Returnurl data from GET

#1

what is the data that comes with the returnurl GET or specifically does it include the transaction id

#2

The returnurl parameter is set by you. It is expected that you will set enough information to be able to identify the transaction.

[source:https://developers.paynow.co.zw/docs/initiate_transaction.html]

DATA SENT BACK
From what i can find in the documentation data is sent via “resulturl”

reference : The transaction’s reference on the merchant site.
amount : Final amount of the transaction
paynowreference : Reference number for the transaction in Paynow.
pollurl : The URL on Paynow the merchant site can poll to confirm the transaction’s current status.
status : After payment is complete Paynow will notify the merchant site with one of the following statuses
hash : Details of Hash generation are provided in a later section of this document.

[source: https://developers.paynow.co.zw/docs/status_update.html]

THE FLOW
The returnurl is used when you direct your user to Paynow’s Website to complete a payment. Once the user has completed a payment they are redirected to the returnurl. Does it have a transaction id? It wont have a Paynow transaction Id as you only get that after response to initial POST.

SUGGESTED WORKFLOW
1.Set the url as your website , with a parameter of “myref” which is your internal reference to the transaction
returnurl: mywebsite.com/check/?myref=38938djj

  1. When the user has completed their payment on Paynow and they are redirected to your website url , you use “myref” parameter to search for the transaction on your end and update it
#3

ok so the paynow server just redirects to my returnurl it does not send any data with the GET

#4

Paynow simply redirects to the returnurl and posts the data (server responses) to the resulturl so you can expect to see the data there.

#5

So where can I set that returnurl

#6

If you are using the official Paynow SDKs there are examples on the Developer Hub “Quickstart Guides” showing how to instantiate a Paynow Class object and set the necessary properties like the resulturl and retunurl among others.

Here’s the one for PHP SDK for example: https://developers.paynow.co.zw/docs/php_quickstart.html#usage-example