2012
Table Of Contents
- SOAP API Developer Reference
- Contents
- What’s New
- Preface
- PayPal SOAP API Basics
- PayPal WSDL/XSD Schema Definitions
- PayPal SOAP API Definitions
- Security
- SOAP RequesterCredentials: Username, Password, Signature, and Subject
- SOAP Service Endpoints
- SOAP Request Envelope
- Request Structure
- SOAP Message Style: doc-literal
- Response Structure
- Error Responses
- CorrelationID for Reporting Problems to PayPal
- UTF-8 Character Encoding
- Date/Time Formats
- Core Currency Amount Data Type
- AddressVerify API Operation
- Authorization and Capture API Operation Reference
- DoDirectPayment API Operation
- DoNonReferencedCredit API Operation
- ExpressCheckout API Operations
- GetBalance API Operation
- GetPalDetails API Operation
- GetTransactionDetails API Operation
- ManagePendingTransactionStatus API Operation
- MassPay API Operation
- Recurring Payments and Reference Transactions API Operations
- CreateRecurringPaymentsProfile API Operation
- GetRecurringPaymentsProfileDetails API Operation
- ManageRecurringPaymentsProfileStatus API Operation
- BillOutstandingAmount API Operation
- UpdateRecurringPaymentsProfile API Operation
- SetCustomerBillingAgreement API Operation
- CreateBillingAgreement API Operation
- GetBillingAgreementCustomerDetails API Operation
- BAUpdate API Operation
- DoReferenceTransaction API Operation
- RefundTransaction API Operation
- TransactionSearch API Operation
- API Error Codes
- General API Errors
- Validation Errors
- DirectPayment API Errors
- SetExpressCheckout API Errors
- GetExpressCheckoutDetails API Errors
- DoExpressCheckoutPayment API Errors
- Authorization and Capture API Errors
- GetTransactionDetails API Errors
- TransactionSearch API Errors
- RefundTransaction API Errors
- MassPay API Errors
- Recurring Payments Errors
- SetCustomerBillingAgreement Errors
- GetBillingAgreementCustomerDetails Errors
- CreateBillingAgreement Errors
- UpdateBillingAgreement Errors
- DoReferenceTransaction Errors
- AddressVerify API Errors
- ManagePendingTransactionStatus API Errors
- Countries and Regions Supported by PayPal
- State and Province Codes
- Currency Codes
- AVS and CVV2 Response Codes
- About Previous Versions of the API
- Revision History
- Index
SOAP API Developer Reference August 2012 349
API Error Codes
DoReferenceTransaction Errors
A
DoReferenceTransaction Errors
All Reference Transactions-Related API Errors
10211 Invalid billing agreement
ID
Invalid transaction or billing
agreement ID; could not find
Billing Agreement in database
11451 Billing Agreement Id or
transaction Id is not valid
Billing Agreement Id or
transaction Id is not valid
ReferenceID field is empty.
11451 Billing Agreement Id or
transaction Id is not valid
Billing Agreement Id or
transaction Id is not valid
Reference id refers to an invalid
transaction.
11452 Merchant not enabled for
reference transactions
Merchant not enabled for reference
transactions
This merchant is not enabled for
Mark reference transaction.
Error
Code
Short Message Long Message Additional Information
10001 Internal Error Internal Error
10002 Authentication/Authorizati
on Failed
10003 Missing argument Item name, amount and quantity
are required if item category is
provided.
Scenario: Merchant passes item
category as either Digital or
Physical but does not also pass
one of the following parameters:
name, amount, or quantity.
10004 Transaction refused
because of an invalid
argument. See additional
error messages for details.
You are not signed up to accept
payment for digitally delivered
goods.
Scenario: Merchant is not signed
up for digital goods but passes
item category as Digital.
10004 Cart item calculation
mismatch.
Cart item calculation mismatch.
The regular non-trial billing period
amount is different than the sum of
the amounts for each item in the
cart.
Scenario: When the regular non-
trial billing period amount is
different than the sum of the
amounts for each item in the
cart.
10004 Tax calculation mismatch. Tax calculation mismatch. The tax
amount for the regular non-trial
billing period is different than the
sum of the tax for each item in the
cart.
Scenario: When the regular non-
trial billing period is different
than the sum of the tax for each
item in the cart.
Error
Code Short Message Long Message Additional Information