Paypal plugin for Koha

Paypal Plugin for Koha

PayPal Setup

The steps below will walk you through setting up the PayPal business account.

PayPal Business Account Set-Up:
  1. Log into your PayPal business account.
  2. Go to the Tools dropdown menu and select 'All Tools'.
  3. Choose Integrate API on the left bar.
  4. Click Open on API Credentials. You will see a section for NVP/SOAP API Integration- select Request API Credentials.
  5. Select the radio button for Request API Signature.
  6. Click Agree and Submit.
  7. Your API username, password, and signature are hidden by default. Click “Show” to reveal them.
  8. Keep the window open so you can copy and paste the credentials on the Koha Admin page.
  9. Log in to your Koha staff interface.

PayPal Plugin Configuration in Koha

Go to GitLab to download the PayPal file.
  1. Under the Administration module - choose Manage plugins.
  2. Upload this new PayPal downloaded file by choosing Upload file.
  3. Once this has uploaded, you will see all the plugins that are currently on your Koha site.
  4. Find the Paypal plugin in the list, and on the far right, under Actions, choose to Configure plugin.
  5. As before, you can set this up in a test mode, by choosing the "Sandbox" option under the General Options.

  1. If your library is a multi-branch library and has different PayPal accounts, you can choose the branch that will be set up from the list on the left. A "Default" is needed prior to setting up branch-specific information.
  2. For each branch, a library will enter the PayPal user, PayPal password, PayPal signature, Charge description, and Minimum payment threshold.
  3. To add another branch-specific PayPal details section, add the branch to the configuration.
  4. If at any time, you would like to mark a branch inactive (meaning they are not set up for PayPal payments), this can be marked inactive.
  5. Once the library has added all the branches and their PayPal specific details, Save will be at the bottom of the page.
Notes
If you mark a library inactive after adding the PayPal settings into the plugin, these settings will not be retained. They will need to be re-entered.

OPAC

Once all the settings have been added to your Koha site, the PayPal option will appear at the bottom of a patron's "your charges" page to enable the patron to pay for their fines through PayPal.


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