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
Transactions
Transaction Searches
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INVNUM Search by the invoice identification key, as set for the original
transaction. This field searches the records for items sold by the
merchant, not for items purchased.
No wildcards are allowed.
Character length and limitations: 127 single-byte characters
maximum.
No
ACCT Search by credit-card number, as set for the original transaction. This
field searches the records for items sold by the merchant, not for items
purchased.
No wildcards are allowed.
Character length and limitations: Must be at least 11 and no more than
25 single-byte numeric characters maximum. Special punctuation,
such as dashes or spaces, is ignored.
No
SALUTATION Customer’s salutation.
Character length and limitations: 20 single-byte characters
No
FIRSTNAME Customer’s first name.
Character length and limitations: 25 single-byte characters
No
MIDDLENAME Customer’s middle name.
Character length and limitations: 25 single-byte characters
No
LASTNAME Customer’s last name.
Character length and limitations: 2025 single-byte characters
No
SUFFIX Customer’s suffix.
Character length and limitations: 12 single-byte characters
No
AUCTIONITEMNUMBER Search by auction item number of the purchased goods. No
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ABLE 8.9 TransactionSearch Request Parameters (Continued)
Parameter Description Required?