VirtueMart 2
Our plugin for VirtueMart 2 enables you to receive payments to VirtueMart 2 on Joomla via the Viva Wallet payment gateway.
Before you start
- Log in to Viva Wallet, demo or live , and select the required account.
- Find your Merchant ID and API Key.
- Download vm2_plugin_vivawallet.zip to your desktop.
Setup instructions
Adding the Viva Wallet plugin to VirtueMart 2 consists of the following steps.
Step 1: Create a payment source
To add a new payment source in the Viva Wallet banking app:
- Click on Sales in the left navigation:
Click on Online payments in the Sales menu.
Click on Websites / apps in the Online payments menu:
Click on the Add Website/App button in the top right-hand corner:
The New Payment Source dialog box is displayed:Complete the fields as follows:
- Code – the four-digit number in the top-left of the dialog box is the ‘Source Code’. Make a note of it for use in your plugin.
- Source Name – give your payment source a source name so you can recognise it in your reports.
- Linked Wallet – link the payment source to the required wallet.
- Protocol – if your e-commerce platform uses SSL on the checkout, select https, otherwise use http.
- Domain Name – enter the domain name to be associated (without the protocol. i.e. use
[(www.)yourdomain.com]
, nothttp://[yourdomain].com
). If the site uses www, it must be specified and visa versa. - Integration method – leave this with redirection selected.
- Company Logo - a PNG of your company logo to be displayed on the Viva Wallet payment page.
- Success URL –
index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=pluginresponse&task=pluginresponsereceived&bnkact=success
- Failure URL –
index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=pluginresponse&task=pluginresponsereceived&bnkact=fail
- Checkboxes – read the information against each one and select them all.
Click on the Create button to finish creating the payment source.
Step 2: Integrate with your e-commerce store
To start using Viva Wallet as the payment gateway within VirtueMart 2:
Find the ZIP archive (
vm2_plugin_vivawallet.zip
) you downloaded earlier to your desktop.Install through Joomla extension manager (Install).
Activate the VM - Payment, Vivawallet plugin through Joomla extension manager (Manage).
Add the new payment method (Virtuemart/Shop/Payment Methods) and set parameters / configuration.
Step 3: Set an optional webhook
Go to Settings > API Access > Webhooks in the Viva Wallet banking app:
Click on Create Webhook.
The New Webhook dialog box is displayed:In the Url field, enter
http(s)://(www.)your_domain.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=pluginresponse&task=pluginresponsereceived&bnkact=webhook
exchanging the placeholder for your actual domain name.Choose Transaction Payment Created from the Event Type dropdown.
Click on the Save button.