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Testing PayPal Web Services API
Applications
This chapter describes using the Sandbox for testing your PayPal Web Services API
applications:
z Requesting and installing a PayPal-issued digital certificate and private key for use with the
Sandbox
z The PayPal SDK console
z API Overview by business function and service endpoint
This chapter does not contain step-by-step procedures for every aspect of your own software
environment for using the Sandbox or the live PayPal Web Services API.
PayPal WSDL/XSD Schema Definitions
The PayPal Web Services schema and its underlying eBay Business Language (eBL) base and
core components are required for developing applications with the PayPal Web Services API.
The following are the locations of the WSDL and XSD files.
TABLE 5.1 Location of PayPal WSDL and XSD Files
Development and Test with the PayPal Sandbox API Service
PayPal Schema https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/wsdl/
PayPalSvc.wsdl
eBL Base
Components and
Component Types
https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/wsdl/eBLBaseComponents.xsd
https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/wsdl/CoreComponentTypes.xsd
Production with Live PayPal Web Services API Service
PayPal Schema https://www.paypal.com/wsdl/PayPalSvc.wsdl
eBL Base
Components and
Component Types
http://www.paypal.com/wsdl/eBLBaseComponents.xsd
http://www.paypal.com/wsdl/CoreComponentTypes.xsd