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Handling Recurring Payments
Recurring Payments Notifications
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Recurring Payments Notifications
You are notified of recurring payments events through IPN and email; however, using
GetTransactionDetails to obtain the information you need is typically sufficient.
You are notified of certain events through IPN. For recurring payments profiles created using
Express Checkout, buyers are also notified of specific events by email. The following table
indicates when IPN and emails are generated.
Recurring payments IPN messages and email
NOTE: API transactions such as ManangeRecurringPaymentsProfileStatus do not
trigger IPN notification because the success or failure of the call is immediately
provided by the API response.
Event IPN Buyer Email
Profile successfully created Yes Yes
Profile creation failed Yes Yes
Profile canceled from paypal.com interface Yes Yes
Profile status changed using API No Yes
Profile update using API No Yes
Initial payment either succeeded or failed Yes Yes
Payment either succeeded or failed (during either trial
period or regular payment period)
Yes Yes
Outstanding payment either succeeded or failed Yes Yes
Maximum number of failed payments reached Yes No