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SOAP API Developer Reference February 01, 2013 395
About Previous Versions of the API
What’s New in Version 66
Changes to PaymentDetailsItemTypein SetExpressCheckout and
DoExpressCheckoutPayment Requests
PaymentDetailsItemType Fields
Field Description
ItemCategory ns:ItemCategoryType
New field
Indicates whether the item is digital or physical goods. This field is available
since version 65.1. For digital goods this field is required and you must set it to
Digital. It is one of the following values:
 Digital
 Physical
Name xs:string
Item name. For digital goods, this field is required.
Character length and limitations: 127 single-byte characters
L_NAMEn is deprecated since version 63.0. Use
L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_NAME
m instead.
Description xs:string
Item description. For digital goods, this field is required.
Character length and limitations: 127 single-byte characters
Amount ebl:BasicAmountType
Cost of item. For digital goods, this field is required.
NOTE: You must set the currencyID attribute to one of the three-character
currency codes for any of the supported PayPal currencies.
Character length and limitations: Must not exceed $10,000 USD in any
currency. No currency symbol. Regardless of currency, decimal separator must
be a period (.), and the optional thousands separator must be a comma (,).
Equivalent to nine characters maximum for USD.
Quantity xs:integer
Item quantity. For digital goods, this field is required.
Character length and limitations: Any positive integer