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Submitting Transaction Data to the Payflow Link Server
Optional Transaction Data
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52 Payflow Link User’s Guide
Optional Transaction Data
For any transaction, you can pass the optional parameters listed in Table B.3 to the Payflow
Link server. You can also return any of these values to your Web server using the Return Post
or Silent Post method.
If you use the Payflow Link Order form, then the values that you send are populated into the
form (if the associated field appears on the form).
If you turned off the Payflow Link Order form, then some of these values are required, as
noted in the table.
NOTE: A different set of optional parameters is used to configure Payflow Link operation. See
“Parameters That Specify Payflow Link Operation” on page 59.
ZIP Billing ZIP (postal) code. 10
TABLE B.3 Optional parameters
Field Name Description Max Length
ADDRESS Billing address.
Required if you use the AVS feature. Required if you turn off the
Payflow Link Order form.
60
ADDRESSTOSHIP Shipping address. 120
CARDNUM Credit card number. Numeric only. No spaces or dashes.
Appears as Account # in PayPal Manager reports.
Required if you turn off the Payflow Link Order form.
31
CITY Billing city.
Required if you turn off the Payflow Link Order form.
32
CITYTOSHIP Shipping city. 32
COUNTRY Billing country. 4
COUNTRYCODE Shipping country. 4
COMMENT1 and
COMMENT2
Use these parameters to pass information that appears in the PayPal
Manager Custom Report. String type.
These values are not returned by the Post or Silent Post features.
255
CSC Card Security Code. String type. Required if you use the card security
code feature.
3 or 4
TABLE B.2 Transaction data required if ORDERFORM=False(Continued)
Field Name Description Max Length