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PayPal SOAP API Basics
Request Structure
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Diagram of SOAP Request Envelope
Request Structure
The following annotated description of the SOAP request structure shows the elements
required by the PayPal SOAP API.
General Structure of PayPal API SOAP Request
<?xml version=”1.0” encoding=”UTF-8”?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:xsi= ” http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance”
xmlns:SOAP-ENC=”http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/”
xmlns:SOAP-ENV=”http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/”
xmlns:xsd=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema”
SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle=”http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/”
><SOAP-ENV:Header>
<RequesterCredentials xmlns=”urn:ebay:api:PayPalAPI”>
<Credentials xmlns=”urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents”>