Marketplace/InAppPayments

The Marketplace has been placed into maintenance mode. It is no longer under active development. You can read complete details here.

This page discusses some improvements to In-app Payments for the Marketplace.

Issues

• Developers have to manage the in-app keys.
• Developers require a server to store the in-app keys.
• Developers respond to payment notices for success or failure.
• Marketplace doesn't know anything about an in-app payment, meaning purchase history and refunds are empty.

Proposed solution

• App developers enters in a product and price on the Mozilla Marketplace developer hub and gets a URL for example /mozpay/product/shiny-pony/buy.
• User clicks a Buy button.
• App does a POST to /mozpay/product/shiny-pony/buy
  • That initiates a transaction on the server.
  • Server contacts the marketplace to record start of the transaction.
    • Is there an issue here with matching up Marketplace persona accounts? (no, because we'll be using device receipts)
  • Creates the JWT and returns it to the client
  • The client receives the JWT and passes it to mozPay.
• App polls the server waiting for a completed purchase...
• When completed a receipt is returned to the client
  • Client installs the receipt probably with app.addReceipt() (bug https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757226)
• App verifies the receipt is correct for that app.
  • App verifies the receipt against the receipt verification.
• App grants access to product purchased.

• User can revisit the marketplace and get a list of completed in-app payments. [out of scope]
  • Users can click a button to get a receipt for an in-app payment.
    • App should check the receipt is correct for that app.
    • App verifies the receipt against the receipt verification.

Issues

• Refunds and chargebacks will still need a server, although we will report that on a reciept check.
• Lots of products?
• revoking / updating receipt - ie. for subscription products?
• developer testing
• Current in app payment tester http://inapp-pay-test.paas.allizom.org/
• Multiple payment providers?
  • eg: create bango account, create in app payment, create timwe account then what happens
• Existing https://github.com/mozilla/receiptverifier

Bugs

Tracking bug is 944480.

Full Query

ID	Summary	Priority	Status
757226	Implement mozApps app.replaceReceipt()	P2	RESOLVED
944482	Ensure origin required for paid packaged apps	P5	RESOLVED
944487	Create a product and price model	P2	RESOLVED
944489	Create a product and price API	P2	RESOLVED
944490	Create a product and price page	P5	RESOLVED
944518	Create a start in-app payment transaction API	--	RESOLVED
944519	Create a start in-app payment transaction API	P2	RESOLVED
944522	Create a get receipt API	P3	RESOLVED
944523	Add in historic in-app purchases page	P3	RESOLVED
944525	Update purchase flow for in-app payments	P2	RESOLVED
956333	Create a Solitude product with a default price	P2	RESOLVED
956334	Create in-app products from Devhub	P2	RESOLVED
956348	Create Solitude product with localized descriptions	P3	RESOLVED
956349	Create Solitude product with icons	P3	RESOLVED
956351	Add API to generate a JWT by product ID	P2	RESOLVED
956354	Add API to check transaction for in-app purchase	P2	RESOLVED
956358	[tracking] Create client JS library for server-less in-app payments	P2	RESOLVED
956359	Document server-less in-app payments	P2	RESOLVED
956366	Install an in-app purchase receipt on device	P2	RESOLVED
956367	Verify a server-less in-app purchase receipt	P2	RESOLVED
972905	in-app payment tester for server-less payments	P2	RESOLVED
977764	Insert some data about the in-app payment into the receipt	P2	RESOLVED
977767	Verification should take into account the in-app product	P2	RESOLVED
978880	Hiding or flagging apps with new in-app payments	P3	RESOLVED
981102	[tracking] Allow developers to simulate a server-less in-app payment	P2	RESOLVED
984504	support multiple purchases of the same item for server-less payments	P2	RESOLVED
984526	Cope correctly with incoming in-app payments in webpay	P2	RESOLVED
986614	Set user on contribution object for purchase of in app object after post-purchase postback	P2	RESOLVED
1014841	fxpay: turn example into packaged app	P1	RESOLVED
1016447	Cannot save in-app product in DevHub	--	RESOLVED
1016671	In-app product without image URL causes error	P3	RESOLVED
1016685	Cannot begin a transaction from fxpay.purchase()	P1	RESOLVED
1019096	Add in-app products to app debug page in Zamboni	--	RESOLVED
1019269	Process a postback for a serverless in-app payment	--	RESOLVED
1019890	Add inapp foreign key to Contribution	P1	RESOLVED
1021359	Enable product verification for in-app purchase receipts	P2	RESOLVED
1021822	[mkt] Set up receipt check service for payments-alt	P2	RESOLVED
1022936	Remove link from in-app payments screen	P2	RESOLVED
1023403	Restore purchases after re-installing the app	--	RESOLVED
1023632	Ensure developer receipts work for in-app payments	P4	RESOLVED
1023634	Ensure test receipts work for in-app payments	P4	RESOLVED
1025122	[mkt] set up a custom receipt signer for payments-alt	P1	RESOLVED
1027397	Expose application ID in Dev Hub page for in-app products	--	RESOLVED
1027908	Security Review: Serverless in-app payments	--	RESOLVED
1028361	Make in app product page a bit prettier	P4	RESOLVED
1028389	In-app products config shows an alert on error	P2	RESOLVED
1028976	Unable to save in-app product	P2	RESOLVED
1035448	Change inapp public ID to UUID	P3	RESOLVED
1037605	fxpay: return an error if system XHR permission doesn't exist	P3	RESOLVED
1038365	Re-create in-app products when adding a payment provider	P2	RESOLVED
1043590	Prevent non-public app from doing payments with fxpay	P2	RESOLVED
1046230	in-app product name should not be unique	P2	RESOLVED
1052143	[Devhub] Add a file a bug link to new inapp products pages	P4	RESOLVED
1054532	fxpay: return complete product info when restoring from receipt	P2	RESOLVED
1056317	Update fxpay to use inapp product UUID	P2	RESOLVED
1056416	fxpay: return full product info to callback on purchase()	P2	RESOLVED
1058112	fix in-app test receipts to use new GUID for inapp_id	P2	RESOLVED
1058279	Validate inapp product thumbnail size	P1	RESOLVED
1058284	Allow developers to disable an inapp product	P3	RESOLVED
1059944	Overall in-app payments page to explain the differences	P3	RESOLVED
1059959	Improve the initial landing on in app products	P3	RESOLVED
1060662	package up the fxpay lib with bower	P1	RESOLVED
1062445	fpay: send library version as API request header	P1	RESOLVED
1064586	Update the link to in-app payments @ ../in-app-config/	--	VERIFIED
1064687	List the pricetiers in ascending order	P2	VERIFIED
1064690	Unable to save in-app products @ TypeError: price is undefined in_app_products.js:14	P2	VERIFIED
1065006	in-app product APIs cause 404s because of misinterpreted app origins	P1	VERIFIED
1065328	[stage] App validation is successful even there's no origin specified in the manifest file	--	RESOLVED
1065352	[stage] In-app Payments option can be selected for a Hosted app also	--	RESOLVED
1066356	Disabled in-app product shows up in the app	P3	RESOLVED
1066359	Purchasing in-app product fails with TRANS_NOT_FOUND	--	RESOLVED
1066374	Allow devs to reorder the in-app product list	--	RESOLVED
1066418	Not all in-app products get listed within the app	--	RESOLVED
1066419	Allow a brief description about in-app products	--	RESOLVED
1067390	Restoring users products from receipt does not work (ERROR_DECODING)	P1	VERIFIED
1125968	UnicodeDecodeError when fulfilling in-app product purchase with a non-ascii title	P1	RESOLVED

76 Total; 0 Open (0%); 71 Resolved (93.42%); 5 Verified (6.58%);