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Name-Value Pair API Developer Guide August 2012 171
Recurring Payments and Reference Transactions API Operations
DoReferenceTransaction API Operation
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DoReferenceTransaction API Operation
The DoReferenceTransaction API operation processes a payment from a buyers account,
which is identified by a previous transaction.
DoReferenceTransaction Request Message
DoReferenceTransaction Request Fields
Field Description
METHOD (Required) Must be DoReferenceTransaction.
REFERENCEID (Required) A transaction ID from a previous purchase, such as a credit card charge
using the DoDirectPayment API, or a billing agreement ID.
PAYMENTACTION (Optional) How you want to obtain payment. It is one of the following values:
Authorization – This payment is a basic authorization subject to settlement
with PayPal Authorization and Capture.
Sale – This is a final sale for which you are requesting payment.
IPADDRESS (Optional) IP address of the buyers 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
REQCONFIRMSHIPPING Whether you require that the buyers shipping address on file with PayPal be a
confirmed address. You must have permission from PayPal to not require a confirmed
address. It is one of the following values:
0 – You do not require that the buyers shipping address be a confirmed address.
1 – You require that the buyers shipping address be a confirmed address.
NOTE: Setting this field overrides the setting you have specified in your Merchant
Account Profile.
Character length and limitations: 1 single-byte numeric character
RETURNFMFDETAILS (Optional) Flag to indicate whether you want the results returned by Fraud
Management Filters. By default, you do not receive this information. It is one of the
following values:
0 – Do not receive FMF details (default)
1 – Receive FMF details