Purchases

Use the SDK to make virtual purchases and redeem real money purchases.

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The methods in the

Purchases

namespace allow you to make purchases for the currently signed in user.

Note

All the methods in this namespace can throw an EconomyException.

MakeVirtualPurchaseAsync

Makes a virtual purchase specified by ID. This method optionally takes a

MakeVirtualPurchaseOptions

object. This can be used to specify the

PlayersInventoryItems

IDs of the items in the players inventory that should be used towards the cost(s) of the purchase. If these are not supplied, the items used towards the cost(s) are chosen automatically. Returns a

MakeVirtualPurchaseResult

. Example:


string purchaseID = "BUY_A_SWORD";MakeVirtualPurchaseResult purchaseResult = await EconomyService.Instance.Purchases.MakeVirtualPurchaseAsync(purchaseID);

Alternative Example using

PlayersInventoryItem

IDs:


string purchaseID = "BUY_A_SWORD";MakeVirtualPurchaseOptions options = new MakeVirtualPurchaseOptions{    PlayersInventoryItemIds = new List<string> { "playersInventoryItemId1", "playersInventoryItemId2" }};MakeVirtualPurchaseResult purchaseResult = await EconomyService.Instance.Purchases.MakeVirtualPurchaseAsync(purchaseID, options);

MakeVirtualPurchaseOptions

The options object for a

MakeVirtualPurchaseAsync

call. It has the following field:

```
PlayersInventoryItemIds
```
: A list of strings. Defaults to
```
null
```
. The
```
PlayersInventoryItem
```
IDs of the items in the players inventory that you want to use towards the cost(s) of the purchase.

MakeVirtualPurchaseResult

This object is returned by a

MakeVirtualPurchaseAsync

call. It contains the following fields:

```
Costs
```
: A
```
Costs
```
object representing the costs that were spent in this purchase. This in turn has two fields:
- ```
Currency
```
  : A list of
```
CurrencyExchangeItem
```
  describing the currencies used to make this purchase.
- ```
Inventory
```
  : A list of
```
InventoryExchangeItem
```
  describing the items used as a cost in order to make this purchase.
```
Rewards
```
: A
```
Rewards
```
object representing the rewards given in exchange for this purchase. This also has two fields as above:
- ```
Currency
```
  : A list of
```
CurrencyExchangeItem
```
  describing the currencies rewarded as part of this purchase.
- ```
Inventory
```
  : A list of
```
InventoryExchangeItem
```
  describing the items rewarded as part of this purchase.

RedeemAppleAppStorePurchaseAsync

Redeems a real money purchase by submitting a receipt from the Apple App Store. This is validated and if valid, the rewards as defined in the configuration are applied to the player’s inventory and currency balances. Takes a required

RedeemAppleAppStorePurchaseArgs

object. This is used to provide the purchase details.


RedeemAppleAppStorePurchaseArgs args = new RedeemAppleAppStorePurchaseArgs("PURCHASE_ID", "RECEIPT_FROM_APP_STORE", 0, "USD");RedeemAppleAppStorePurchaseResult purchaseResult = await EconomyService.Instance.Purchases.RedeemAppleAppStorePurchaseAsync(args);

RedeemAppleAppStorePurchaseArgs

The arguments object for a

RedeemAppleAppStorePurchaseAsync

call. It has the following fields:

```
RealMoneyPurchaseId
```
: A string. The configuration ID of the purchase to make.
```
Receipt
```
: A string. The receipt data as returned from the Apple App Store.
```
LocalCost
```
: An int. The cost of the purchase as an integer in the minor currency format, for example, $1.99 USD would be 199.
```
LocalCurrency
```
: A string. ISO-4217 code of the currency used in the purchase.

RedeemAppleAppStorePurchaseResult

This object is returned by a

RedeemAppleAppStorePurchaseAsync

call. It contains the following fields:

```
Verification
```
: The receipt verification details from the validation service.
- ```
Status
```
  : Status of the receipt verification. This will be one of:
  - ```
  VALID
```
  : The purchase was valid.
- ```
VALID_NOT_REDEEMED
```
    : The purchase was valid but seen before, but had not yet been redeemed.
  - ```
  INVALID_ALREADY_REDEEMED
```
  : The purchase has already been redeemed.
- ```
INVALID_VERIFICATION_FAILED
```
    : The receipt verification service returned that the receipt data was not valid.
  - ```
  INVALID_ANOTHER_PLAYER
```
  : The receipt has previously been used by a different player and validated.
- ```
INVALID_CONFIGURATION
```
    : The service configuration is invalid, further information in the details section of the response.
  - ```
  INVALID_PRODUCT_ID_MISMATCH
```
  : The purchase configuration store product identifier does not match the one in the receipt.
- ```
Store
```
  : Details from the receipt validation service. This has three fields:
  - ```
  Code
```
  : The status code sent back from the Apple App Store verification service.
- ```
Message
```
    : A textual description of the returned status code.
  - ```
  Receipt
```
  : The purchase receipt data.
```
Rewards
```
: A
```
Rewards
```
object representing the rewards given in exchange for this purchase. This has the following fields:
- ```
Currency
```
  : A list of
```
CurrencyExchangeItem
```
  describing the currencies rewarded as part of this purchase.
- ```
Inventory
```
  : A list of
```
InventoryExchangeItem
```
  describing the items rewarded as part of this purchase.

INVALID_VERIFICATION_FAILED

If you get an

INVALID_VERIFICATION_FAILED

error with the store message

The receipt could not be authenticated.

and with error code

, it might be because your receipt contains a renewable subscription, which is not supported for validation by the Economy service.

EconomyAppleAppStorePurchaseFailedException

RedeemAppleAppStorePurchaseAsync

may throw an exception of type

EconomyAppleAppStorePurchaseFailedException

. This inherits from

EconomyException

and contains one additional field called

Data

. The

Data

field is of type

RedeemAppleAppStorePurchaseResult

(see above).

Note

This

Data

field is different from the

Data

field in the base

Exception

class.

RedeemGooglePlayPurchaseAsync

Redeems a real money purchase by submitting a receipt from the Google Play Store. This is validated and if valid, the rewards as defined in the configuration are applied to the player’s inventory and currency balances. Takes a required

RedeemGooglePlayStorePurchaseArgs

object. This is used to provide the purchase details.


RedeemGooglePlayStorePurchaseArgs args = new RedeemGooglePlayStorePurchaseArgs("PURCHASE_ID", "PURCHASE_DATA", "PURCHASE_DATA_SIGNATURE", 0, "USD");RedeemGooglePlayPurchaseResult purchaseResult = await EconomyService.Instance.Purchases.RedeemGooglePlayPurchaseAsync(args);

RedeemGooglePlayStorePurchaseArgs

The arguments object for a

RedeemGooglePlayPurchaseAsync

call. It has the following fields:

```
RealMoneyPurchaseId
```
: A string. The configuration ID of the purchase to make.
```
PurchaseData
```
: A string. A JSON encoded string returned from a successful in app billing purchase.
```
PurchaseDataSignature
```
: A string. A signature of the
```
PurchaseData
```
returned from a successful in app billing purchase.
```
LocalCost
```
: An int. The cost of the purchase as an integer in the minor currency format, for example, $1.99 USD would be 199.
```
LocalCurrency
```
: A string. ISO-4217 code of the currency used in the purchase.

RedeemGooglePlayPurchaseResult

This object is returned by a

RedeemGooglePlayPurchaseAsync

call. It contains the following fields:

```
Verification
```
: The receipt verification details from the validation service.
- ```
Status
```
  : Status of the receipt verification. This will be one of:
  - ```
  VALID
```
  : The purchase was valid.
- ```
VALID_NOT_REDEEMED
```
    : The purchase was valid but seen before, but had not yet been redeemed.
  - ```
  INVALID_ALREADY_REDEEMED
```
  : The purchase has already been redeemed.
- ```
INVALID_VERIFICATION_FAILED
```
    : The receipt verification service returned that the receipt data was not valid.
  - ```
  INVALID_ANOTHER_PLAYER
```
  : The receipt has previously been used by a different player and validated.
- ```
INVALID_CONFIGURATION
```
    : The service configuration is invalid, further information in the details section of the response.
  - ```
  INVALID_PRODUCT_ID_MISMATCH
```
  : The purchase configuration store product identifier does not match the one in the receipt.
- ```
Store
```
  : Details from the receipt validation service. This has one field:
  - ```
  Receipt
```
  : The purchase receipt data.
```
Rewards
```
: A
```
Rewards
```
object representing the rewards given in exchange for this purchase. This has the following fields:
- ```
Currency
```
  : A list of
```
CurrencyExchangeItem
```
  describing the currencies rewarded as part of this purchase.
- ```
Inventory
```
  : A list of
```
InventoryExchangeItem
```
  describing the items rewarded as part of this purchase.

EconomyGooglePlayStorePurchaseFailedException

RedeemGooglePlayPurchaseAsync

may throw an exception of type

EconomyGooglePlayStorePurchaseFailedException

. This inherits from

EconomyException

and contains one additional field called

Data

. The

Data

field is of type

RedeemGooglePlayPurchaseResult

(see above).

Note

This

Data

field is different from the

Data

field in the base

Exception

class.

CurrencyExchangeItem

This object represents a currency that was part of a purchase. It has these fields:

```
Id
```
: The ID of the currency.
```
Amount
```
: The amount of this currency used in the purchase.

InventoryExchangeItem

This object represents an inventory item that was part of a purchase. It has these fields:

```
Id
```
: The ID of the currency.
```
Amount
```
: The amount of this inventory item used/rewarded in the purchase.
```
InstanceIds
```
: A list of instance IDs that were used/rewarded in the purchase.

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Economy

Purchases

MakeVirtualPurchaseAsync

MakeVirtualPurchaseOptions

MakeVirtualPurchaseResult

RedeemAppleAppStorePurchaseAsync

RedeemAppleAppStorePurchaseArgs

RedeemAppleAppStorePurchaseResult

INVALID_VERIFICATION_FAILED

EconomyAppleAppStorePurchaseFailedException

RedeemGooglePlayPurchaseAsync

RedeemGooglePlayStorePurchaseArgs

RedeemGooglePlayPurchaseResult

EconomyGooglePlayStorePurchaseFailedException

CurrencyExchangeItem

InventoryExchangeItem