2012

IPN Variable Reference
Transaction and Notification-Related Variables
42 July 10, 2012 IPN Guide
Transaction and Notification-Related Variables
Transaction and notification-related variables identify the merchant that is receiving a
payment or other notification and transaction-specific information.
new_case A new dispute was filed
recurring_payment Recurring payment received
recurring_payment
_expired
Recurring payment expired
recurring_payment
_profile_created
Recurring payment profile created
recurring_payment
_skipped
Recurring payment skipped; it will be retried up to a total of 3 times, 5 days apart
send_money Payment received; source is the Send Money tab on the PayPal website
subscr_cancel Subscription canceled
subscr_eot Subscription expired
subscr_failed Subscription payment failed
subscr_modify Subscription modified
subscr_payment Subscription payment received
subscr_signup Subscription started
virtual_terminal Payment received; source is Virtual Terminal
web_accept Payment received; source is a Buy Now, Donation, or Auction Smart Logos button
Variable Name Description
business Email address or account ID of the payment recipient (that is, the
merchant). Equivalent to the values of receiver_email (if payment is
sent to primary account) and business set in the Website Payment
HTML.
NOTE: The value of this variable is normalized to lowercase characters.
Length: 127 characters
charset Character set
custom Custom value as passed by you, the merchant. These are pass-through
variables that are never presented to your customer
Length: 255 characters
Transaction Type
(txn_type) Description