User sign up/ pay wall

Archived
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I have created a channel and am now interested in adding a user sign up or pay wall for some content. I stumbled across a “roThingy”(can’t remember the name and can’t find it again) that creates a code for the online sign up.

But what do I need to to outside of that to gather the sign up/payment information and allow the user to view the content?

Do I have to create a website to handle a user data?

How would I have the Roku communicate with the website?

Can I have some content available to all and some content that is for paying members only?

Thank you for your help and any info that you think may be helpful :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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roChannelStore

You would need a website to store the user signup information if you wanted to ask the user for their name and email address. However you can have a paywall / in-channel purchase/subscription without having a website. As far as what you would need on a website, a simple form that stores HTTP POST’ data in a database should be sufficient.

  • Joel
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After I redirect the user to a website to register their information how would I have the website send the Roku a signal letting it know to allow the user to proceed using the channel. I want to require that the user signs up. How will the Roku know that this has happened. How do I use the roCode from the roCodeRegistrationScreen?

Thank you for your help :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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thanks for that link Gonzotek, I didn’t know that page existed. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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There’s also this blog post that covers the concept as well: http://blog.roku.com/developer/2011/07/ … e-account/