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Payflow Link User’s Guide 55
Submitting Transaction Data to the Payflow Link Server
Returning Data to Your Web Site
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RESULT=0&AUTHCODE=010101&RESPMSG=Approved&AVSDATA=YNY&PNREF=V63F28770576&HO
STCODE=&INVOICE=3452345&AMOUNT=117.03&TAX=&METHOD=CC&TYPE=S&DESCRIPTION=1+f
elt+hat%2C+Model+FC&CUSTID=NT1000&NAME=Nancy+Thompson&ADDRESS=1428+Elm+Stre
et&CITY=Springwood&STATE=CA&ZIP=66666&COUNTRY=USA&PHONE=121-325-
4253&FAX=&EMAIL=[e-mail]&USER1=User1+value&USER2=&USER3=&USER4
=&USER5=&USER6=&USER7=&USER8=&USER9=&USER10=&NAMETOSHIP=Nancy+Thompson&ADDR
ESSTOSHIP=1428+Elm+Street&CITYTOSHIP=Springwood&STATETOSHIP=&ZIPTOSHIP=6666
6&COUNTRYCODE=USA&PHONETOSHIP=121-325-
4253&FAXTOSHIP=&EMAILTOSHIP=&CSCMATCH=Y
The full list of returned data is described in “Data Returned by the Post and Silent Post
Features” on page 56.
Retaining Session Data and other Temporary Information
Because the customer’s browser is redirected to the Payflow Link pages to collect transaction
information, your Web server loses session information. PayPal provides parameters (USER1
through USER10 and CUSTID) that enable you to store such temporary information and
retrieve it when the Payflow Link server returns the results of the transaction and the customer
returns to your Web site.
If you submit values for these parameters in the transaction request, then, when the Payflow
Link server posts the transaction response back to your site, the response text echoes the
values that you submitted with the transaction. You can use User1 through User10 to store
variables, session IDs, order numbers, and so on. In addition, you might use the CUSTID
parameter to store a text name that identifies the customer, for example.
NOTE: These values are intended to hold temporary data and are not stored in PayPal’s
transaction database.
Specifying How Data is Returned to Your Web Site
You have the following options for returning transaction data to your Web site.
Post
The Post feature returns data using the HTML Post method when the customer clicks the
Continue button on the Receipt page.
You receive posted information only on approved transactions. If the customer does not click
the Return button, or if the transaction is declined, then the transaction data is not posted to
your site. For declined transactions, the customer gets a Declined button that returns them to
your Order page.