web-payments.io

The server-side portion of a polyfill for the Web Payments Browser API.

A live version and demo of this site can be found at web-payments.io.

This software enables a person to register payment applications that can be used to perform payments at websites that use the Web Payments Browser API.

Core Functionality

This software enables a person to:

1. Register a payment application for later use.
2. Choose a compatible, previously registered payment application following a payment request.
3. Proxy payment requests and payment acknowledgements between payee websites and payment applications.

Development

The following section explains how to setup and develop the web-payments.io software on a local development machine.

Requirements

• node.js
• npm

Configuration

The options in the ./configs/web-payments.dev.js file can be tuned to your environment as needed.

Setup

• Install the dependencies (see below)
• Map the web-payments.dev hostname to your localhost.

To install dependencies, do the following:

npm install

Running

Add a host alias (for example, edit /etc/hosts) to map web-payments.dev to localhost.

Run the following to start up a development server from the source directory:

node web-payments.dev.js

To add more verbose debugging, use the --log-level option:

node web-payments.dev.js --log-level debug

Usage

Access the server at the following URL:

• https://web-payments.dev:53443/