Reference Manual
Table Of Contents
- Web Services API Reference
- Preface
- Overview of the PayPal Web Services API
- PayPal Web Services API Architecture
- Core eBL Request/Response Structures
- Authorization & Capture API
- Direct Payment API
- Express Checkout API
- GetTransactionDetails API
- MassPay API
- RefundTransaction API
- TransactionSearch API
- Error Codes and Messages for All PayPal APIs
- Country Codes
- Index
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Overview of the PayPal Web Services API
Web Services Standards
Web Services Standards
Web Services are an ongoing open standards effort. For the latest information about
developments in Web Services, see the following site:
http://www.webservices.org/
Cryptography
The PayPal Web Services API uses public key infrastructure, specifically PKCS#12 and
Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM). For more information about PKCS#12 and PEM files, see the
following sites:
z PKCS12 and other forms of securely available credentials:
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3157.html
z PEM: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1421.txt