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Payments.charge

Overview

This call allows your app to ask the user for a one time payment. Users must have a paid account to run paid apps. Payments will processed at the end of the month. When you request a payment, the user will see a request.
Parameters
const amountInDollars = 0; // amount in USD
const paymentFor = ''; // payment description
dronedeployApi.Payments.charge(amountInDollars, paymentFor);

Example Call

dronedeployApi.Payments.charge(4.00, 'Testing Payments')
.then(
function(success){ console.log('paymentId:', success) },
function(error){ console.log(error) }
)
Note: If your app is not published, the returned paymentId is fake and is not saved to our database. Additionally, having a paid account is not enforced while in development.
Here is a screenshot of what you would see if your app is not published.
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Example Response

Success Response
If the payment is successful you will receive the payment id.
.then(function(paymentId){ console.log(paymentId) })
// 298348de72987ac
Error Responses
If the user clicks cancel on the payment request.
.then(
function(){},
function(error){ console.log(error) },
)
// Error('User declined payment request.')
If the user does not have a paid account.
.then(
function(){},
function(error){ console.log(error) },
)
// Error('User does not have a paid account.')
If the request fails (I.E. the user is offline).
.then(
function(){},
function(error){ console.log(error) },
)
// Error('Error Submitting Payment')

Payment FAQ

How to validate or cancel a payment?

  1. 1.
    From the account that authored the plugin, get your API key here​
  2. 2.
    Send a GET request to this endpoint with your payment_id, /v1/plugin_payments/<payment_id>
    1. 1.
      Example Request
      1. 1.
        curl "https://public-api.dronedeploy.com/v1/plugin_payments/5817d4b9361143b45cbb072b?api_key=f78b0a0d66274fd5a8684c49deb9d83d"
        Example Response
    2. 2.
      Example Response
      1. 1.
        {
        "user_id": "57c5fc90dd32274105595f92",
        "description": "Paid for something",
        "date_creation": 1234567890100,
        "date_paid": null,
        "amount": 1000,
        "plugin_id": "5817d4b6361143b45cbb072a",
        "id": "5817d4b9361143b45cbb072b"
        }
  3. 3.
    To cancel a payment send a PUT request to /v1/plugin_payments/<payment_id> with {"status": "cancelled"} as the body.
    1. 1.
      curl -X PUT -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"status":"cancelled"}' "https://public-api.dronedeploy.com/v1/plugin_payments/589e239dc66a510001bd330b?api_key=65452af2874547428a90d008a8ed75dc"
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