/) > [2] Ruby Application Archive: [http://raa.ruby-lang.org/](http://raa.ruby-lang.org/) > This is exactly what I’m trying to do. I’m trying to make it so my > Rails program will automatically send money to certain users, without me > having to manually enter anything. ---
**Author:** ![Francois\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/53a042/32.png) [@Francois\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Francois_B)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 4:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/paypal-wsdl-api-on-rails-anyone/69847/3 "2006-12-14T16:29:59Z")
Have you guys had any success? I have my hands full right this minute, but I can put together an example next week, if that would help. Joe On 12/12/06, Joe P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > accept PayPal’s certificates ? > > This is exactly what I’m trying to do. I’m trying to make it so my > > Rails program will automatically send money to certain users, without me > > having to manually enter anything. > > – > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > > – “For a new software system, the requirements will not be completely known until after the users have used it.” Humphrey’s Requirements Uncertainty Principle. ---
**Author:** ![Francois\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/53a042/32.png) [@Francois\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Francois_B)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/paypal-wsdl-api-on-rails-anyone/69847/4 "2006-12-15T14:26:44Z")
Joe, Well, I have an example, but it doesn’t work. I’m putting my notes at [http://www.bodkinconsulting.com/wiki/index.php?title=MassPay#Mass\_Pay\_-\_The\_PayPal\_Bulk\_Payments\_Tool](http://www.bodkinconsulting.com/wiki/index.php?title=MassPay#Mass_Pay_-_The_PayPal_Bulk_Payments_Tool) Can you look at this and tell me why this generates NO request xml? Thanks, Joe def send\_masspay massPayReq = MassPayReq.new massPayRequest = MassPayRequestType.new massPayReq = massPayRequest massPayRequest.version = “2.0” ``` massPayItems = [] massPayRequest.massPayItem = massPayItems massPayItems[0] = MassPayRequestItemType.new massPayItems[0].receiverEmail=params[:receiverEmail1] massPayItems[0].amount = AmountType.new(params[:amount1] ) massPayItems[0].amount.xmlattr_currencyID = 'USD' massPayItems[0].note = params[:note1] massPayItems[1] = MassPayRequestItemType.new massPayItems[1].receiverEmail=params[:receiverEmail2] massPayItems[1].amount = AmountType.new(params[:amount2] ) massPayItems[1].amount.xmlattr_currencyID = 'USD' massPayItems[1].note = params[:note2] paypalClient = PayPalHttpClient.new.client_setup @resp = paypalClient.massPay(massPayReq) ``` end On 12/14/06, Joe P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > – > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > > – “For a new software system, the requirements will not be completely known until after the users have used it.” Humphrey’s Requirements Uncertainty Principle. ---
**Author:** ![Francois\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/53a042/32.png) [@Francois\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Francois_B)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/paypal-wsdl-api-on-rails-anyone/69847/5 "2006-12-14T16:55:28Z")
Bothari wrote: > Have you guys had any success? I have my hands full right this > minute, but I can put together an example next week, if that would > help. > Joe I’ve had limited success. If you posted an example, that would help out a lot.