Integration Guide

Website Payments Standard Integration Guide September 2008 65
Single-Item Payments – Buy Now Buttons
Sample HTML Code for Buy Now Buttons
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The sample code above produces the following result on your webpage:
Paste the code onto your webpage below an image or a text description of the item.
Sample Code for a Buy Now Button With Product Options as a Text Box
The sample code below illustrates a basic Buy Now button with a text box for entering product
options.
<form 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 Buy Now button. -->
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
<!-- Specify details about the item that buyers will purchase. -->
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Hot Sauce-12 oz. Bottle">
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="5.95">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<!-- Provide the buyer with a text box option field. -->
<input type="hidden" name="on0"
value="Size">Enter your size (S, M, L, X, XX) <br />
<input type="text" name="os0" maxlength="60"> <br />
<!-- Display the payment button. -->
<input type="image" name="submit" border="0"
src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynow_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>
The sample code above produces the following result on your webpage: