Integration Guide

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Recurring Payments – Automatic Billing Buttons
Sample HTML Code for Automatic Billing Buttons
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4. Do one of the following to paste the text from the clipboard onto your webpage, where you
want the button to appear:
For Windows or Mac, right-click on the code, and then select Paste.
For Windows, press Ctrl+V.
For Mac, press CMD+V.
Avoiding Problems with Pasted Automatic Billing Code
After you paste the code onto your webpage or into your email, check that it matches exactly
the code that you copied from PayPal. Pasted code may not match the generated code for the
following reasons:
You did not copy all of the generated code.
Your editing tool may have special areas for pasting HTML code and other areas for
pasting URLs and display text. Make sure that you paste the generated code into a field that
accepts HTML code or URLs.
Your editing tool might change some characters in the pasted code.
Sample HTML Code for Automatic Billing Buttons
The following sample HTML code demonstrates various features of Automatic Billing
buttons:
“Sample HTML Code for a Basic Automatic Billing Button” on page 212
“Sample HTML Code for Choosing Limits with Automatic Billing Buttons” on page 214
Sample HTML Code for a Basic Automatic Billing Button
The sample code below illustrates a basic Automatic Billing button, with these features:
A text box above the button for buyers to enter a maximum billing limit
A minimum billing limit of $240 USD, set by using the min_amount HTML variable
The item name and description “Regular House Cleaning” above the button
Buyers address required during checkout