#142 PayPal Notifications

Dec 29, 2008 | 10 minutes | Tools, eCommerce

PayPal's IPN (Instant Payment Notification) service allows your app to get confirmation when an order is processed. In this episode I use IPN to mark a cart as purchased.

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