User Guide

Invoicing Service API Examples

Creating an Invoice

20 May 2012 Invoicing Service API Guide

Creating an Invoice

This example shows how to create an invoice using CreateInvoice.

curl -s --insecure

-H "X-PAYPAL-SECURITY-USERID: Your_API_username"

-H "X-PAYPAL-SECURITY-PASSWORD: Your_API_password"

-H "X-PAYPAL-SECURITY-SIGNATURE: Your_API_signature"

-H "X-PAYPAL-REQUEST-DATA-FORMAT: NV"

-H "X-PAYPAL-RESPONSE-DATA-FORMAT: NV"

-H "X-PAYPAL-APPLICATION-ID: Your_AppID"

https://svcs.sandbox.paypal.com/Invoice/CreateInvoice

-d

"requestEnvelope.errorLanguage=en_US

&invoice.merchantEmail=merchant%40domain.com

&invoice.payerEmail=jbui-us-business2%40paypal.com

&invoice.currencyCode=USD

&invoice.itemList.item(0).name=Banana+Leaf+--+001

&invoice.itemList.item(0).description=Banana+Leaf

&invoice.itemList.item(0).quantity=1

&invoice.itemList.item(0).unitPrice=1

&invoice.itemList.item(0).taxName=Tax1

&invoice.itemList.item(0).taxRate=10.25

&invoice.paymentTerms=Net10

&invoice.logoUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.example.com%2FYour_logo.jpg"

Sending an Invoice

This example shows how to send an invoice using SendInvoice. The invoice ID, which is in

the response to CreateInvoice, identifies the invoice to send.