Advanced Features Guide
Table Of Contents
- Express Checkout Advanced Features Guide
- Contents
- Preface
- Customizing Express Checkout
- PayPal Review Page Order Details
- Providing Gift Options
- Obtaining Buyer Consent to Receive Promotional Email
- Overriding Your Customer Service Number
- Adding a Survey Question
- PayPal Page Style
- Changing the Locale
- Handling Shipping Addresses
- Automatically Filling Out Shipping and Contact Information
- Buyer Pays on PayPal
- Express Checkout on Mobile Devices
- About the Express Checkout Experience on Mobile Devices
- Mobile Platforms Supported by Express Checkout
- About Mobile Express Checkout Integration
- Integrating Express Checkout With Your Mobile Website
- Enabling PayPal Account Optional Checkout on Mobile Devices
- Request Fields Supported by Express Checkout on Mobile Devices
- Locales Supported by Express Checkout on Mobile Devices
- Features Not Supported by Express Checkout on Mobile Devices
- Handling Recurring Payments
- How Recurring Payments Work
- Recurring Payments Terms
- Options for Creating a Recurring Payments Profile
- Recurring Payments With the Express Checkout API
- Recurring Payments Profile Status
- Getting Recurring Payments Profile Information
- Modifying a Recurring Payments Profile
- Billing the Outstanding Amount of a Profile
- Recurring Payments Notifications
- Reference Transactions
- Implementing Parallel Payments
- Integrating giropay with Express Checkout
- Implementing the Instant Update API
- Payment Review
- Express Checkout Dynamic Image Integration
- Immediate Payment
- Revision History
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Customizing Express Checkout
Providing Gift Options
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Request Parameters
[requiredSecurityParameters]
&METHOD=SetExpressCheckout
&RETURNURL=http://...
&CANCELURL=http://...
&PAYMENTREQUEST_0_PAYMENTACTION=Sale
&L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_NAME0=10% Decaf Kona Blend Coffee
&L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_NUMBER0=623083
&L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_DESC0=Size: 8.8-oz
&L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_AMT0=9.95
&L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_QTY0=2
&L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_NAME1=Coffee Filter bags
&L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_NUMBER1=623084
&L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_DESC1=Size: Two 24-piece boxes
&L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_AMT1=39.70
&L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_QTY1=2
&PAYMENTREQUEST_0_ITEMAMT=99.30
&PAYMENTREQUEST_0_TAXAMT=2.58
&PAYMENTREQUEST_0_SHIPPINGAMT=3.00
&PAYMENTREQUEST_0_HANDLINGAMT=2.99
&PAYMENTREQUEST_0_SHIPDISCAMT=-3.00
&PAYMENTREQUEST_0_INSURANCEAMT=1.00
&PAYMENTREQUEST_0_AMT=105.87
&PAYMENTREQUEST_0_CURRENCYCODE=USD
&ALLOWNOTE=1
Response Parameters
[successResponseFields]
&TOKEN=EC-17C76533PL706494P
Related information:
"Providing Gift Options" on page 13
"Following Instant Update API Best Practices" on page 83
"Setting Up the Callback" on page 84
Providing Gift Options
You can provide the buyer with gift options on PayPal. To use this feature, you must
implement line-item details.
NOTE: Gift options are available with API Version 61.0 or later.
You can enable any of the following gift options:
Gift message – This feature displays a text box in which the buyer can enter a gift message.
Gift receipt – This feature provides a checkbox for the buyer to check if they would like a
gift receipt included.