Pi Ruby

This is a official Pi Network Ruby gem to integrate the Pi Network apps platform with a Ruby-based backend application.

Install

1. Add the following line to your Gemfile:

gem 'pinetwork'

2. Install the gem

$ bundle install

Example

1. Initialize the SDK

require 'pinetwork'

# DO NOT expose these values to public
api_key = "YOUR_PI_API_KEY"
wallet_private_seed = "S_YOUR_WALLET_PRIVATE_SEED" # starts with S

pi = PiNetwork.new(api_key: api_key, wallet_private_seed: wallet_private_seed)

2. Create an A2U payment

Make sure to store your payment data in your database. Here's an example of how you could keep track of the data. Consider this a database table example.

uid	product_id	amount	memo	payment_id	txid
user_uid	apple-pie-1	3.14	Refund for apple pie	NULL	NULL

user_uid = "user_uid_of_your_app"
payment_data = {
  "amount": 3.14,
  "memo": "Refund for apple pie",
  "metadata": {"product_id": "apple-pie-1"}, # this is just an example
  "uid": user_uid
}
# It is critical that you store the payment_id in your database
# so that you don't double-pay the same user, by keeping track of the payment.
payment_id = pi.create_payment(payment_data)

3. Store the payment_id in your database

After creating the payment, you'll get payment_id, which you should be storing in your database.

uid	product_id	amount	memo	payment_id	txid
user_uid	apple-pie-1	3.14	Refund for apple pie	payment_id	NULL

4. Submit the payment to the Pi Blockchain

# It is strongly recommended that you store the txid along with the payment_id you stored earlier for your reference.
txid = pi.submit_payment(payment_id)

5. Store the txid in your database

Similarly as you did in step 3, keep the txid along with other data.

uid	product_id	amount	memo	payment_id	txid
user_uid	apple-pie-1	3.14	Refund for apple pie	payment_id	txid

6. Complete the payment

payment = pi.complete_payment(payment_id, txid)

Overall flow for A2U (App-to-User) payment

To create an A2U payment using the Pi Ruby SDK, here's an overall flow you need to follow:

1. Initialize the SDK

   You'll be initializing the SDK with the Pi API Key of your app and the Private Seed of your app wallet.

2. Create an A2U payment

   You can create an A2U payment using create_payment method. The method returns a payment identifier (payment id).

3. Store the payment id in your database

   It is critical that you store the payment id, returned by create_payment method, in your database so that you don't double-pay the same user, by keeping track of the payment.

4. Submit the payment to the Pi Blockchain

   You can submit the payment to the Pi Blockchain using submit_payment method. This method builds a payment transaction and submits it to the Pi Blockchain for you. Once submitted, the method returns a transaction identifier (txid).

5. Store the txid in your database

   It is strongly recommended that you store the txid along with the payment id you stored earlier for your reference.

6. Complete the payment

   After checking the transaciton with the txid you obtained, you must complete the payment, which you can do with complete_payment method. Upon completing, the method returns the payment object. Check the status field to make sure everything looks correct.

SDK Reference

This section shows you a list of available methods.

create_payment

This method creates an A2U payment.

• Required parameter: payment_data

You need to provide 4 different data and pass them as a single object to this method.

payment_data = {
  "amount": number, # the amount of Pi you're paying to your user
  "memo": string, # a short memo that describes what the payment is about
  "metadata": object, # an arbitrary object that you can attach to this payment. This is for your own use. You should use this object as a way to link this payment with your internal business logic.
  "uid": string # a user uid of your app. You should have access to this value if a user has authenticated on your app.
}

• Return value: a payment identifier (payment_id)

submit_payment

This method creates a payment transaction and submits it to the Pi Blockchain.

• Required parameter: payment_id
• Return value: a tranaction identifier (txid)

complete_payment

This method completes the payment in the Pi server.

• Required parameter: payment_id, txid
• Return value: a payment object

The method returns a payment object with the following fields:

payment = {
  # Payment data:
  "identifier": string, # payment identifier
  "user_uid": string, # user's app-specific ID
  "amount": number, # payment amount
  "memo": string, # a string provided by the developer, shown to the user
  "metadata": object, # an object provided by the developer for their own usage
  "from_address": string, # sender address of the blockchain transaction
  "to_address": string, # recipient address of the blockchain transaction
  "direction": string, # direction of the payment ("user_to_app" | "app_to_user")
  "created_at": string, # payment's creation timestamp
  "network": string, # a network of the payment ("Pi Network" | "Pi Testnet")

  # Status flags representing the current state of this payment
  "status": {
    "developer_approved": boolean, # Server-Side Approval (automatically approved for A2U payment)
    "transaction_verified": boolean, # blockchain transaction verified
    "developer_completed": boolean, # Server-Side Completion (handled by the create_payment! method)
    "cancelled": boolean, # cancelled by the developer or by Pi Network
    "user_cancelled": boolean, # cancelled by the user
  },

  # Blockchain transaction data:
  "transaction": nil | { # This is nil if no transaction has been made yet
    "txid": string, # id of the blockchain transaction
    "verified": boolean, # true if the transaction matches the payment, false otherwise
    "_link": string, # a link to the operation on the Pi Blockchain API
  }
}

get_payment

This method returns a payment object if it exists.

• Required parameter: payment_id
• Return value: a payment object

cancel_payment

This method cancels the payment in the Pi server.

• Required parameter: payment_id
• Return value: a payment object

get_incomplete_server_payments

• Required parameter: none
• Return value: an array which contains 0 or 1 payment object

This method returns the latest incomplete payment which your app has created, if present. Use this method to troubleshoot the following error: "You need to complete the ongoing payment first to create a new one."

If a payment is returned by this method, you must follow one of the following 3 options:

1. cancel the payment, if it is not linked with a blockchain transaction and you don't want to submit the transaction anymore

2. submit the transaction and complete the payment

3. if a blockchain transaction has been made, complete the payment

If you do not know what this payment maps to in your business logic, you may use its metadata property to retrieve which business logic item it relates to. Remember that metadata is a required argument when creating a payment, and should be used as a way to link this payment to an item of your business logic.

Troubleshooting

Error when creating a payment: "You need to complete the ongoing payment first to create a new one."

See documentation for the get_incomplete_server_payments above.