How to redirect after payment confirmation in your website using Paypal?

Hello again…

I want to share with you some tips on how to use the Paypal module in your website, specially when you try to redirect to your website after the payment is verified and completed.

I am not going to explain the whole process, just want to share a few tips on how to complete the purchase flow and get back to your site. There should be many other options out there as well, hopefully this one can be useful in your project.

That being said, let us proceed with this quick tip!

I have used the basic implementation of Paypal: Express Checkout. Once you set up the script provided by Paypal according to your needs, pay attention on the ‘OnAuthorize’ function:

You can use the window.location.href object in Javascript to redirect to your site once the REST api authorized the payment. Originally, the script has the window.alert object so it shows you the window with the ‘Payment completed’ message.

This small snippet has worked for me in basic implementations when I only want to know if the user paid correctly. If you need any extra information (i.e. transaction ID) then I think you should need a different solution.