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API Error Codes
DoReferenceTransaction Errors
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DoReferenceTransaction Errors
All Reference Transactions-Related API Errors
10014 API call was rate limited. The API call has been denied as it
has exceeded the permissible call
rate limit.
10201 Billing Agreement was
cancelled
Billing Agreement was cancelled Billing agreement has been
cancelled.
10204 User’s account is closed or
restricted
User’s account is closed or
restricted
10209 Disabled Preapproved Payments not
enabled.
Merchant pull is not enabled for
the country or merchant is not
enabled for merchant pull.
10209 Disabled Preapproved Payments not
enabled.
Account number mismatch
exists for the API caller and the
account the billing agreement
belongs to.
10211 Invalid billing agreement
ID
Invalid transaction or billing
agreement ID; could not find
Billing Agreement in database
11451 Billing Agreement Id or
transaction Id is not valid
Billing Agreement Id or
transaction Id is not valid
ReferenceID field is empty.
11451 Billing Agreement Id or
transaction Id is not valid
Billing Agreement Id or
transaction Id is not valid
Reference id refers to an invalid
transaction.
11452 Merchant not enabled for
reference transactions
Merchant not enabled for reference
transactions
This merchant is not enabled for
Mark reference transaction.
Error
Code Short Message Long Message Additional Information
10001 Internal Error Internal Error Retry the transaction 5 more
times at incremental intervals. If
this continues to fail instruct the
customer of the error & contact
Merchant Technical Support
https://www.paypal.com/mts
for
assistance.
10002 Authentication/Authorizati
on Failed
Error
Code Short Message Long Message Additional Information