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Name-Value Pair API Developer Guide 08 April 2009 51
Express Checkout API Operations
SetExpressCheckout API
Payment Details Item Type Fields
Field Description
L_NAMEn (Optional) Item name.
These parameters must be ordered sequentially beginning with 0 (for example
L_NAME0, L_NAME1).
Character length and limitations: 127 single-byte characters
L_DESCn (Optional) Item description.
Character length and limitations: 127 single-byte characters
L_AMTn (Optional) Cost of item.
These parameters must be ordered sequentially beginning with 0 (for example
L_AMT0, L_AMT1).
NOTE: 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.
NOTE: If you specify a value for L_AMTn, you must specify a value for ITEMAMT.
L_NUMBERn (Optional) Item number.
These parameters must be ordered sequentially beginning with 0 (for example
L_NUMBER0, L_NUMBER1).
Character length and limitations: 127 single-byte characters
L_QTYn (Optional) Item quantity.
These parameters must be ordered sequentially beginning with 0 (for example
L_QTY0, L_QTY1).
Character length and limitations: Any positive integer
L_TAXAMTn (Optional) Item sales tax.
NOTE: 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 must be ordered sequentially beginning with 0 (for example
L_TAXAMT0, L_TAXAMT1).
L_ITEMWEIGHTVALUEn,
L_ITEMWEGHTUNITn
(Optional) Item weight corresponds to the weight of the item. You can pass this data
to the shipping carrier as is without having to make an additional database query.
These parameters must be ordered sequentially beginning with 0 (for example
L_ITEMWEIGHTVALUE0, L_ITEMWEIGHTVALUE1).
Character length and limitations: Any positive integer
L_ITEMLENGTHVALUEn
,
L_I
TEMLENGTHUNITn
(Optional) Item
length corresponds to the length of the item. You can pass this data to
the shipping carrier as is without having to make an additional database query.
These parameters must be ordered sequentially beginning with 0 (for example
L_ITEMLENGTHVALUE0, L_ITEMLENGTHVALUE1).
Character length and limitations: Any positive integer