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Table Of Contents
- Payflow Link User’s Guide
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Configuring Payflow Link
- Integrating Your Web Site with Payflow Link (Basic Integration)
- Integrating Your Web Site with Payflow Link (Advanced Integration)
- Testing Payflow Link
- Activating Payflow Link
- Managing Payflow Link
- Integrating TeleCheck Transactions
- Transaction Responses
- Submitting Transaction Data to the Payflow Link Server
- About the Confirmation Email Messages
- Payflow Link Transaction Types
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Index
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Submitting Transaction Data to
the Payflow Link Server
This chapter is intended for merchants with intermediate or advanced HTML knowledge or
Web development skills. It describes the options you have for sending transaction data to the
Payflow Link server.
This chapter also describes the transaction parameters that you can send to the Payflow Link
server and the data that you can choose to have returned to your Web site when a transaction is
complete.
In This Chapter
z “About PayPal’s Transaction Database” on page 47
z “Collecting Customer Transaction Data, Option 1” on page 48
z “Collecting Customer Transaction Data, Option 2” on page 50
z “Optional Transaction Data” on page 52
z “Returning Data to Your Web Site” on page 54
z “Data Returned by the Post and Silent Post Features” on page 56
z “Parameters That Specify Payflow Link Operation” on page 59
About PayPal’s Transaction Database
All of the transaction data submitted to the Payflow Link server—whether the source is the
Payflow Link Order form or your Web page—is stored in PayPal’s transaction database. You
can search for particular transaction data using the search tools available on the PayPal
Manager.
Some transaction parameters are intended to enable you to retain session information and
other temporary data—these values are not stored in the database. See
“Retaining Session
Data and other Temporary Information” on page 55.