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TransactionSearch API
TransactionSearch Request
92 08 April 2009 Name-Value Pair API Developer Guide
TransactionSearch Request Fields
Field Description
METHOD (Required) Must be TransactionSearch.
STARTDATE (Required) The earliest transaction date at which to start the search.
No wildcards are allowed. The value must be in UTC/GMT format.
ENDDATE (Optional) The latest transaction date to be included in the search.
EMAIL (Optional) Search by the buyer’s email address.
Character length and limitations: 127 single-byte alphanumeric characters.
RECEIVER (Optional) Search by the receiver’s email address. If the merchant account has only
one email, this is the primary email. Can also be a non-primary email.
RECEIPTID (Optional) Search by the PayPal Account Optional receipt ID.
TRANSACTIONID (Optional) Search by the transaction ID. The returned results are from the merchant’s
transaction records.
Character length and limitations: 19 single-byte characters maximum.
INVNUM (Optional) Search by invoice identification key, as set by you for the original
transaction. This field searches the records for items sold by the merchant, not the
items purchased.
NOTE: No wildcards are allowed.
Character length and limitations: 127 single-byte characters maximum.
ACCT (Optional) Search by credit card number, as set by you for the original transaction.
This field searches the records for items sold by the merchant, not the items
purchased.
NOTE: No wildcards are allowed.
Character length and limitations: Must be at least 11 and no more than 25 single-byte
numeric characters maximum. Special punctuation, such as dashes or spaces, is
ignored.
AUCTIONITEMNUMBER (Optional) Search by auction item number of the purchased goods.