Android Question How to Integrate Payfast or similar payment gateway into App

[Jakes72]

Hi all experts,

I am hoping someone can help me out here. I have used the South African payment gateway 'Payfast' in the past with a website I created by simply directing the user to a payfast server URL with all the required transaction parameters in the query string, the server then sends the user to a payment screen, they enter their card details and once successful it sends the user to a return URL of my choosing on my website so I know the payment has gone through.

Now I am trying to figure out how to do this with my app which is not web based? I know I can use a webview, but my problem is really how do I know if the transaction was successful as I do not have a return URL to send the user to?

Therefore it seems I must use a API instead and then possibly read some return JSON from the server to get the transaction status?
Looking at Payfast documentation I cannot make heads or tails of how to do this and I am not even sure that they have this facility.

Does anyone know a way of doing this for South African transactions? Ie. using Payfast or any other provider?
If so, would you please be kind enough to provide some sample code for this, I would really appreciate that tremendously!

I thank you in advance for your time,

Kind regards,
Jacques.

 

[DonManfred]

Payfast is using a REST Api which you can access using okhttputils2.
They offer a sandbox too.

 

[Jakes72]

Hi Don,

Thank you for your reply. The thing is that it seems like their API only supports something called 'subscriptions' (whatever that is), I'm just looking for a facility for someone to make a once off payment. Is this possible Don? Also please could you show me some sample code, I have no cooking clue how to do this.

Regards,
Jacques.

 

[BillMeyer]

Hi Don,

Thank you for your reply. The thing is that it seems like their API only supports something called 'subscriptions' (whatever that is), I'm just looking for a facility for someone to make a once off payment. Is this possible Don? Also please could you show me some sample code, I have no cooking clue how to do this.

Regards,
Jacques.

I sent you a PM - Will help you - done it before.

 

[DonManfred]

I'm just looking for a facility for someone to make a once off payment

so i guess it is the Ad hoc payment you are looking for

Also please could you show me some sample code, I have no cooking clue how to do this

You should wait for @BillMeyer pm ;-) As he did it in the past he know what to send ;-)

 

[ThaboTman]

so i guess it is the Ad hoc payment you are looking for

You should wait for @BillMeyer pm ;-) As he did it in the past he know what to send ;-)

Hi guys, I am having the same issue as Jake did, @BillMeyer @Jakes72 please assist if you can.

I have an android app that I need to integrate with payfast

 

[ajser027]

Hi guys, I'm currently facing the same problem. I would like to integrate payfast into an android app. I read the documentation of api integration but I'm not sure how to do it. Could you help me with this? @BillMeyer @Jakes72 @DonManfred

 

[developer_assist]

I also need a solution for Android local one. Can anyone help with snippest

 

[GMan556]

Hi @BillMeyer, I am new to api's and android development. Can you please assist in integrating PayFast as payment option into an Android app?

 

[Bennette]

Hi @BillMeyer how are you doing,
Am doing android app development so i want to integrate PayFast with my android app. Can you please assist me on how should i do it

 

[GaryCampbell77]

@BillMeyer
Do you perhaps have a git or repository of some kind for the payfast api integration into the android platform?
Their documentation is a bit sketchy. I would also like to post a public repository of how to accomplish this should you not have one.
Thanks in advance.

 

[GMan556]

Hi @BillMeyer, thanks a million for getting back to me. I do not have anything and looking at the PayFast website for assistance is not really helping. Would appreciate if you could please post a public repository on how to accomplish this. This is the only thing that is holding back the app that we have are trying to launch.