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TransactionSearch API Operation
The TransactionSearch API searches transaction history for transactions that meet the
specified criteria.
NOTE: The maximum number of transactions that can be returned from a TransactionSearch
API call is 100.
TransactionSearch Request Message
TransactionSearch Request Fields
Field Description
METHOD (Required) Must be TransactionSearch.
STARTDATE (Required) The earliest transaction date at which to start the search.
Character length and limitations: No wildcards are allowed. The value must be in
UTC/GMT.
ENDDATE (Optional) The latest transaction date to be included in the search.
Character length and limitations: No wildcards are allowed. The value must be in
UTC/GMT.
EMAIL (Optional) Search by the buyers email address.
Character length and limitations: 127 single-byte alphanumeric characters
RECEIVER (Optional) Search by the receivers email address. If the merchant account has only
one email address, this is the primary email. It can also be a non-primary email
address.
RECEIPTID (Optional) Search by the PayPal Account Optional receipt ID. This field is not
applicable to point-of-sale transactions.
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 the merchant sells.
Character length and limitations: 127 single-byte characters maximum with no
wildcards allowed