UC Google Checkout in Pounds Sterling/GBP?

This patch attempts to enable merchants to select their required currency within the GCO payment settings form.

Previously, the variable uc_currency_code was used to select the currency value to use with GCO. This patch changes that value to uc_google_checkout_currency and adds in options for AUD, CAD, EUR, GBP, HKD, JPY, USD.

It may have been better to just use uc_currency_code as this is the store's default setting and would save having to select this option in the GCO settings form. However, having this option on the GCO form does provide the merchant with some reassurance that the GCO module will work with their required currency.

Changing back to unassigned although happy to work on this patch until it is ready to be committed.

Could do with getting best practice advice about using either the uc_currency_code variable or using a module specific one as in the patch in the original post. I'm just doing some work on the UC Worldpay module and that uses uc_currency_code so it just ties in with the store default.

There's a lot more than changing the currency to get Google Checkout to work for UK merchants. There's a locale tag that has to be put on the checkout button, a setting for the proper rounding scheme, and some features need to be turned off because Google hasn't implemented them for UK yet. A patch needs to address all of these things, too.

I also think it's better to use uc_currency_code. I'm not actually using the payment method form for Google Checkout, so I'm going to just replace it with a link to the settings pages. Having two settings that are almost the same thing is bad because I know that there will be somebody who puts two different things in them. Instead, I'm going to add in to the description on the currency field which values Google Checkout will accept.

If everyone can stand it, I'd like to wait until UK merchants can use this module before making a new release. I'll update CVS in the meantime and make a dev version so that everybody can get the latest code.

Hi Lyle - So what do you need me to do? If you could give me a list I'd be more than happy to complete it.

Thanks Lyle, that works much nicer than having the separate input field in the gco settings. No worries on getting a full release out, can just use the dev version for now.

If you know what is required and don't have the time yourself perhaps you could point me in the right direction. I tried to find information on the differences between UK and US features but had no success.

I'm afraid there isn't some kind of list where Google explains the differences. I've just noticed them in several places throughout their documentation: http://code.google.com/apis/checkout/developer/index.html. Someone (maybe you, maybe me, whoever) needs to go through those pages (just the XML API) and find them all.

I know one of the differences has to do with merchant-calculated shipping, but that's a non-issue since this module doesn't do that.

Would be very excited to see GBP added as an option, has there been any update on this in the last month?
Cheers!

I tried to get the client to sponsor the work but they already have a number of payment methods and said they would prefer to wait until this was ready. If I get another client who's willing to sponsor it then I will be able to do the work. Sorry I couldn't do it for everyone.

There may be a possible bounty for this work. Lyle, can you give me an idea of how much this would cost? Send me a message via my contact form if you like.

i too am havinfg difficulty using google checkout in the uk as the shipping is no god, there is nowhere to add shipping rates or shipping by weight , and when using ups it says im not in america so it cant do it ,

i would be happy to contribute some funds.

I'm also having problems in the UK. Google is sending me emails saying 'Attention required: order notification failing', and the Google checkout integration console says it's getting error 500 from my ubercart gcheckout server
(error 500 - http://checkout.google.com/support/sell/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=63436)

People can still purchase stuff, and the first few order API communications between google and ubercart work successfully (i.e. create order with status 'in google checkout').

500 error is most likely a separate issue... I think I've found the sol'n and so started new thread: http://drupal.org/node/498864