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Authorization and Capture API Operation Reference
DoReauthorization API Operation
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36 February 01, 2013 Name-Value Pair API Developer Guide
DoReauthorization API Operation
DoReauthorization Request Message
DoReauthorization Request Fields
PROTECTIONELIGIBILITY
TYPE
Since version 64.4, the kind of seller protection in force for the transaction. It is
one of the following values:
 Eligible – Merchant is protected by PayPal's Seller Protection Policy for
both Unauthorized Payment and Item Not Received.
 ItemNotReceivedEligible – Merchant is protected by PayPal's Seller
Protection Policy for Item Not Received.
 UnauthorizedPaymentEligible – Merchant is protected by PayPal's
Seller Protection Policy for Unauthorized Payment.
 Ineligible – Merchant is not protected under the Seller Protection Policy.
This field is available since version 64.4.
Field Description
METHOD (Required) Must be DoReauthorization.
AUTHORIZATIONID (Required) Value of a previously authorized transaction identification number
returned by PayPal.
Character length and limitations: 19 single-byte characters
AMT (Required) Amount to reauthorize.
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 (Optional)
3-character, ISO 4217 currency code. Default value is USD.
Character length and limitations: 3 single-byte characters
MSGSUBID (Optional) A message ID used for idempotence to uniquely identify a message. This
ID can later be used to request the latest results for a previous request without
generating a new request. Exmples of this include requests due to timeouts or errors
during the original request.
Character length and limitations: 38 single-byte characters
This field is available since version 94.0.
Field Description