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
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PayPal Direct Payment API — An API that enables merchants to accept credit card payments
directly on their website. PayPal remains invisible, so that the merchant controls the customer
experience.
PayPal Express Checkout — An API that allows PayPal account holders to check out fast with
saved information, and enables merchants to gain incremental sales from the growing base of
PayPal users.
R
Redirect — To automatically induce a web browser to go to a new location.
Request-response model — A message exchange pattern in which an application sends a
request message to a server, and the server executes the request and returns a message in
response to the application.
S
Sandbox — A self-contained environment in which developers can prototype and test PayPal
applications.
T
Token — A parameter used in Express Checkout to identify a transaction.
W
Website Payments Pro — An all-in-one payment solution that includes the Direct Payment
API and Express Checkout.