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Table Of Contents
- Name-Value Pair API Developer Guide
- Preface
- This Document
- Intended Audience
- Revision History
- PayPal NVP API Overview
- Authorization and Capture API Operation Reference
- DoDirectPayment API
- Express Checkout API Operations
- GetTransactionDetails API
- MassPay API
- RefundTransaction API
- TransactionSearch API
- Recurring Payments and Reference Transactions API Operations
- DoNonReferencedCredit API
- ManagePendingTransactionStatu s API
- GetBalance API
- AddressVerify API
- API Error Codes
- General API Errors
- Validation Errors
- Direct Payment API Errors
- SetExpressCheckout API Errors
- GetExpressCheckoutDetails API Errors
- DoExpressCheckoutPayment API Errors
- Authorization and Capture API Errors
- GetTransactionDetails API Errors
- TransactionSearch API Errors
- RefundTransaction API Errors
- Mass Pay API Errors
- Recurring Payments Errors
- SetCustomerBillingAgreement Errors
- GetBillingAgreementCustomerDetails Errors
- CreateBillingAgreement Errors
- UpdateBillingAgreement Errors
- DoReferenceTransaction Errors
- AddressVerify API Errors
- ManagePendingTransactionStatus API Errors
- Country Codes
- State and Province Codes
- Currency Codes
- AVS and CVV2 Response Codes
DoDirectPayment API
DoDirectPayment Request
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DoDirectPayment Request Fields
Credit Card Details Fields
Field Description
METHOD (Required) Must be DoDirectPayment.
PAYMENTACTION (Optional) How you want to obtain payment:
z Authorization indicates that this payment is a basic authorization subject to
settlement with PayPal Authorization & Capture.
z Sale indicates that this is a final sale for which you are requesting payment.
Character length and limit: Up to 13 single-byte alphabetic characters.
Default: Sale
NOTE: Order is not allowed for Direct Payment.
IPADDRESS (Required) IP address of the payer’s browser.
NOTE: PayPal records this IP addresses as a means to detect possible fraud.
Character length and limitations: 15 single-byte characters, including periods, for
example: 255.255.255.255.
RETURNFMFDETAILS (Optional) Flag to indicate whether you want the results returned by Fraud
Management Filters. By default, you do not receive this information.
z 0 - do not receive FMF details (default)
z 1 - receive FMF details
Field Description
CREDITCARDTYPE (Required) Type of credit card.
Character length and limitations: Up to ten single-byte alphabetic characters.
Allowable values:
z Visa
z MasterCard
z Discover
z Amex
z Maestro: See note.
z Solo: See note.
For Canada, only MasterCard and Visa are allowable; Interac debit cards are not
supported.
NOTE: If the credit card type is Maestro or Solo, the CURRENCYCODE must be
GBP. In addition, either STARTDATE or ISSUENUMBER must be specified.
ACCT (Required) Credit card number.
Character length and limitations: numeric characters only. No spaces or punctutation.
Must conform with modulo and length required by each credit card type.