2006
Table Of Contents
- Sandbox User Guide
- Preface
- Overview to the PayPal Sandbox
- Accessing the PayPal Sandbox and Email
- Setting up Test Users
- Testing PayPal Website Features
- Testing PayPal Web Services API Applications
- Technical Support
- Index
Contents
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Generating a Credit Card Number to Test PayPal Account Optional . . . . . . . . . . 26
Signing Up for Website Payments Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Chapter 4 Testing PayPal Website Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Website Payments with Buy Now Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Encrypted Website Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Testing Payments with Buy Now Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Verifying a Test Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Instant Payment Notification (IPN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Setting up IPN in the Sandbox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Verifying a Test Refund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Transferring Funds to a Test Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Clearing or Failing Test eCheck Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Sending Funds to a Seller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Billing A Customer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Chapter 5 Testing PayPal Web Services API Applications . . . . . . .33
PayPal WSDL/XSD Schema Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Requesting API Credentials from PayPal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
To get a Sandbox certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
To get a live PayPal certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Testing with the PayPal SDK Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
API Overview By Business Function and Service Endpoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Chapter 6 Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Contacting Customer Service for Live PayPal Website Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Contacting Developer Technical Support for API Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39