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Ben Halpern for The DEV Team ・ May 15 '20

#gftwhackathon #webmonetization

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[Eka]

Something that crossed my mind while working on my project--I wonder if there are existing examples of copy text that explains the concept of Web Monetization to website visitors (as in non-technical regular visitors)?

[mm]

Could I join the group, please? :)

[Emilie Ma]

Hello there!

We're coming to the end of GFTW now, and I just have one question:
If we submit our projects via the template, will we receive any confirmation that our submission has been reviewed and is valid?

Thanks :)

[Aniket]

I'm trying to make a node CLI that uses web monetization to pay. As I would not be able to use the coil extension there, I was looking for some other ways to use coil as a WM provider. I read about coil's API but what I understood was that if I used that, it would be me who will be getting the payments, which is the opposite of what I want, as I want to pay other people. It would be highly appreciated if someone could help, as I really feel I am onto something here by expanding the scope of Web monetization by using it outside the browser.
If this is not the best channel to do so, you can DM me or add me to the connect group.
Thanks!

[Aniket]

The thing I'm trying to do specifically is point 6 of the flow here, which I'm not being able to figure out how to do without access to coil extension in a node CLI environment.

[Aniket]

Hey! Please add me to the connect room too please

[Eka]

From what I've seen, the payment is streamed real-time. Is there a way to defer or transfer this?

Rough use case I have in mind, eg. in a board game web app is as follows.

a) transfer

• Four players (all with wallet pointers) play the game
• During the session, payment is temporarily made to the site
• Once session ends and there is a winner, the duration is calculated and the amount of money is transferred to the winner's waller pointer

b) defer/manually send payment for a specified duration

• When players start the game, start a timer. No payment is started.
• Once session ends and there is a winner, calculate duration and stream the payment to the winner.
  • For very short duration, the start/stop API would work. But say the session is 15 minutes long, is it possible to send payment worth 15 minutes to the winner's wallet? Is it at all possible?

[Morgan Connolly]

May I be added to the Connect group?

[Pragmatic]

Hi folks!

Heads-up in case it's useful - the official Coil Web Monetization WordPress plugin is now launched: pragmatic.agency/announcing-the-of...

If any of you are hacking about on WordPress sites (or other CMS) then this might be helpful.

Have fun :)

[Eka]

Sorry—n00b question but I just want to confirm my understanding. Web Monetization is run with the document.monetization API (docs), so it’s only supposed to run on the client-side where document is available.

If we have monetized (ie. “paywalled”) content and implement it on a SSR site, the server-generated pages will only have the free content; no way to authenticate user from the server. Is this correct?

[ali spivak]

Yes, generally the easiest way to add web monetization is client-side with the meta tag. We are working on offering back-end integration and options.

There is also an option to use the OAuth Web Monetization Script. However, you will need to register your client app and be approved for OAuth access. docs.coil.com/

[Eka]

Thank you for your answer, Ali!

[Mia]

Hello can I be added to the connect room please. Thanks!