2006

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Order Authorizations Scenarios
Partial Capture
Partial Capture
TABLE 5.18 Partial Capture Scenario
Complete Capture
TABLE 5.19 Complete Capture Scenario
Action API Call Running Balance
Your buyer orders an item from your
website.
You request an order from PayPal to
authorize the payment, specifying the
variable paymentaction=order. You
receive a response that the order has been
created for a payment amount of $100.00.
DoExpressCheckoutPaymentRequest
with:
<PaymentAction>
order
</PaymentAction>
.You request authorization #1 on day 1 for
$100.00. You receive a response that the
authorization has been created for a
payment amount of $100.00.
DoAuthorizationRequest <$100.00>
You ship the item. You capture
authorization #1 for $100.00.
DoCaptureRequest $0.00
With CompleteType set to NotComplete
on the DoCapture API, you capture funds
in the amount of $50.00.
DoCaptureRequest $50.00
Action API Call Running Balance
Your buyer orders an item from your
website.
You request an order from PayPal to
authorize the payment, specifying the
variable paymentaction=order. You
receive a response that the order has been
created for a payment amount of $100.00.
DoExpressCheckoutPaymentRequest
with:
<PaymentAction>
order
</PaymentAction>
You request authorization #1 on day 1 for
$100.00. You receive a response that the
authorization has been created for a
payment amount of $100.00.
DoAuthorizationRequest <$100.00>