2006
Table Of Contents
- Authorization & Capture Integration Guide
- Preface
- Overview
- Basic Authorization & Capture on the PayPal Website
- Authorization & Capture API
- Order Authorizations Scenarios
- Best Practices
- Testing PayPal Authorization & Capture
- PayPal Authorization & Capture Statuses
- PayPal Authorization & Capture API Error Codes, Short Messages, and Long Messages
- IPN and PayPal Authorization & Capture
- Glossary
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4
Basic Authorization & Capture
Scenarios
This chapter includes examples of some common scenarios you might encounter when
implementing basic authorizations and captures.
Capture Within 3 Days
1. Your buyer orders a camera from your website.
2. Your buyer enters payment information and authorizes payment.
3. Send your buyer to PayPal using a hosted flow, specifying the variable
paymentaction=authorization
4. PayPal initiates the authorization.
5. On day 3, you ship the camera and capture funds.
After you have captured funds, your Transaction Details shows the transaction with a
Completed status.
FIGURE 4.9 Transaction Details: Completed Transaction
Capture From 4 - 29 Days
Your buyer orders a DVD player from your website.
1. Send your buyer to PayPal using a hosted flow, specifying the variable
paymentaction=authorization.