User Guide

Button Manager SOAP API June, 2009 13
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Using the Button Manager API
These examples show basic Button Manager API capabilities. The examples show how to
create buttons and set inventory levels.
z Specifying HTML Variables
z Creating a Button Using SOAP
z Tracking Inventory for a Button Using SOAP
Specifying HTML Variables
When you create or update a button using the Button Manager API, you must specify the same
HTML variables that you specify when creating any Website Payments Standard button.
Although you can use the ButtonVar field to specify any HTML variables, some variables
are commonly used in specific ways.
The following table provides additional information about some of these variables:
HTML Variable Notes
item_name Name or description of item. Must be specified for Add to Cart buttons.
Character length and limitations: 127 single-byte alphanumeric characters.
amount The price or amount of the item. Required for Add to Cart buttons. May not
be used when a dropdown with price (L_OPTION0PRICE
n) is defined.
Limitations: Value must be a positive number. No currency symbol. Must have
two decimal places, decimal separator must be a period (.), and the optional
thousands separator must be a comma (,).
a3 Price of subscription. Must be specified for Subscribe buttons. Value must be
a positive number. No currency symbol. Must have two decimal places,
decimal separator must be a period (.), and the optional thousands separator
must be a comma (,).
p3 Regular billing cycle. Must be specified for Subscribe buttons. Limitations:
Must be a positive integer greater than 0 and less than or equal to 30
t3 Regular billing cycle units. Must be specified for Subscribe buttons.
shopping_url URL where recipients can shop and redeem gift certificates. Required for Gift
Certificate buttons. Character length and limitations: 255 single-byte
alphanumeric characters