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Name-Value Pair API Developer Guide February 01, 2013 97
ExpressCheckout API Operations
DoExpressCheckoutPayment API Operation
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PAYMENTREQUEST_n_CUSTOM
CUSTOM (deprecated)
(Optional) A free-form field for your own use. You can specify up to 10
payments, where
n is a digit between 0 and 9, inclusive.
NOTE: The value you specify is available only if the transaction includes a
purchase. This field is ignored if you set up a billing agreement for a
recurring payment that is not immediately charged.
Character length and limitations: 256 single-byte alphanumeric characters
CUSTOM is deprecated since version 63.0. Use PAYMENTREQUEST_0_CUSTOM
instead.
PAYMENTREQUEST_
n_INVNUM
INVNUM (deprecated)
(Optional) Your own invoice or tracking number.You can specify up to 10
payments, where
n is a digit between 0 and 9, inclusive; except for digital
goods, which supports single payments only.
NOTE: The value you specify is available only if the transaction includes a
purchase. This field is ignored if you set up a billing agreement for a
recurring payment that is not immediately charged.
Character length and limitations: 256 single-byte alphanumeric characters
INVNUM is deprecated since version 63.0. Use PAYMENTREQUEST_0_INVNUM
instead.
PAYMENTREQUEST_
n_NOTIFYU
RL
NOTIFYURL (deprecated)
(Optional) Your URL for receiving Instant Payment Notification (IPN) about
this transaction. If you do not specify this value in the request, the notification
URL from your Merchant Profile is used, if one exists.
(Optional) Your URL for receiving Instant Payment Notification (IPN) about
this transaction. If you do not specify this value in the request, the notification
URL from your Merchant Profile is used, if one exists. You can specify up to
10 payments, where
n is a digit between 0 and 9, inclusive.
IMPORTANT: The notify URL applies only to
DoExpressCheckoutPayment. This value is ignored when
set in SetExpressCheckout or
GetExpressCheckoutDetails.
Character length and limitations: 2,048 single-byte alphanumeric characters
NOTIFYURL is deprecated since version 63.0. Use
PAYMENTREQUEST_0_NOTIFYURL instead.
PAYMENTREQUEST_
n_NOTETEX
T
NOTETEXT (deprecated)
(Optional) Note to the merchant. You can specify up to 10 payments, where n
is a digit between 0 and 9, inclusive.
Character length and limitations: 255 single-byte characters
NOTETEXT is deprecated since version 63.0. Use
PAYMENTREQUEST_0_NOTETEXT instead.
PAYMENTREQUEST_
n_SOFTDES
CRIPTOR
SOFTDESCRIPTOR (deprecated)
A per transaction description of the payment that is passed to the buyers credit
card statement. You can specify up to 10 payments, where
n is a digit between
0 and 9, inclusive.
NOTE: Ignore when PAYMENTREQUEST_n_PAYMENTACTION=Order.
SOFTDESCRIPTOR is deprecated since version 63.0. Use
PAYMENTREQUEST_0_SOFTDESCRIPTOR instead.
Field Description