Integration Guide

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Using Authorization & Capture
Basic Authorization & Capture Scenarios
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To void an authorization:
1. Click the Void button associated with the authorization.
2. Confirm the void details on the Void Authorization page, and then click the Void button.
N OTE: PayPal recommends that you explain any unique circumstance to your buyer in the
Note field.
PayPal sends the buyer an email with the details of the voided authorization.
Capture Within 3 Days
1. Your buyer orders a camera from your website.
2. Your buyer enters payment information and authorizes payment.
3. Send your buyer to PayPal using a hosted flow, specifying the variable
paymentaction=authorization
4. PayPal initiates the authorization.
5. On day 3, you ship the camera and capture funds.
After you have captured funds, your Transaction Details shows the transaction with a
Completed status.
FIGURE 8.1 Transaction Details – Completed Transaction
Capture From 4 - 29 Days
1. Your buyer orders a DVD player from your website.
2. Send your buyer to PayPal using a hosted flow, specifying the variable
paymentaction=authorization.