Introduction

PaySwarm is the worlds first open, Universal Payment Standard for the Web. It makes payment a core part of the Web's infrastructure.

PaySwarm helps people easily send and receive payments to each other over the Web. It also enables people that create digital content such as blog posts, music, film, episodic content, photos, virtual goods, and documents to distribute their creations through their website and receive payment directly from their fans and customers. It is designed for people that have a passion for creating things on the Web, or would like to support people doing great things via the Web.

This wiki provides documentation for the PaySwarm Platform. It includes information about the PaySwarm design, Web Service APIs, downloadable software, and various demos. If you would like to learn more about using or developing with PaySwarm, this wiki is a good starting place.

Demos

The following demos are available if you would like to see how PaySwarm works in the real world:

• WordPress Recipes Demo - A demo using a standard WordPress install and the PaySwarm module plugin. The demo shows how bloggers can offer part of an article for free and the rest of the article for a very small price. All payment processing happens via PaySwarm.

Developers

• Web Payments Community Group - The group at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) that is developing this technology.
• Specifications - The various specifications that the PaySwarm Platform is built upon.
• PaySwarm FAQ - A list of frequently asked questions about PaySwarm.
• PHP PaySwarm Client - A description of bits and pieces of the PHP PaySwarm Client and how to use it in a production system.
• WordPress PaySwarm Client - (COMING SOON) An explanation of the WordPress plugin source code which is a full PHP implementation of a PaySwarm client.
• Python PaySwarm Client - (COMING SOON) A command-line PaySwarm client implemented in Python, including all source code.