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Name-Value Pair API Developer Guide February 01, 2013 181
Recurring Payments and Reference Transactions API Operations
DoReferenceTransaction API Operation
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PARENTTRANSACTIONID Parent or related transaction identification number. This value in this field is for the
following transaction types:
Reversal – Capture of an authorized transaction.
Reversal – Reauthorization of a transaction.
Capture of an order – The value of ParentTransactionID is the original
OrderID.
Authorization of an order – The value of ParentTransactionID is the original
OrderID.
Capture of an order authorization.
Void of an order – The value of ParentTransactionID is the original
OrderID.
Character length and limitations: 16 digits
RECEIPTID Receipt identification number
Character length and limitations: 16 digits in xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx format
TRANSACTIONTYPE The type of transaction. It is one of the following values:
cart
express-checkout
Character length and limitations:15 single-byte characters
PAYMENTTYPE Indicates whether the payment is instant or delayed. It is one of the following values:
none
echeck
instant
Character length and limitations: 7 single-byte characters
ORDERTIME Time/date stamp of payment,
Character length and limitations: Date and time are in UTC/GMTformat, for
example, 2011-06-24T05:38:48Z
AMT The final amount charged, including any shipping and taxes from your Merchant
Profile.
Character length and limitations: Value is a positive number which cannot exceed
$10,000 USD in any currency. It includes no currency symbol. It must have 2 decimal
places, the decimal separator must be a period (.), and the optional thousands
separator must be a comma (,).
CURRENCYCODE A 3-character currency code.
FEEAMT PayPal fee amount charged for the transaction.
Character length and limitations: Value is a positive number which cannot exceed
$10,000 USD in any currency. It includes no currency symbol. It must have 2 decimal
places, the decimal separator must be a period (.), and the optional thousands
separator must be a comma (,).
Field Description