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How could I create a "post-checkout" Magento extension? All I want it to do is do a specific action post-checkout, say, call a function.

I've had a read through its docs and a few articles (which could be a bit more noob-friendly). Some suggest adding code to success.phtml, but I don't want to overwrite any of Magento's "existing" files.

I don't need an in-depth answer, just a rough overview—what files to create, where to put them, and how to be able to "install" them on someone else's computer. I can figure the rest for myself (I'm a veteran Python dev, but I'm interested in making a quick Magento extension).

(I've read "How to create a simple hello world module in Magento?" but it's not exactly what I need.)

Thanks for your time.

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You want to use the dispatchEvents and an observer file. In this case, try checkout_onepage_controller_success_action or checkout_multishipping_controller_success_action.

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  • That sounds good—event-based. There's a ["tutorial" answer for that on StackOverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1365930/how-to-trigger-an-event-on-payment-received-in-magento) too. Good stuff – user1417442 May 25 '12 at 13:24