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PayPal SOAP API Basics

Error Responses

22 August 2012 SOAP API Developer Reference

applicationCorrelation

</CorrelationID>

api_build_number

</Build>

<elements_for_specific_api_response> data

</elements_for_specific_api_response>

</specific_api_name_Response>

</SOAP-ENV:Body>

</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

Annotation of Generic SOAP Response

Related information:

Error Responses

If a request is malformed or contains some other error, the body of the SOAP response

contains an <Errors> element with other elements that can help you troubleshoot the cause

of the error.

The structure of error messages are as follows:

Lines Comment

22 and 31 The specific_api_name_Response start and end elements.

23 Each API response contains a timestamp with its date and time in UTC/GMT.

24 The <Ack> element contains the string Success after the corresponding request has been

successfully processed.

In the case of errors, Ack is set to a value other than Success, and the response body contains

an <Errors> element with information to help you troubleshoot the cause of the error. See

“Error Responses” on page 22.

26 The <CorrelationID> element contains information about the PayPal application that

processed the request.

Use the value of this element if you need to troubleshoot a problem with one of your requests.

27 through 30 The different PayPal APIs return different structures depending on their response definitions.

For detailed information, see the description of the individual APIs.

NOTE: Because a field is defined in the formal structure of an API response, this does not

mean that the field is necessarily returned. Data are returned in a response only if

PayPal has recorded data that corresponds to the field.