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ExpressCheckout API Operations
DoExpressCheckoutPayment API Operation
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136 February 01, 2013 SOAP API Developer Reference
PaymentDetailsItemType Fields
PaymentAction ebl:PaymentActionCodeType
How you want to obtain payment. When implementing parallel payments, this
field is required and must be set to Order. When implementing digital goods,
this field is required and must be set to Sale. If the transaction does not
include a one-time purchase, this field is ignored. It is one of the following
values:
 Sale – This is a final sale for which you are requesting payment (default).
 Authorization – This payment is a basic authorization subject to
settlement with PayPal Authorization and Capture.
 Order – This payment is an order authorization subject to settlement with
PayPal Authorization and Capture.
NOTE: You cannot set this field to Sale in SetExpressCheckout request
and then change the value to
Authorization or Order in the
DoExpressCheckoutPayment request. If you set the field to
Authorization or Order in SetExpressCheckout, you may set
the field to
Sale.
Character length and limitations: Up to 13 single-byte alphabetic characters
PaymentRequestID xs:string
A unique identifier of the specific payment request. Required when
implementing parallel payments.
Character length and limitations: Up to 127 single-byte characters
Field Description
Name xs:string
Item name. This field is required when you pass a value for ItemCategory.
Character length and limitations: 127 single-byte characters
This field is introduced in version 53.0.
Description xs:string
(Optional) Item description.
Character length and limitations: 127 single-byte characters
This field is introduced in version 53.0.
Field Description