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Payments
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
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const amount = Number;
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const paymentFor = String;
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dronedeployApi.Payments.charge(amount, paymentFor);
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Example Call
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dronedeployApi.Payments.charge(4.00, 'Testing Payments')
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.then(
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function(success){ console.log('paymentId:', success) },
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function(error){ console.log(error) }
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)
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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.
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...then(function(paymentId){ console.log(paymentId) })
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// 298348de72987ac
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Error Responses
If the user clicks cancel on the payment request.
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.then(
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function(){},
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function(error){ console.log(error) },
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)
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// Error('User declined payment request.')
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If the user does not have a paid account.
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.then(
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function(){},
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function(error){ console.log(error) },
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)
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// Error('User does not have a paid account.')
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If the request fails (I.E. the user is offline).
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.then(
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function(){},
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function(error){ console.log(error) },
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)
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// Error('Error Submitting Payment')
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Payment FAQ
How to validate or cancel a payment?
2 - Run GET against this endpoint with your payment_id, /v1/plugin_payments/<payment_id>
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curl "https://public-api.dronedeploy.com/v1/plugin_payments/5817d4b9361143b45cbb072b?api_key=f78b0a0d66274fd5a8684c49deb9d83d"
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Example Response
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{
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"user_id": "57c5fc90dd32274105595f92",
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"description": "Paid for something",
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"date_creation": 1234567890100,
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"date_paid": null,
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"amount": 1000,
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"plugin_id": "5817d4b6361143b45cbb072a",
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"id": "5817d4b9361143b45cbb072b"
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}
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3 - To cancel a payment run PUT against /v1/plugin_payments/<payment_id> with {"status": "cancelled"} as the body.
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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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