By ExpedientWeb-1 on

I am new to Drupal and have searched for a solution to provide paid access to URL's encrypted for Pay-per-view. The closest I have found is File Download in Ubercart. It provides download counts, expiration, and a secure access URL to the file that is user dependent. I need nearly the same capability, however when the user clicks to download the file I would instead open the secure link in a new window for viewing purposes.

I am experienced in PHP and have considered hacking uc_file, but very newbie to Drupal.

If there are modules or patches that provide this capability, please advise.

⋅ Categories: Drupal 5.x

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user5623’s picture

user5623 commented

I looking for the same solution.

Any idea ?

kshahan’s picture

kshahan commented

if you have a solution please post. or maybe some of us can put our heads together and figure out how to do this.

mm167’s picture

mm167 commented

depends whether you are build a full scale commercial site (with invoice, tax receipt, refund..etc) OR just a small scale Pay2XXX web site (earn little money/points when user want to read / download / watch video) ..

for the 2nd case, I believe userpoints module can help.

1. enable userpoints and setup a simple way for user to buy userpoints.

2. enhance the content you want to earn through userpoints. Say, in the Forum, you may add the php checking codes to see, if the user already "buy" this content. If Not yet buy, then display the "Buy" button; if already pay, then display the full content / video / file url link for download..etc.

in the userpoints module, u can find all the functions you may required. (deduce points, add buy point transaction, check buy point record etc).

of course, dont ask for those lux features, like invoice, tax, refund,....etc.

hope my ideas may help.