Google Checkout module for ZC 1.3.x (beta)

Hi all

for all those of you having issues adding a shipping provider that is not in the standard distro i've done a little script that generates the code to add in the includes/modules/payment/googlecheckout.php

this is the link

http://demo.globant.com/~brovagnati/tools/shipping_generator.php

any doubt feel free to ask.

ropu

ropu:

Blum, thats true, but multisocket should not be included in gcheckout.php

ropu
Ropu,
You are right, multisocket is not called in gcheckout.php, but these files are called................

 
require('includes/languages/' .  $_SESSION['language'] . '/' .'modules/payment/googlecheckout.php');
  require_once('includes/modules/payment/googlecheckout.php');

And they include a call to multisocket or at least references to it. As does the responsehandler which is called in gcheckout.php but in responsehandler.php there is a call to multisocket.php. The last time I tried commenting out the selfURL function, I got errors further down the page. Maybe I did not do it correctly. I will try again.

Thanks
Blum

Thanks Ropu,
I found my Sandbox orders once I looked in the correct inbox. I don't know if I am up to the responsehandler test you suggest, although it now appears that all is working correctly.
What you say on the multisocket feature is interesting. I inadvertantly added USPS with the UPS we had talked about previously. Interestingly enough it appears that both are working with the multisocket feature turned off. Am I suffering from a false hope that they could be both working correctly? You can look at http://www.nativeamericantrade.com/zencart/ and see what you think. The shipping rates on my small items were too high for UPS so I need USPS as well.

THanks,
Dave

I've done a search and have seen other people ask, but I haven't seen a solid response.

Can I use a shared SSL that my ISP provides, or do I need a private one with a dedicated IP?

Hi ropu & all!
I am really excited about the Google Checkout module for Zen Cart. I have not launched my site live yet, but I am hoping to exclusively use the Google Checkout payment module like several others have brought up. The only problem that I am aware of right now, is that it does not support the selling of downloads. This is a problem for my site because we will only be offering downloads for the moment. I was wondering if this issue is closed to being resolved. I will be patient, I just thought I would get an idea of how long it might be. Thanks for all the hard work.

Had my first order today with Google Checkout which isnt bad considering I just installed this mod a few weeks ago.. The only problem is that shipping wasnt charged.. How do I put in shipping costs?

tj1:

I set up a test store on which I try new things before trying them on my live store. I installed the GoogleCheckout module and I think everything is working OK.

After logging on to my test store today I noticed there were 10 new customers. I was surprised as this is a new test store no one knows about it and there aren't any links to it.
After clicking on the new customers' details I realized these were the same customers who had made payments for eBay and Yahoo auctions using GoogleCheckout.

So my question is, will a new account be created in my ZC store for anyone that sends me a GoogleCheckout payment?
If that's the case, I guess a separate GoogleCheckout account is needed for each separate store one might have. Does anyone know if one is allowed to have more than one seller account?

Also, does anyone if the customers received notification of the accounts created in the test store?

Thanks.
Tj,
yes, every new buyer that uses GC to pay, when a new order notif arrives to ur site, it will create a new zencart user (or update it if he has already bought)

and you guessed ok, u need on GC Seller account for each site, because u need to have one Mechant API callback URL for each site.
but what you could do, if you have 2 sites, one live and an other for test, use ONLY one merchant and use sandbox merchant ID/key for testing, and production merchant Id/key for live one.

hope this helps...

ropu

eva01:

I've done a search and have seen other people ask, but I haven't seen a solid response.

Can I use a shared SSL that my ISP provides, or do I need a private one with a dedicated IP?

hi eva

please have a look to this page that describes well how SSL certificates work

http://groups.google.com/group/google-checkout-developers-forum/web/google-checkout-and-ssl-certificates
and here a list of compatible ones
http://checkout.google.com/support/sell/bin/answer.py?answer=57856

ropu

blumcafe:

Ropu,
You are right, multisocket is not called in gcheckout.php, but these files are called................

require('includes/languages/' . $_SESSION['language'] . '/' .'modules/payment/googlecheckout.php');
require_once('includes/modules/payment/googlecheckout.php');

>  
> Thanks
> Blum
Hi blum, 
i must say that you should have something wrong. 

i double check all, and i dont find any cross reference from gcheckout.php to multisocket.php

The only place that is included is in responsehandler.php line 135 (and only included id multisocket feature is enable. Btw, try disabling it)

And also neither in file 'includes/languages/' .  $_SESSION['language'] . '/' .'modules/payment/googlecheckout.php' nor ncludes/modules/payment/googlecheckout.php there is a reference to multisocket.php or responsehandler.php

if gcheckout.php in line 406 is this code 
```php
    if ($srv_mode == 'https://sandbox.google.com/checkout/' && $http_mode == 'http') {
        $url = HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'googlecheckout/responsehandler.php';
    } else {
        $url = HTTPS_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'googlecheckout/responsehandler.php';
    }

but is used to set up the callback ur, nothing to do with including files.

double check your installation, and address me where you have that cross reference.

tip: search for responsehandler.php multisocket.php in your files to find any inclusion that is out of place.

thx for ur comments

ropu

Dave Wilson:

Thanks Ropu,
I found my Sandbox orders once I looked in the correct inbox. I don't know if I am up to the responsehandler test you suggest, although it now appears that all is working correctly.
What you say on the multisocket feature is interesting. I inadvertantly added USPS with the UPS we had talked about previously. Interestingly enough it appears that both are working with the multisocket feature turned off. Am I suffering from a false hope that they could be both working correctly? You can look at http://www.nativeamericantrade.com/zencart/ and see what you think. The shipping rates on my small items were too high for UPS so I need USPS as well.

THanks,
Dave
Hi dave,

to be sure they are working, comprare them to the default values you setted up in the Admin UI, if they are different, it working :D

you can also compare them with standard checkout quotes, please be sure you use the same address in standar and GC checkout ;)

ropu

lhhgbh:

Had my first order today with Google Checkout which isnt bad considering I just installed this mod a few weeks ago.. The only problem is that shipping wasnt charged.. How do I put in shipping costs?
hi lhhgbh

as far as i can see you have a problem with shipping quotes.

they are not being sent to GC in the cart... so they are not added to the cost.

have you tested ur site in sandbox? witch shipping quotes are u using?

do you have tax zones, or tax clases?

wtich version of the module are u using?

ropu

chulo34:

Hi ropu & all!
I am really excited about the Google Checkout module for Zen Cart. I have not launched my site live yet, but I am hoping to exclusively use the Google Checkout payment module like several others have brought up. The only problem that I am aware of right now, is that it does not support the selling of downloads. This is a problem for my site because we will only be offering downloads for the moment. I was wondering if this issue is closed to being resolved. I will be patient, I just thought I would get an idea of how long it might be. Thanks for all the hard work.

hi chulo,

I cant assure any release date for digital goods delivery, because i dont know :P

but i can say that is a feature very requested and google wont ignore it.

Now u can sell digital goods, but is not so transparent and instant for the buyer (and the merchant). Some merchants are offering this goods, they dont use any shipping quotes, and when a new order notif arrives to the zencart Admin UI, the email the buyer with the link to download the soft good buyed. Also the buyer can log into zencart with some user/pass displayed in the admin UI->orders and get from there the link.

if you or someone have any suggestion to make this easier, i'll appreciate the feedback and try to implement it, so this feature could be less "painful" :D

i can also say that there are several zencarts using GC as the only payment method.

if you have any more questions or suggestions, feel free to ask!

ropu

ropu:

if you or someone have any suggestion to make this easier, i'll appreciate the feedback and try to implement it, so this feature could be less "painful"
See how Paypal does it and emulate.

Did not a primary software developer/engineer leave PayPal last year and come to work for Google specifically to quickly bring Google Checkout up to competitive speed?

No virtual goods support and no international currency support = Google Checkout is still in beta with a very long ways to go.

And I don't understand the previous repeated remarks informing us that Google Checkout does not support international shipping. That's not what I see here.
See https://checkout.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=48115

Maybe it's just the Google Checkout for Zen Cart mod does not support international shipping. Why? Clarification anyone?

All these highly requested features will probably magically become available the same day the "free" no-charge Google Checkout transaction fees are no longer (Dec 31, 2007). :wink2:

Woody

Yeah, GC for ZenCart doesn't work with international orders.
And, I can't use Zone rate shipping fee wiith GC, _

I think I might know why it isn't sending them. I have some custom shipping flat rates.. I cloned the flat rate module a few months ago.. So I think I might need to add the correct cloned shipping file names to the google files.. Does that sound right? If so which Google files would I add the shipping lines to?

yellow1912:

Yeah, GC for ZenCart doesn't work with international orders.
And, I can't use Zone rate shipping fee wiith GC, _

yellow1912, im double checking that info with google guys, i think that is not correct.

And this module does support int'l shipping, but the specs in http://code.google.com/apis/checkout/developer/index.html#shipping_xsd dont.

please woody, double check that info too. im waiting for Google to answer me and ill post it here.

ropu

lhhgbh:

I think I might know why it isn't sending them. I have some custom shipping flat rates.. I cloned the flat rate module a few months ago.. So I think I might need to add the correct cloned shipping file names to the google files.. Does that sound right? If so which Google files would I add the shipping lines to?

yes lhhgbh

your should add that rates to includes/modules/payment/googlecheckout.php

use this tool to create the coded needed http://demo.globant.com/~brovagnati/tools/shipping_generator.php

and if its is a flat rate you should also add the shipping code to

$this->shipping_support = array();
$this->shipping_display = array();
``` (line 50)

ropu

thanks for your prompt response ropu.
I wonder if we can't use "<merchant-calculated-shipping>", which "sends a request to your custom calculations web service". Google says it will use the url we provided right? So we can have a small script calculate shipping fee base on ZoneRate, or we can even use ZC functions for that, and we give use this URL instead of FedEx or USPS etc...

yellow1912:

thanks for your prompt response ropu.
I wonder if we can't use "<merchant-calculated-shipping>", which "sends a request to your custom calculations web service". Google says it will use the url we provided right? So we can have a small script calculate shipping fee base on ZoneRate, or we can even use ZC functions for that, and we give use this URL instead of FedEx or USPS etc...

yellow, if fact is that what we are doing :D

and we use zencart Shipping->quote(); class to retrieve quotes.

i dont really know why you cant use zone rates, have a look to my demo site (signature) there zones rates are working!

if you post me more info about your configuration, we can try to solve ur issue.

ropu

Okay will I only add something to around line 50 of the googlecheckout.php or will I have to add something else?