Retrieving venmo payment information

Question

I'm currently using a link that looks something like this

<%= link_to "CLICK HERE TO PAY WITH VENMO", "https://venmo.com/?txn=pay&recipients=#{@post.venmo_name}&amount=#{@post.price}" %>

However I would like a way to verify that the user made the payment. Is there any way for me to do this?

Answer 1

_{I work at Venmo.}

You could use a webhook.

However, how are you confirming that the user who clicked on the link is the one who made the payment? (say two users click the link and only one makes a payment, how would you know which one made the payment?) Have you looked into using the Oauth API?