mhuzaifaali / xero-silex-app

Private Application for Xero to connect to BitPay to accept Bitcoins as Payments.

This silex application shows a simple way to integrate Xero and BitPay to allow customers to pay with Bitcoins.

Requirements

• Xero Account
• BitPay Account
• Vagrant Cloud Account

Installation

git clone https://github.com/JoshuaEstes/xero-silex-app.git
cd xero-silex-app
composer install
vagrant up
vagrant share

Configuration

If you have not already done so, make sure you have run vagrant up and vagrant share as you will need the URL.

Step 1

Xero

• Log into your Xero Account, Goto Settings > General Settings
• Click on Invoice Settings
• Click on Payment Services
• Click on Add Payment Service > Custom Payment URL
• Put Bitcoin for name and [VagrantShare URL]/index.php/xero/invoice?invoiceNumber=[INVOICENUMBER]&currency=[CURRENCY]&amountDue=[AMOUNTDUE]&shortCode=[SHORTCODE] for custom URL
• Once added, click the Edit link for Bitcoins and select Invoice Themes
• Select all Invoice Themes you want to allow users to pay with Bitcoins

BitPay

• Log into your BitPay account and click on API
  • NOTE You can get a test account from https://test.bitpay.com
• Click on API Access Keys
• Click on Add New API Key
  • This key is used in config/prod.php

Set 2

Xero

• Head over to http://developer.xero.com and click on My Applications
• Click Add Application
• Select Private for your application. Enter the information required.
  • The certs that you generate should be put into the config/certs directory of this project.
  • Make note of the Consumer Key and Consumer Secret

Set 3

Enter the keys that you acquired in config/prod.php

Complete

If you have followed the Configuration steps, you are done and are ready to test you app.