2007

NVP API Method and Field Reference
Express Checkout
46 April 2007 Name-Value Pair API Developer Guide and Reference
L_NUMBERn Item number.
Character length and limitations: 127 single-byte characters
These parameters should be ordered sequentially beginning
with 0, for example, L_NUMBER0, L_NUMBER1, and so forth.
No
L_QTYn Item quantity.
Character length and limitations: Any positive integer
These parameters should be ordered sequentially beginning
with 0, for example, L_QTY0, L_QTY1, and so forth.
No
L_TAXAMTn Item sales tax.
Character length and limitations: Must not exceed $10,000
USD in any currency. No currency symbol. Regardless of
currency, decimal separator must be a period (.), and the
optional thousands separator must be a comma (,). Equivalent
to nine characters maximum for USD.
These parameters should be ordered sequentially beginning
with 0, for example, L_TAXAMT0, L_TAXAMT1, and so forth.
No
L_AMTn Cost of item
Character length and limitations: Must not exceed $10,000
USD in any currency. No currency symbol. Regardless of
currency, decimal separator must be a period (.), and the
optional thousands separator must be a comma (,). Equivalent
to nine characters maximum for USD.
These parameters should be ordered sequentially beginning
with 0, for example, L_AMT0, L_AMT1, and so forth.
No
Shipping Address Optional shipping address. The parameters for the optional Ship to Address
are described in
Table A.8, “Optional Ship to Address.”
I MPORTANT: Ship to Address is optional, but if you include it, certain
fields are required.
No
T
ABLE A.8 Optional Ship to Address
Parameter Description Required?
SHIPTONAME Person’s name associated with this address.
Character length and limitations: 32 single-byte characters
Yes
SHIPTOSTREET First street address.
Character length and limitations: 100 single-byte characters
Yes
SHIPTOCITY Name of city.
Character length and limitations: 40 single-byte characters
Yes
T
ABLE A.7 DoExpressCheckoutPayment Parameters (Continued)
Parameter Description Required?