PayPerRead

PayPerRead is a website and service that provides an API/iframe that if added to a website will help block access to users until they pay a small fee to "own" access to that page. Enabling microtransactions for any website in exchange for its articles, artwork or premium material.

How to run

Backend

First install rust (nightly addition) and add a .env file with proper configuration for mongodb and google api keys Then run

cd backend
cargo run

Front end

npm i
npm start

Dummy site

npm i
npm start

Adding PayPerRead to Your Site

Display iframe For now, you can copy the boiler plate from our dummy website in the PayPerRead.jsx file. This will create a react.js component that handles the iframe logic. After this you only need to pass in props to identify the article and its publisher email.

Register Article: Before using any of the articles, you must register the article with PayPerRead via our /articles/register endpoint. In the JSON body of the payload, it should have this payload.

{
    article_uid: String,
    publisher_email: String,
    article_name: String,
    price: {
        dollars: u32,
        cents: u32,
    },
}

Tech Stack

• Rust & Rocket backend connected to mongodb
• React JS

Provided Services

• Creates and logs in two different types of users.
  • Readers
  • Publishers
• Both users can manage their account and check their balance.
• Allows publishers to register new articles.
• Checks reader access to articles.
• Allows reader to purchase articles.
• Reader's can add funds to their account via credit card (not yet authenticated with stripe).
• Reader's can view payment history.
• Publishers can view statistics on their articles. Including how many views and how much they made off the article.