Integration Guide

PayPal Payments Standard Integration Guide June 2012 169
Recurring Payments – Subscribe Buttons
Sample HTML Code for Subscribe Buttons
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The sample code below illustrates a Cancel Subscription button that lets subscribers cancel
their current, active subscriptions.
<A HREF="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_subscr-
find&alias=alice%40mystore%2ecom">
<IMG BORDER="0"
SRC="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_unsubscribe_LG.gif"></A>
The sample code above produces the following result:
Paste the code onto you webpage near text that explains how subscription cancellations work.
For more information, see “Working with Unsubscribe Buttons” on page 141
Sample HTML Code for a Subscribe Button with Password Management
The sample HTML code below illustrates a Subscribe button that has PayPal generate
usernames and passwords automatically.
<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 Subscribe button. -->
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick-subscriptions">
<!-- Identify the subscription. -->
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Alice's Weekly Digest">
<input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="DIG Weekly">
<!-- Set the terms of the regular subscription. -->
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="hidden" name="a3" value="19.95">
<input type="hidden" name="p3" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="t3" value="M">
<!-- Set recurring payments until canceled. -->
<input type="hidden" name="src" value="1">