Rails - Jan 2006 - Paypal IPN - unable to access breakpoint during POST?

Hi all,

I''m trying to debug some code in my paypal instant payment notification
action.

Why can I not access the breakpoint placed inside the action that paypal 
POSTs to? It just doesn''t find the server, but it works fine when
placed
inside other actions.

I''ve appended the code to the end of this post.

Thanks everyone!

Tom

--
	
	def paypal_ipn
		notify = Paypal::Notification.new(request.raw_post)
		breakpoint
		split = notify.item_id.split(''-'')
		@order = Order.new
		@item = Item.find(split[0])
		@user = User.find(split[1])
		@order.user_id = @user.id
		@order.item_id = @item.id

		if notify.acknowledge
			begin
			if notify.complete? and @item.amount == notify.amount
				@order.status = ''success''
#				send email
			else
				logger.error("Erm. Failed to verify Paypal''s
notification.")
			end
			rescue => e
				@order.status        = ''failed''
				raise
			ensure
				@order.save
			end
		end
		render :nothing
	end

Tom Taylor <tom@...> writes:
> Why can I not access the breakpoint placed inside the action that paypal 
> POSTs to? It just doesn''t find the server, but it works fine when
placed
> inside other actions.
silly question i know...but are you sure IPN is calling you back?  Do you have
confirmation in the access log of your web server?

-damon
http://damonclinkscales.com/

Damon Clinkscales wrote:
> silly question i know...but are you sure IPN is calling you back?  Do you
have
> confirmation in the access log of your web server?
Hi Damon,

Yes, I can see it in my development.log. I''m having trouble getting the
acknowledgement to work, hence the need for the debug.

Thanks,

Tom

Tom Taylor wrote:
> Yes, I can see it in my development.log. I''m having trouble
getting the
> acknowledgement to work, hence the need for the debug.
Why not try putting a breakpoint above and below the IPN call to see if 
it stops.   If it does then you know it is getting called and stopping 
at the breakpoint.

Then you can see what happens when you type ''exit'' in irb.

-damon
http://damonclinkscales.com/

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Damon Clinkscales wrote:
> Why not try putting a breakpoint above and below the IPN call to see if 
> it stops.   If it does then you know it is getting called and stopping 
> at the breakpoint.
It doesn''t work above the breakpoint unfortunately.

Thanks again,

Tom

Tom Taylor wrote:
> It doesn''t work above the breakpoint unfortunately.
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Tom
I''m an absolutely monkey. I had paypal_idn instead paypal_ipn in the 
form for sending to Paypal. Sorry for wasting your time!

Tom