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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Getting Started With the PayPal Name-Value Pair API
Obtaining API Credentials
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Creating an API Certificate
Create an API certificate only if your website requires it. Typically, you want to create an API
signature for your credentials instead.
You must have a PayPal Business account to create an API certificate.
NOTE: The certificate for API credentials is not the same as an SSL certificate for your
website; they are not related to each other.
If you do need a certificate, follow these instructions:
1. Log in to PayPal, then click Profile under My Account.
2. Click My selling tools.
3. Click API Access.
4. Click Request API Credentials.
5. Check Request API certificate and click Agree and Submit.
6. Save the values for API Username and API Password for later use.
7. Click Download Certificate and save the file.