Posting order information to URL when order is validated

[darth_D]

Hi

 

I am pretty new to PrestaShop and some of its features. I wanted to know if it was possible to POST order data to a URL when the order is validated (Payment method is clicked in one page checkout and user is taken to Paypal page)

 

And also if returned paypal data (purchase information) can be POSTed to the same URL when payment is complete and user is redirected back to shopping site?

 

 

I found information online about coding hooks but it wasn't very clear on its implementation. 

 

Any help given is highly appreciated.

 

 

Thanks

[vekia]

by default it is not possible - you have to apply changes to payment module that you use (in this case paypal)

 

you can send POST with cURL, example below

 

 

$url = 'http://domain.com/get-post.php';
$fields = array(
    'lname' => urlencode($_POST['last_name']),
    'fname' => urlencode($_POST['first_name']),
    'title' => urlencode($_POST['title']),
    'company' => urlencode($_POST['institution']),
    'age' => urlencode($_POST['age']),
    'email' => urlencode($_POST['email']),
    'phone' => urlencode($_POST['phone'])
);

//url-ify the data for the POST
foreach($fields as $key=>$value) { $fields_string .= $key.'='.$value.'&'; }
rtrim($fields_string, '&');

//open connection
$ch = curl_init();

//set the url, number of POST vars, POST data
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POST, count($fields));
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $fields_string);

//execute post
$result = curl_exec($ch);

//close connection
curl_close($ch);

[darth_D]

Thanks.

 

I am using the paypal USA module. Its validation.php page seems the best option as it posts a curl to the paypal (in this case paypal sandbox) page. Unfortunately it looks like the order information it sends is limited to the product purchased. I was interested in posting both product and delivery information to the URL. Is that possible?