Integration Guide

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Website Payments Standard Checkout Integration Guide November 2005 25
How Website Payments Standard Works
Complementary Documentation
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Complementary Documentation
All PayPal technical documentation is listed here. The description of each guide indicates its
subject matter and documentation necessary for effective use of the guide.
TABLE 1.3 PayPal Technical Documentation
Guide Title Description Prerequisites
Website Payments
Standard Integration
Guide
Details basic PayPal payment process for shopping cart and single-item purchase.
Account Profile settings for variations on basic payment process. Customization of
PayPal's payment pages. HTML
FORM variables for control of payment process.
https://www.paypal.com/en_US/pdf/PP_WebsitePaymentsStandard_Integrati
onGuide.pdf
None
Express Checkout
Integration Guide
Details use of Express Checkout API. PayPal placement on merchants' websites and
related business rules.
https://www.paypal.com/en_US/pdf/PP_ExpressCheckout_IntegrationGuide.p
df
Website Payments
Standard Integration
Guide
Website Payments
Pro Integration Guide
Details use of Express Checkout and Direct Payment APIs. PayPal placement on
merchants' websites and related business logic.
https://www.paypal.com/en_US/pdf/PP_WebsitePaymentsPro_IntegrationGui
de.pdf
Website Payments
Standard Integration
Guide
Authorization &
Capture Integration
Guide
Details use of PayPal website and API for authorization and capture; relates
Authorization & Capture to Express Checkout and Direct Payment.
https://www.paypal.com/en_US/pdf/PP_AuthCapture_IntegrationGuide.pdf
z Website
Payments
Standard
Integration
Guide
z Website
Payments Pro
Integration
Guide
z API Reference
Order Management
Integration Guide
Details Instant Payment Notification (IPN) and Payment Data Transfer (PDT) for
automated receipt of payment information after payment completion. Details IPN
HTML
FORM variables and their meanings. Also includes information about
Downloadable History Logs.
https://www.paypal.com/en_US/pdf/PP_OrderManagement_IntegrationGuide
.pdf
Website Payments
Standard Integration
Guide