Integration Guide
Table Of Contents
- Express Checkout Integration Guide
- Contents
- Preface
- Introducing Express Checkout
- Express Checkout Button and Logo Image Integration
- PayPal Name-Value Pair API Basics
- Implementing the Simplest Express Checkout Integration
- Testing an Express Checkout Integration
- Customizing Express Checkout
- Implementing the Instant Update API
- Immediate Payment
- Handling Payment Settlements
- Handling Recurring Payments
- How Recurring Payments Work
- Recurring Payments Terms
- Recurring Payments With Express Checkout
- Options for Creating a Recurring Payments Profile
- Recurring Payments Profile Status
- Getting Recurring Payments Profile Information
- Modifying a Recurring Payments Profile
- Billing the Outstanding Amount of a Profile
- Recurring Payments Notifications
- Using Other PayPal API Operations
- Integrating giropay with Express Checkout
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Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Where to Go for More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 1 Introducing Express Checkout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
The Express Checkout Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Configuring and Customizing the Express Checkout Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Additional PayPal API Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Express Checkout Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Checkout Entry Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Payment Option Entry Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Complete Express Checkout Flow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Express Checkout Building Blocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Express Checkout Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Express Checkout API Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Express Checkout Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Express Checkout Token Usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Chapter 2 Express Checkout Button and Logo Image Integration . . .17
About PayPal Button and Logo Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Express Checkout Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Express Checkout Image Flavors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Dynamic Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Configuring the Dynamic Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Set Up the Default Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Set Up Image for Dynamic Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Change the Locale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Feedback to Buyer Meeting an Incentive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Choose the Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20