Is there any sample for PayPal IPN

Question

I have an Asp.Net WEB API 2 project and I would like to implement an Instant Payment Notification (IPN) listener controller.

I can\'t find any example and nuget package

Answer 1

This is my code

Feel free to review is something is wrong

        [Route("IPN")]
        [HttpPost]
        public IHttpActionResult IPN()
        {
            // if you want to use the PayPal sandbox change this from false to true
            string response = GetPayPalResponse(true);

            if (response == "VERIFIED")
            {
                //Database stuff
            }
            else
            {
                return BadRequest();
            }

            return Ok();
        }

        string GetPayPalResponse(bool useSandbox)
        {
            string responseState = "INVALID";
            // Parse the variables
            // Choose whether to use sandbox or live environment
            string paypalUrl = useSandbox ? "https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/"
            : "https://www.paypal.com/";

            using (var client = new HttpClient())
            {
                client.BaseAddress = new Uri(paypalUrl);
                client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();
                client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/x-www-form-urlencoded"));

                //STEP 2 in the paypal protocol
                //Send HTTP CODE 200
                HttpResponseMessage response = client.PostAsJsonAsync("cgi-bin/webscr", "").Result;

                if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
                {
                    //STEP 3
                    //Send the paypal request back with _notify-validate
                    string rawRequest = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
                    rawRequest += "&cmd=_notify-validate";

                    HttpContent content = new StringContent(rawRequest);

                    response = client.PostAsync("cgi-bin/webscr", content).Result;

                    if(response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
                    {
                        responseState = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
                    }
                }
            }

            return responseState;
        }