Google Checkout module for ZC 1.3.x (beta)

To be honest I still don't like the fact that GC circumvents the zen cart checkout system.

The not so easy installation and updates is also a big issue.

I like that it's free, but when they start charging I'm not sure I'm willing to bother with it unless they charge less than paypal.

Which brings me to another problem. I tried going just Google, but customers that come to my site from ebay still want to use paypal. By using google checkout paypal got upset that the GC button was seen before the paypal button.

I tried to appease them by putting the paypal logo on the home page but they want to be above gc, and gc wants to be above paypal. It's like a sibling rival thing or something. Merchants don't have time for this type of squabbling, nor do we have the money to pay someone to update the script whenever there's an upgrade.

Unless they GC changes the way the module is installed before they start charging I can see a mass exodus of stores that currently use them.

The good thing about it will be when Paypal decides to drop their rates once they see what GC is going to charge to be more competitive.

It's kind of funny when you think about it.

I have just about had it with this payment module. Hopefully someone can help...

I get the following error in the error log of the integration page in my GCO account:

Ids are integral numbers, but you sent:

              <send-buyer-message xmlns="http://checkout.google.com/schema/2" google-order-number="">
              <message>tghg</message>
              <send-email>true</send-email>
              </send-buyer-message>

It is apparnt that that the google-order-number is not included. My question is how do I make this work? I asked the folks at Google and I got the info below. This didnt help me. Can some help me or just point me in the right direction?

*"Each time you send any kind of XML order command, you'll always need to include the particular Google order number that you intend to affect or change. The add-merchant-order-number command only ascribes a particular order number that your company would like to reconcile on your own back-end. However, when your callback handler is parsing out order notifications and your servers prepare to respond with an XML command, at that time you should parse and insert the associated Google order number. Depending on which version of the sample code you're using, you can find detailed instructions on how to configure this properly in your environment at:

*http://code.google.com/apis/checkout/samplecode.html* "*

johnga:

So with 211 pages is there a consensus? Does this module not work? Customers on my site who choose gc get a choice of paying nothing or paying $1 for shipping - which is not what I want. Do I turn it off until this is figured out, or just bump the default shipping to a rate I can live with? It would be good if someone could create a definitive sticky for this thread that lets zc ers know whether the dang thing works or not.

I think you have answered your own question...211 pages...does this mod work....They say nothing is free, and in this case that's exactly what you get "nothing" for free.

Pete

I respectfully beg to differ

Installation was a challenge. Like many parts of Zen-Cart, the setup of Google Checkout is somewhat distributed. I was having a number of the problems listed, in some cases angrily, above.

They seem to have passed. Here is what I have learned and found as troublesome areas:

• Set up with the sandbox first (duh)
• Be careful copying keys
• Be VERY SURE to use the cgi-PHP patch if you need it
• Get the correct callback url. Note that the production version requires SSL, so you need a certificate
• Fully set up your tax zones or they will not work. GC needs the data to do the work
• When you convert to production, be sure to correct all the settings, including those mentioned above.

I am a refugee from Drupal, which barely made GC work. Oh we got along more or less, but the integration did not work on my site and the users got really confused. I am a Zen convert and am glad that Google is working. That's a 2% boost on revenues till the end of the year.

Something for nothing? Sometimes it works. Bravo to the contributors.:clap:

I would like to use it so hopfully someone can help me. My issues is two posts above.... do the google not visit these boards anymore??

Well, I got that error till I had the settings right. It went away.
Which of the settings, I am not sure, but it can be made to go away.

I wish that made me feel better about this mod... if you remember the fix that would be great.

I will post the same question... do the folks that Google that created GCO for ZC still address issues on these boards?

I did get this module to work finally. I followed the steps above, including the CGI mod, and it works. It does not bounce the information back to ZC, so once the customer leaves to pay with GCO, the history of the transaction is all in the GCO records, with no record of the transaction in ZC, including the customer info. Not sure if this is the way it is supposed to work, but i can live with it.

johnga:

I did get this module to work finally. I followed the steps above, including the CGI mod, and it works. It does not bounce the information back to ZC, so once the customer leaves to pay with GCO, the history of the transaction is all in the GCO records, with no record of the transaction in ZC, including the customer info. Not sure if this is the way it is supposed to work, but i can live with it.

Hi,

No it was designed to callback to ZC with the info in Admin.

Regards

Adam

Anyone know how to correct this error

"Ids are integral numbers, but you sent"

What's happening is the order is null when the ZC sends info back to GCO after the order is placed.

I installed Google Checkout on my guinea pig site a month or so ago and decided it wasn't worth the headache to continue playing with it. Therefore the module was disable and never installed on my 'live' site.

I'm thinking about giving it another try now but have just one question before I dive into it again..

Is the Google checkout option supposed to display on the in the payments area with your other payment options? Or, Is Google Checkout and "express checkout' type module only?

If I decide to play with this again it would be nice to have Google checkout display on my customers payment option along with my Moneybookers, Paypal, Money Order and EFT payment options.

Rich

rich_li_ny:

I installed Google Checkout on my guinea pig site a month or so ago and decided it wasn't worth the headache to continue playing with it. Therefore the module was disable and never installed on my 'live' site.

I'm thinking about giving it another try now but have just one question before I dive into it again..

Is the Google checkout option supposed to display on the in the payments area with your other payment options? Or, Is Google Checkout and "express checkout' type module only?

If I decide to play with this again it would be nice to have Google checkout display on my customers payment option along with my Moneybookers, Paypal, Money Order and EFT payment options.

Rich

Hi Rich,

No this is not meant to show in the Payments area and yes it is like Paypal express.

Regards

Adam

Well google support were excellent.

I emailed them for help and within 3 hours they emailed me back and now my orders form google checkout are showing in the Admin of zen

Regards

Adam

What email address did you use?

I just installed version 1.4.5 and did two test order. The order went through and I got emails in both seller and buyer email accounts from google checkout. However, the sales didn't show up in Zen Cart admin under customer or order. Is this correct, or I missed something? Thanks.

I am still at a loss from reading these threads to see if anyone did get the table shipping to work.

Is it a tax zone issue?

You would think google would want our money...now who am i kidding...

if anyone has ficed GCO table shipping then I would love a recipee

gary

[email protected]

Google Checkout shipping is working for me - I can't exactly describe what steps I took to get it working, but a big part was filling out the form:

.htaccess Basic Authentication Mode
Your site Site in installed with PHP over CGI?
This configuration will disable PHP Basic Authentication that is NOT compatible with CGI used in the responsehandler.php to validate Google Checkout messages.
If setted True you MUST configure your .htaccess files here.

Because after i did that, it worked. Also, I created a tax class called freight, which I made taxable at 0%, to satisfy the warning about different tax and shipping that I was getting.

I have only had one order so far with GC, and it did not give me the response back to my ZC admin, but I have reconfigured that, and I think it is now all working properly.

I got a sale with google checkout tonight and received an email from google stating that the following error was encountered:

We encountered an error trying to access your server at https://www.abcjewelrydepot.com/googlecheckout/responsehandler.php -- the error we got is: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target

I have no clue what this means or how to fix it. But the result is that no data is making it back to admin about the sale. Can someone help with this?

Jason

Does anyone here actually get mail rates reliably calculated by google, either via your merchant shipping or the google carrier shipping?

I almost always get default shipping rates and rarely get actual calculated rates.

I have a fresh install of zencart 1.3.7 on a dedicated server with loads of power.

Tom

brimsjewelry:

I got a sale with google checkout tonight and received an email from google stating that the following error was encountered:

We encountered an error trying to access your server at https://www.abcjewelrydepot.com/googlecheckout/responsehandler.php -- the error we got is: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target

I have no clue what this means or how to fix it. But the result is that no data is making it back to admin about the sale. Can someone help with this?

Jason

Somehow this issue resolved itself. The problem was that the hierarchy of the certificate was inaccurate. Now its showing up properly.

Jason