User Guide

Invoicing Service API Guide May 2012 21

Invoicing Service API Examples

Creating and Sending an Invoice

This example shows how to create and send an invoice using CreateAndSendInvoice. It is

equivalent to creating an invoice and sending it.

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/CreateAndSendInvoice

-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"

Updating an Invoice

This example shows how to send an invoice using UpdateInvoice. If the invoice has not

been sent, the invoice continues to be a draft; otherwise, the invoice is resent.

NOTE: When updating an invoice, in addition to the updated fields, you must also provide all

of the original fields used to create the invoice.