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
- Implementing Parallel Payments
- Handling Payment Settlements
- Handling Recurring Payments
- How Recurring Payments Work
- Recurring Payments Terms
- Options for Creating a Recurring Payments Profile
- Recurring Payments With Express Checkout
- 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Where to Go for More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 1 Introducing Express Checkout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
The Express Checkout Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Express Checkout Integration Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Configuring and Customizing the Express Checkout Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Additional PayPal API Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Express Checkout Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Checkout Entry Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Payment Option Entry Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Express Checkout Building Blocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Express Checkout Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Express Checkout API Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Express Checkout Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Express Checkout Token Usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chapter 2 Express Checkout Button and Logo Image Integration . . .19
About PayPal Button and Logo Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Express Checkout Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Express Checkout Image Flavors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Dynamic Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Configuring the Dynamic Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Set Up the Default Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Set Up Image for Dynamic Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Change the Locale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Feedback to Buyer Meeting an Incentive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Choose the Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Dynamic Image Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Dynamic Image Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Locale Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23