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Adaptive Accounts IPN Messages
PayPal sends an IPN message whenever a PayPal account is created using the
CreateAccount API operation.
Example IPN message in response to CreateAccount request
notify_version=UNVERSIONED&first_name=Someone&verify_sign=AI.LzRiNYreJbZLZ8
BV5FbGKL8hSAupAtXf3haOHWI2NmcJ5C4VqdQrx&charset=windows-
1252&last_name=Something&account_key=AA6N5043354R131103K&confirmation_code=
15531193754629193930
Example IPN message in response to account holder setting the password
first_name=Someone&account_key=AA-
6N5043354R131103K&notify_version=UNVERSIONED&charset=windows-
1252&email_address=abawany-20110208-
01%40paypal.com&event_typ e=%5BACCOUNT_CONFI RMED%5D&last_name=Something&veri
fy_sign=AcIPKnsgPsoX2ONJgU17uAl9h-ZIAKJMRvhEULLvD9mOzH3WjdRNfEte
Field Description
notify_version Message’s version number
first_name Account holders first name
last_name Account holders last name
verify_sign Encrypted string used to validate the authenticity of the transaction
charset Character set
account_key Account key returned by the CreateAccount API operation
confirmation_code Confirmation code
event_type The kind of event:
ACCOUNT_CONFIRMED indicates that the account holder has set a password
and the account has been created.
LOGIN_CONFIRMED indicates that the account holder logged into the
account.