wepay_checkout_records being saved without checkout_uri

[fredguest]

so i'm having an issue completing a checkout call, and i'm sure it's user error rather than the gem, but i can't figure out what i'm screwing up.

the first error i was getting when i hit the checkout url was this:

NameError (uninitialized constant WepayRails::Helpers::ControllerHelpers::WepayCheckoutRecord):

which i fixed by adding this:

config.autoload_paths += %W(#{config.root}/lib/models)

to my application.rb, but it might be worth adding that step to the readme. so now that's fixed but the new error i'm getting is this:

ActionController::ActionControllerError (Cannot redirect to nil!):

and after looking at controller_helpers.rb inside the wepay-rails gem it seems pretty clear that the init_checkout(params, access_token=nil) method is failing to return a record with a value in the checkout_uri column to the init_checkout_and_send_user_to_wepay(params, access_token=nil) method, so when init_checkout_and_send_user_to_wepay calls redirct_to record.checkout_uri it's getting nil.

if i log into my developer console on stage.wepay.com and look at the API calls i can see the call i just made. here are the details of the call:

Call ID 2129758 Request Argument  {
    "callback_uri": "http://owmee.herokuapp.com/wepay/ipn?security_token=3a2a4d0271105199cb2981b2d8fa3bc4f2324b7db1bec6afdd37dbd35a747cb6",
    "redirect_uri": "http://owmee.herokuapp.com/wepay/checkout?security_token=3a2a4d0271105199cb2981b2d8fa3bc4f2324b7db1bec6afdd37dbd35a747cb6",
    "fee_payer": "Payee",
    "type": "PERSONAL",
    "charge_tax": "0",
    "app_fee": "0",
    "auto_capture": "1",
    "require_shipping": "0",
    "shipping_fee": "0",
    "account_id": "123456789", #faked obv so i could share this
    "amount": "100.00",
    "short_description": "wepay test call",
    "long_description": "i have no idea what i'm doing"
} Response Argument  {
    "checkout_id": 1655086542,
    "checkout_uri": "https://stage.wepay.com/api/checkout/1655086542/fce808a1"
}

and if i open a heroku pg:psql session and run SELECT * FROM wepay_checkout_records; i can see records are being created in my database for all the calls i've made, but none of the columns have any data in them except created_at and update_at. somehow i'm creating wepay_checkout_records with a bunch of nil params.

here is the checkout_controller in my app:

class Purchase::CheckoutController < ApplicationController
  include WepayRails::Payments

  def index
    # cart = current_user.cart # EXAMPLE - get my shopping cart

    checkout_params = {
      :amount => "100.00",
      :short_description => "wepay test call",
      :long_description => "i have no idea what i'm doing"
    }

    # Finally, send the user off to wepay so you can get paid! - CASH MONEY
    init_checkout_and_send_user_to_wepay(checkout_params)
  end
end

here is the finalize_controller in my app:

class Purchase::FinalizeController < ApplicationController
  def index
    # Fetch the WepayCheckoutRecord that was stored for the checkout
    # wcr  = WepayCheckoutRecord.find_by_checkout_id(params[:checkout_id])

    # Example: Set the association of the wepay checkout record to my cart - then, on to order.
    # cart = current_account.cart
    # cart.wepay_checkout_record = wcr
    # cart.save!

    # Convert cart to an order?? Move to observer of WepayCheckoutRecord??
    # cart.convert_cart_to_order if wcr.state == 'authorized'

    render :text => "Hooray - you bought some widgets!"
  end
end

here's what i have in my config.rb:

namespace :purchase do
    resources :checkout, :finalize, only: :index
end

…any help would be greatly appreciated, i'm out of ideas at the moment.

[fredguest]

that last bit is in my routes.rb not config.rb obv. brain is fried

[adamthedeveloper]

Hi Fred,

Did you close this because you figured out what was wrong or are you still stuck? Thanks!

Adam

[fredguest]

i never did figure out what i was doing wrong, but i realized i didn't really need a robust gem, i just need to make a few straightforward calls, and i couldn't really use the official wepay documentation because i was interacting with their API through the gem's code more than my own, so i tried just using the wepay SDK instead of wepay-rails and it's worked out much better in my particular case. i definitely appreciate that this gem is here in case i need it in the future though, it seems like you've done a nice job with it.