Study Guide
Table Of Contents
- PayPal Certified Developer Program Study Guide
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Online Payment Processing
- Internet Security and Fraud Prevention
- Why Every Business Should Be Concerned About Internet Fraud
- Liability for Internet Fraud
- Internet Fraud: What It Is and How It Happens
- Who Is at Risk for Online Fraud
- Reducing Exposure to Fraud
- What Banks and Card Associations Are Doing to Prevent Online Credit Card Fraud
- What PayPal Is Doing to Protect Your Business Against Fraud
- Disclosure and Compliance
- PayPal Fraud Protection Services
- Review Questions
- Getting Started With Account Setup
- API Credentials
- Name-Value Pair (NVP) API
- Express Checkout
- Direct Payment API
- Transactions
- Sandbox Testing
- Answers to Review Questions
- General Reference Information
- Glossary
- Index
PayPal Certified Developer Program Study Guide March 2008 107
Sandbox Testing
Accessing the PayPal Sandbox
9
Accessing the PayPal Sandbox
To access the PayPal Sandbox, sign up for an account at https://developer.paypal.com. After
signing up, you access the Sandbox programatically or by logging in.
Depending on the PayPal feature you want to test with an application, you need to set up
different types of test accounts: PayPal Personal (or Premier) and Business accounts. See
“Planning the Types of Test Accounts You Need” on page 111.
Digital
certificates
After you request digital certificates for use with the
PayPal Web Services API, the Sandbox
automatically generates them. They are available for
immediate downloading.
To safeguard your and your customers’
security, requests for digital certificates for
use with the Live PayPal Web Services
API must be verified by PayPal before
they are issued. You are notified in email
when your request is approved.
PayPal
Merchant
Features
supported
All features of the live PayPal website, except
closing an account, auction features, monthly
statements, shipping preferences, and PayPal Shops.
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ABLE 9.1 Differences between PayPal Sandbox, and Live PayPal (Continued)
Item PayPal Sandbox
Live PayPal Website and
API Service