Integration Guide

The PayPal Shopping Cart – Add to Cart and View Cart Buttons
Sample HTML Code for View Cart Buttons
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238 September 2008 Website Payments Standard Integration Guide
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...
<form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr"
method="post">
<!-- Identify your business so that you can collect the payments. -->
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="[e-mail]">
<!-- Specify a PayPal Shopping Cart Add to Cart button. -->
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart">
<input type="hidden" name="add" value="1">
<!-- Specify details about the item that buyers will purchase. -->
<input type="hidden" name="item_name"
value="Birthday Card - Cake and Candle">
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="3.95">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<!-- Continue shopping on the current webpage of the merchant site. -->
<!-- The below value is replaced when buyers click Add to Cart -->
<input type="hidden" name="shopping_url"
value="http://www.kinskards.com/birthday_cards.html">
<!-- Display the payment button. -->
<input type="image" name="submit" border="0"
onclick=getContinueShoppingURL(this.form)
src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_cart_LG.gif"
alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online">
<img alt="" border="0" width="1" height="1"
src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" >
</form>
See also “Sample HTML Code for View Cart Buttons that Continue Shopping on the Current
Merchant Webpage” on page 240.
Sample HTML Code for View Cart Buttons
The sample HTML code in this section demonstrates various features of View Cart buttons:
z “Sample HTML Code for a View Cart Button” on page 239
z “Sample HTML Code for a View Cart Button That Opens the Shopping Cart in the
Merchant Window” on page 239
z “Sample HTML Code for View Cart Buttons that Continue Shopping on the Current
Merchant Webpage” on page 240