paypal-transaction

Contains information required to process a PayPal transaction

Request

Property NameTypeRequiredDescription
cancel-urlstringRequired
only for transactions that are not recurring
URL where the shopper will be redirected if cancelling the PayPal purchase, up to 1000 characters.
in-contextbooleanOptionalSet value to true in order to use In-Context PayPal checkout.
When set to true, PayPal will return a URL for In-Context checkout.
For more information, see The shopper experience with PayPal (Express checkout vs In-Context checkout).
no-shippingintegerOptionalDetermines whether PayPal displays shipping address fields on the PayPal pages.

Values can be:
0: PayPal displays the shipping address fields.
1: PayPal does not display the shipping address fields.

- 2: If you do not pass the shipping address, PayPal obtains it from the shopper's account profile.
paypal-subscription-idstringOptionalID of the PayPal subscription associated with this transaction.

When processing recurring payments for a subscription, include this property in order to associate the payments with the relevant subscription.
For more information, see the guide to processing merchant-managed PayPal subscriptions.
recurringstringOptionalIf this is the initial payment for a subscription, include this property and set the value to 1.
req-confirm-shippingintegerOptionalDetermines whether the buyer's shipping address on file with PayPal must be a confirmed address.

Values can be:
0: Does not have to be a confirmed address.
1: Must be a confirmed address.
return-urlstringRequired
only for transactions that are not recurring
URL where the shopper will be redirected upon completing the PayPal purchase, up to 1000 characters.
transaction-typestringRequired for two-step and three step flow.

Optional for standard redirect flow
Defines the action that will occur in the transaction request.
AUTH_CAPTURE
AUTH_ONLY
CAPTURE
SET_ORDER
DO_ORDER

Response

Property NameTypeDescription
in-contextbooleanIndicates whether In-Context PayPal checkout is used. If so, PayPal returns a URL for In-Context checkout.
order-idintegerOrder ID used to retrieve transaction before the purchase has been completed, when there is not yet a transaction ID.
paypal-subscription-idstringID of the PayPal subscription associated with this transaction.
paypal-urlintegerURL to redirect the shopper to the purchase page in PayPal.