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Product ID not matched while using iOS sandbox

Hi @Brendan -

I receive the "There is no item in the catalog with an ID matching the product ID in the receipt" error when attempting to validate iOS purchases made in sandbox mode. I use Unity IAP and I made sure that all my product IDs are 100% consistent in iTunes Connect, Unity IAP, and PlayFab. I also made sure that the catalog is set to Primary - in fact, the first time I encountered this error, I had only one catalog to begin with.

Here are the steps I follow:

  1. Call Unity IAP's InitiatePurchase script using the itemID of the item to be purchased
  2. Wait for ProcessPurchase and use e.purchasedProduct to populate the receipt, the currency code, and the price (times 100) for the ValidateiOSReceipt call
  3. Receive the "no item in the catalog with a matching ID" error

I've tried parsing the payload information of the receipt (as mentioned in the Unity tutorial you linked to in one of the previous responses) - this results in the above error. I also tried simply using the example included in the tutorials, where ReceiptData = e.purchasedProduct.receipt, without any form of JSON parsing - this results in the "this is a fake receipt!' error.

I'm using the iOS sandbox, so none of my purchases have been approved by Apple yet - maybe that's where the issue is coming from? Just in case, here's the JSON response I get:

JSON
{
    "EventName": "player_receipt_validation",
    "PaymentProvider": "iTunes Sandbox",
    "PaymentType": "ReceiptValidation",
    "ReceiptContent": "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    "Valid": true,
    "Error": "There is no item in the catalog with an ID matching the product ID in the receipt",
    "EventNamespace": "com.playfab",
    "EntityType": "player",
    "Source": "PlayFab",
    "TitleId": "F248",
    "EventId": "026408b8cfeb42d79430674c59beb06f",
    "EntityId": "7745693FB30B913C",
    "SourceType": "BackEnd",
    "Timestamp": "2017-09-11T20:39:45.4924982Z",
    "History": null,
    "CustomTags": null,
    "Reserved": null
}

Any help would be very much appreciated!

Best,

George

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Before you can use Apple receipt validation via PlayFab, you need to first configure your Apple title in the Add-ons Marketplace: https://developer.playfab.com/en-us/F248/addons/Apple.

Your Product IDs from that receipt does appear to match Item IDs from your PlayFab catalog, so that looks good. However, your currency bundles were set to have a Usage Count (meaning you'd have to consume them to get rid of them - or else they'll continue to take up inventory space). I've updated them to have a Usage Period of 3 seconds, so that the bundles themselves go away after "dropping off" the virtual currencies.

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Thank you, @Brendan - this fixed everything!

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