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You may find PayPal developer documentation about creating and managing NVP/SOAP API credentials also helpful. You should then be able to see the three pieces of info – API signature, username and password. Note that if you are using the certificate in another system, that system may need to be updated / given the API Signature info to continue working. If you are using API certificates, you may need to remove your existing certificate and then “Request API Signature” using steps outlined above.

Choose Option 2 – Request API credentials – click on View API signature.

See the classic Profile version (on the left side, outside the My Selling tools box).

If the above instructions did not work for you, try this: View API details (if you set them earlier)

Copy the values from this page into the app that’s requesting it, or securely send to your developer.

You will now get the API username, password and signature.

Complete the API Credential Request form by clicking the agreement checkbox and clicking Submit.

Click the Update option for API access item.

Click the My selling preferences sub option in left sidebar.

Click the Get Started link under the Request API Credentials heading.

Click the API Access link under the Account Information header.

Click the Profile subtab located in the top navigation area.

Option 2: Under Profile – Account information – API access In case you suspect a compromise, immediately remove API signature and create a new one – following the steps above. Store them securely and never share them with unauthorized people.

Remember, API credentials are sensitive information.

Click on each “Show” link to see API username, password and signature. Clicking on that will bring you to a page like the following screenshot.

Once you’ve created the API credentials, you will see View API Signature option under NVP / SOAP API integration.

If this is the first time you are creating API credentials, complete the API Credential Request form.Once on the API credentials page, click on the last option for NVP/SOAP API integration.Shortcut: Click on this link to directly open Tools page in your PayPal account.Go to Tools – All Tools and find an option for API credentials Scroll the page till you see a box with API credentials written.Move your mouse over the Tools menu in top navigation.

Retrieve based on Merchant Transaction ID and Merchant ID. Option 1: Under Tools, More Tools – for latest PayPal interface It is can then be found in the return-url as query parameter or under the alt-transaction resource. The API credentials show up in different places for different people – mainly depending on the version of PayPal admin interface, and their country. Correct combination of API username, password and signature is required to access your PayPal account information from a third party app or website. The API can do a lot of things – like check your PayPal balance, look up transaction details, issue refunds etc.īut to secure your PayPal account, the API must be available to only those with proper authentication. That kind of communication happens via what is called an API. You just go into the paypal search, search by transaction id, and it will bring up the customer transaction.PayPal provides a way for other applications, shopping carts, reporting systems and your website to talk to PayPal programmatically. You CAN manually search for a transaction with the transaction id a customer gives you.I do it all the time. Help with TransactionID's - Payment Data Transfer (PDT) - PayPal Developer CommunityĪnyway, just thought I would let you know in case you were wondering what was going on, too! Paypal recommends sending your own 'invoice' number or using the 'custom' parameter to match up transactions. This has become a common issue when trying to lookup purchases through WSO Pro, which is why I noticed it. The reason this is important is because I know that many sellers try and use the transaction ID to match up a sale with the correct buyer - this is not usually possible. Paypal transaction IDs are different for the Buyer and Seller when the buyer pays with their Paypal account. I don't know how long this has been going on, but I thought I would share for those who are not aware.

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