Minimum required components needed to set up a Balanced Payment (balancedpayments.com) marketplace.

_bank_account_form.html.haml

= form_tag "/store_bank_account", :method => :post, :id => "bank-account-form", :class => "form-horizontal" do
  .control-group
    = label_tag "ba-name", "Account Holder's Name", :class => "control-label"
    .controls
      = text_field_tag "ba-name", nil, :placeholder => "Account Holder's Name", :class => "ba-name", :autocomplete => "off"
  .control-group
    = label_tag "ba-rn", "Routing Number", :class => "control-label"
    .controls
      = text_field_tag "ba-rn", nil, :placeholder => "Routing Number", :class => "ba-rn", :autocomplete => "off"
  .control-group
    = label_tag "ba-an", "Account Number", :class => "control-label"
    .controls
      = text_field_tag "ba-an", nil, :placeholder => "Account Number", :class => "ba-an", :autocomplete => "off"
  .control-group
    = label_tag "ba-type", "Type", :class => "control-label"
    .controls
      = select_tag "ba-type", "<option value='' disabled selected style='display:none;'>Select Account Type</option><option value=\"checking\">CHECKING</option><option value=\"savings\">SAVINGS</option>".html_safe
  .control-group
    .controls
      = submit_tag "Submit", :class => "btn btn-primary btn-large"

_credit_card_form.html.haml

= form_tag "/store_credit_card", :method => :post, :id => "credit-card-form", :class => "form-horizontal" do
  .control-group
    = label_tag "cc-number", "Card Number", :class => "control-label"
    .controls
      = text_field_tag "cc-number", nil, :placeholder => "Enter Credit Card Number", :class => "cc-number", :autocomplete => "off"
  .control-group
    = label_tag "cc-em", "Expiration", :class => "control-label"
    .controls
      = text_field_tag "cc-em", nil, :placeholder => "Expiration Month", :class => "cc-em", :autocomplete => "off"
      = text_field_tag "cc-em", nil, :placeholder => "Expiration Year", :class => "cc-ey", :autocomplete => "off"
  .control-group
    = label_tag "cc-csc", "Security Code", :class => "control-label"
    .controls
      = text_field_tag "cc-csc", nil, :placeholder => "Security Code", :class => "cc-csc", :autocomplete => "off"
  .control-group
    .controls
      = submit_tag "Submit", :class => "btn btn-primary btn-large"

balanced_controller.rb

class BalancedController < ApplicationController
  def create_balanced_account
    current_user.balanced_account_uri = Balanced::Marketplace.my_marketplace.create_account(:email => current_user.email, :type => 'person').uri
    current_user.save
    # add a redirect to the desired path
  end
  
  def store_credit_card
    balanced_account = Balanced::Account.find(current_user.balanced_account_uri)
    balanced_account.add_card(params[:balancedCreditCardURI])
    # add a redirect to the desired path
  end
  
  def store_bank_account
    balanced_account = Balanced::Account.find(current_user.balanced_account_uri)
    balanced_account.add_card(params[:balancedBankAccountURI])
    # add a redirect to the desired path
  end
  
  def process_payment
    balanced_account = Balanced::Account.find(current_user.balanced_account_uri)
    account.debit(
      :amount => 1000, # or params[:amount]
      :description => "Balanced Payments transaction",
      :appears_on_statement_as => "Balanced Payments")
    # add a redirect to the desired path
  end
end

BalancedPayments.md

Getting Balanced Payments up and running.

Files

• balanced_controller.rb
• _bank_account_form.html.haml
• _credit_card_form.html.haml
• bank_account_submission.js
• credit_card_submission.js

Requirements

• a User model with a field for a :balanced_account_uri string
• appropriate routes for the methods in balanced_controller.rb
• replacement of the placeholder text in the .js files for the Balanced marketplace uri

bank_account_submission.js

var marketplaceUri = 'YOUR MARKETPLACE URI HERE';
var requestBinUrl = '/store_bank_account'

var debug = function(tag, content) {
  $('<' + tag + '>' + content + '</' + tag + '>').appendTo('#result');
};

try {
	balanced.init(marketplaceUri);
} catch (e) {
	debug('code', 'balanced.init error!');
}

function balancedCallback(response) {
	var tag = (response.status < 300) ? 'pre' : 'code';
	debug(tag, JSON.stringify(response));
	switch(response.status) {
		case 201:
			console.log(response.data);
			var $form = $("#bank-account-form");
			var bank_account_uri = response.data['uri'];
			$('<input>').attr({
				type: 'hidden',
				value: bank_account_uri,
				name: 'balancedBankAccountURI'
			}).appendTo($form);
			$form.attr({action: requestBinUrl});
			$form.get(0).submit();
			break;
		case 400:
			console.log(response.error);
			break;
		case 404:
			console.log(response.error);
			break;
	}
}

var tokenizeBankAccount = function(e) {
	e.preventDefault();

	var $form = $('#bank-account-form');
	var bankAccountData = {
		name: $form.find('.ba-name').val(),
		account_number: $form.find('.ba-an').val(),
		bank_code: $form.find('.ba-rn').val(),
		type: $form.find('select').val()
	};

	balanced.bankAccount.create(bankAccountData, balancedCallback);
};

$(function(){
	$('#bank-account-form').submit(tokenizeBankAccount);
});

credit_card_submission.js

var marketplaceUri = 'YOUR MARKETPLACE URI HERE';
var requestBinUrl = '/store_credit_card'


var debug = function(tag, content) {
  $('<' + tag + '>' + content + '</' + tag + '>').appendTo('#result');
};

try {
	balanced.init(marketplaceUri);
} catch (e) {
	debug('code', 'balanced.init error!');
}

function balancedCallback(response) {
	var tag = (response.status < 300) ? 'pre' : 'code';
	debug(tag, JSON.stringify(response));
	switch(response.status) {
		case 201:
			console.log(response.data);
			var $form = $("#credit-card-form");
			var card_token_uri = response.data['uri'];
			$('<input>').attr({
				type: 'hidden',
				value: card_token_uri,
				name: 'balancedCreditCardURI'
			}).appendTo($form);
			$form.attr({action: requestBinUrl});
			$form.get(0).submit();
			break;
		case 400:
			console.log(response.error);
			break;
		case 404:
			console.log(response.error);
			break;
	}
}

var tokenizeCreditCard = function(e) {
	e.preventDefault();

	var $form = $('#credit-card-form');
	var creditCardData = {
		card_number: $form.find('.cc-number').val(),
		expiration_month: $form.find('.cc-em').val(),
		expiration_year: $form.find('.cc-ey').val(),
		security_code: $form.find('.cc-csc').val()
	};

	balanced.card.create(creditCardData, balancedCallback);
};

$(function(){
	$('#credit-card-form').submit(tokenizeCreditCard);
});

On line 22 of balamced_controller.rb.. should it be balanced_account instead of account? I'm new to this, so just trying to understand how it works. Thanks