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PayPal SOAP API Basics

Core Currency Amount Data Type

3. The decimal separator must be a period (“.”).

4. You must not use any thousands separator.

5. BasicAmountType has a data type of ebl:CurrencyCodeType, which defines a large

number of different currency codes. However, for your processing to succeed, you must set

currencyCode to a valid currency code. Some APIs support only a subset of currencies.

Here is an example. (The field name Amount is an example; actual field names can vary

depending on the specific API.)