Google Checkout module for ZC 1.3.x (beta)

Can someone please answer this question? In order to use GG checkout do you need ssl? Thanks!

According to the readme sandbox works without it, but production will require it..........

Dave...

I've got Google Checkout working on my site (version 1.3.0.2) but have 1 question .... is it possible to change the size and background color of the google checkout button? I've searched through all the files and can't find the button properties referenced anywhere.

TIA

flightoffancy:: Did you do any modifications to get google checkout to work? Also, do the google buy now button show up when you login in & check out? Thanks!

Does anyone know why the Google Checkout Button shows up when someone logs in and then it displays "not available for these items?" Is it necessary to have that button display for logins? Thanks.

I got google checkout to work once when i had a friend purchase a 1$ item but of course i started getting those api kickbacks and they haven't stopped.

Linux:

flightoffancy:: Did you do any modifications to get google checkout to work? Also, do the google buy now button show up when you login in & check out? Thanks!
I didn't do any modifications to the code except for 1 of the language files. The google checkout button does still show up on the shopping cart page when logged in (kind of pointless) but it doesn't affect any of the normal cart functions.

Hi guys, I will throw my 2cents in here to share where I am at this point......

Yes, it is working flawlessly, all but the result codes. The key is in the readme and install docs.....regarding chmoding 777 both logs, and using sandbox to test against (that doesn't require SSL, pretty sure that was your question yesterday.....)
The install doc points you to sandbox.google.com/sell to setup your sandbox (dummy) google acct. Then the callback API gets pointed to it in the zen setup. I setup a sandbox acct. with PayPal a few months ago to test another app talking to PayPal....it is a bit scarey at first, seems like you are setting up a real acct, but you aren't. YOU have to do this to confirm all your settings, OR your going to be shoving all to live google (not good) and any errors, it will clammer bigtime at you. Example, I gave the api callback the wrong path by accident the first time thru, google would'nt leave me alone, errors, blah, blah, blah.......

So

1. follow docs to the "T" they are well written, and a treasure trove of info, once I slowed down grabbed some coffee and read them......
   You can NOT miss copying any files over (I did option A in the install, since mine is a fresh install) don't miss any or it won't work.
2. setup a sandbox acct. sandbox.google.com/sell
3. tell the zen setup side to go there, NOT live
4. this requires NO SSL
5. once happy, you will need SSL on the callback server for the live to work (that could be your problem now?)

Asside from all that, like i said, mine is working, ONLY thing I can't get figured is the state changes from revewing-charging-processing-shipping....I am seeing the logs populate with google info, but zen isn't doing a thing with them.........that was my orig. question........still no answer from the gurus........google? Dr. Byte? care to chime in?

If you get yours working, and your orders status takes the changes, lets talk again!

Dave........

I have another question.

We want to use only Google Checkout for payment, but need to get rid of the ZC checkout button.

If Google is the only payment module installed, and one clicks the Zencart checkout button, Google Checkout is shown as the only option. If you go ahead through the ZC checkout, it seems to work, however, it never goes to Google Checkout, and never asks for a credit card. The customer may think everything is ok, but nothing is processed.

Is there a way to remove the ZC checkout button, and just have the Google Checkout button?

Thanks.

OK.........just noticed an update for this (ver 1.0.3) posted, grabbed it, installed, everything remains the same, however, all logging to response*.log stopped.

Double checked everything, reinstalled 1.0.2 and logging picked up.

So at least here on this one we be broke on ver 1.0.3

My setup:
zen 1.3.6
goog 1.0.3

Dave.....

OK....ver 1.0.3 now logging........

responsehandler.php

syntax error, unexpected ';', expecting ')' in /home/dwellsin/public_html/jerkynet/store/go
oglecheckout/responsehandler.php on line 344

But still no admin order page updates.........arg.................

I'm having the same problem, that it does not update the orders in ZC. I tried both 1.0.2 and 1.0.3. I tested the api callback url in my browser and did not get an error.

With 1.0.2, I don't get an error on the Google Checkout Settings>Integration page, but with 1.0.3, I always get a "Read Timed Out" error.

Could this be a browser issue? I am using Firefox (newest release).

BTW, I edited line 344 in the responsehandler.php file for 1.0.3, and removed the semi-colon near the end of the line.

500 error.... Any idea why?

We encountered an error trying to access your server at https://trinorthlighting.com/Store/googlecheckout/responsehandler.php -- the error we got is: Sending failed with HTTP response code: 500. Response body was: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <TITLE>500 Internal Server Error</TITLE> </HEAD><BODY> <H1>Internal Server Error</H1> The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.<P> Please contact the server administrator, [email protected] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.<P> More information about this error may be available in the server error log.<P> <P>Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. <HR> <ADDRESS>Apache/1.3.37 Server at trinorthlighting.com Port 443</ADDRESS> </BODY></HTML>

I am getting this message as well in my error logs:

[2006-11-10 17:39:38]: error: file is writable by others: (/home/trinorth/public_html/Store/admin/googlecheckout/responsehandler.php)

Trinorth........

Your last one looks like an easy one....my docs show your googlecheckout dir as a child of your store root, ie;
you have
store/admin/googlecheckout
should be
store/googlecheckout

Just shakin the bush over here to, wishing i could figure whats up with no admin order updates from this, everything else is wonderful!

Dave.....

jerkynet:

Trinorth........

Your last one looks like an easy one....my docs show your googlecheckout dir as a child of your store root, ie;

should be
store/googlecheckout

Just shakin the bush over here to, wishing i could figure whats up with no admin order updates from this, everything else is wonderful!

Dave.....

Tried that as well. It passes orders to google fine, but when google tries to communicate back it hits the server error....

The passback url for the api is not allowed to feed into the admin the orders..... That is where my issue is, google communicating back....

You might want to check the integration on google checkout to see what kind of errors your getting on the pass back.

trinorthlighting:

Tried that as well. It passes orders to google fine, but when google tries to communicate back it hits the server error....

The passback url for the api is not allowed to feed into the admin the orders..... That is where my issue is, google communicating back....

You might want to check the integration on google checkout to see what kind of errors your getting on the pass back.

No errors on google, it be happy.......
Dave......

The one thing that baffles me on the whole level two and ssl intergration. If you think about it, when the customer has items in his cart its not secure at the point. When the customer hits the google checkout, then it goes to google in a secure mode. Customer types in his info which is secure....

The only thing that google passes bach which should go to the admin at that point is secure. Since google is not passing back and there are issues with this, is the API even necessary?

I just got this back from Google support when I asked if there is a way to export orders from Google Checkout, and I mentioned I was using ZC:

Thank you for your email. I understand that new orders don't appear in
your Zencart Admin UI.

We apologize for the inconvenience this may be causing you, we're actively
working to resolve this issue as soon as possible.

Thank you for your patience; we'll make an announcement in the Zencart
forum when this is fully resolved.

Thanks,

Jacob
Google Checkout API Support

trinorthlighting:

The one thing that baffles me on the whole level two and ssl intergration. If you think about it, when the customer has items in his cart its not secure at the point. When the customer hits the google checkout, then it goes to google in a secure mode. Customer types in his info which is secure....

The only thing that google passes bach which should go to the admin at that point is secure. Since google is not passing back and there are issues with this, is the API even necessary?

Having your cart app talking intimently with the processor back and forth, is very cool, other option would be to use PayPal thier IPN works pretty well, but then you have to put up with the payPal crapola......my vote is Google.....once I get mine working, I am going into bigtime marketing mode, take advantage of those FREE ccard processing thru 12/31..........I am pushing folks into google by only offering coupons if checkout with google.......they are all over it.

So....where is our colosports or google guy?? seems there are few remaining issues here.

Dave....
Dave........