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PayPal Name-Value Pair API Basics
Creating an NVP Request
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18 February 01, 2013 Name-Value Pair API Developer Guide
 Name-value pairs are separated by an ampersand (&). For example:
FIRSTNAME=Robert&MIDDLENAME=Herbert&LASTNAME=Moore
 The values for each value in an NVP string are URL-encoded.
Related information:
Name-Value Pair Syntax Supporting Parallel Payments
Creating an NVP Request
The Name-Value Pair request format specifies the API operation to perform, credentials that
authorize PayPal to access your account, and fields containing additional information to be
used in the request.
Related information:
PayPal API Client-Server Architecture
Specifying the PayPal API Operation
For the NVP version of the PayPal API, you must specify the name of the PayPal API
operation to execute in each request along with the version of the API operation.
The following diagram shows the API operation part of an NVP request:
A method specifies the PayPal operation you want to execute, and each method is associated
with a version. Together, the method and version define the exact behavior of the API
operation. Typically, the behavior of an API operation does not change between versions;
however, you should carefully retest your code whenever you change a version.
To specify a method and version number:
1. Choose the PayPal API operation you want to use.
METHOD=
operation