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Table Of Contents
- Name-Value Pair API Developer Guide
- Contents
- What’s New
- Preface
- PayPal Name-Value Pair API Basics
- AddressVerify API Operation
- Authorization and Capture API Operation Reference
- DoDirectPayment API Operation
- DoNonReferencedCredit API Operation
- ExpressCheckout API Operations
- GetBalance API Operation
- GetPalDetails API Operation
- GetTransactionDetails API Operation
- ManagePendingTransactionStatu s API Operation
- MassPay API Operation
- Recurring Payments and Reference Transactions API Operations
- CreateRecurringPaymentsProfile API Operation
- GetRecurringPaymentsProfileDetails API Operation
- ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatus API Operation
- BillOutstandingAmount API Operation
- UpdateRecurringPaymentsProfile API Operation
- CreateBillingAgreement API Operation
- SetCustomerBillingAgreement API Operation
- GetBillingAgreementCustomerDetails API Operation
- BAUpdate API Operation
- DoReferenceTransaction API Operation
- RefundTransaction API Operation
- TransactionSearch API Operation
- API Error Codes
- General API Errors
- Validation Errors
- DirectPayment API Errors
- SetExpressCheckout API Errors
- GetExpressCheckoutDetails API Errors
- DoExpressCheckoutPayment API Errors
- Authorization and Capture API Errors
- GetTransactionDetails API Errors
- TransactionSearch API Errors
- RefundTransaction API Errors
- MassPay API Errors
- Recurring Payments Errors
- SetCustomerBillingAgreement Errors
- GetBillingAgreementCustomerDetails Errors
- CreateBillingAgreement Errors
- UpdateBillingAgreement Errors
- DoReferenceTransaction Errors
- AddressVerify API Errors
- ManagePendingTransactionStatus API Errors
- Countries and Regions Supported by PayPal
- State and Province Codes
- Currency Codes
- AVS and CVV2 Response Codes
- About Previous Versions of the API
- What's New in Version 95.0
- What's New in Version 93.0
- What's New in Version 92.0
- What's New in Version 91.0
- What's New in Version 89.0
- What's New in Version 88.0
- What’s New in Version 85.0
- What’s New in Version 84.0
- What’s New in Version 82.0
- What’s New in Version 80.0
- What’s New in Version 74.0
- What’s New in Version 72.0
- What's New in Version 69
- What's New in Version 66
- Revision History
- Index
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Contents
What’s New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
What's New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
About This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Where to Go for More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Documentation Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 1 PayPal Name-Value Pair API Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
PayPal API Client-Server Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
PayPal Name-Value Pair API Requests and Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
UTF-8 Character Encoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Multiple API Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
NVP Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Creating an NVP Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Specifying the PayPal API Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Specifying an API Credential Using Signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
URL Encoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
List Syntax for Name-Value Pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Executing NVP API Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Specifying a PayPal Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Logging API Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Responding to an NVP Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Common Response Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Error Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
URL Decoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Chapter 2 AddressVerify API Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
AddressVerify Request Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Address Verify Request Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
AddressVerify Response Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26