Integration Guide
Table Of Contents
- PayPal Payments Pro Integration Guide
- Contents
- Preface
- Introducing PayPal Payments Pro
- Introducing Direct Payment
- Introducing Express Checkout
- Getting Started With Direct Payment
- Getting Started With Express Checkout
- Integrating Recurring Payments
- How Recurring Payments Work
- Recurring Payments Terms
- Recurring Payments With Direct Payment
- Recurring Payments With the Express Checkout API
- Options for Creating a Recurring Payments Profile
- Recurring Payments Profile Status
- Getting Recurring Payments Profile Information
- Modifying a Recurring Payments Profile
- Billing the Outstanding Amount of a Profile
- Recurring Payments Notifications
- Getting Started With the PayPal Name-Value Pair API
- Implementing 3-D Secure Transactions (UK Only)
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Introducing PayPal Payments Pro
PayPal Payments Pro API Operations
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eCheck payments and associated status, such as pending, completed, or denied, and
payments pending for other reasons, such as those being reviewed for potential fraud
Recurring payment and subscription actions
Chargebacks, disputes, reversals, and refunds associated with a transaction
For more information about IPN, see
Instant Payment Notification Guide
PayPal Payments Pro API Operations
The PayPal API supports a range of functions related to payment processing. Though most
API operations support both Direct Payment and Express Checkout, some are specific to
Direct Payment and others are specific to Express Checkout.
PayPal API Operation Description
Direct Payment core API operations: (Direct Payment only)
DoDirectPayment Process a credit card payment, such as a sale or
authorization.
DoNonReferencedCredit Issue a credit to a card not referenced by the original
transaction.
NOTE: Contact PayPal to use this API operation; in most
cases, you should use the RefundTransaction
API operation instead.
Express Checkout core API operations: (Express Checkout only)
SetExpressCheckout Initiates an Express Checkout transaction.
GetExpressCheckoutDetails Obtain information about an Express Checkout transaction.
DoExpressCheckoutPayment Completes an Express Checkout transaction.
Common API operations:
GetTransactionDetails Obtain information about a specific transaction.
ManagePendingTransactionStatus Accept or deny a pending transaction held by Fraud
Management Filters.
RefundTransaction Issue a refund to the PayPal account holder associated with a
transaction.
TransactionSearch Search transaction history for transactions that meet the
specified criteria.
Authorization and Capture API operations:
DoCapture Capture an authorized payment.
DoAuthorization Authorize a payment. (Express Checkout only)