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Direct Payment API

Direct Payment API Reference Information

80 March 2008 PayPal Certified Developer Program Study Guide

Direct Payment API Reference Information

The following sections contain reference information about the parameters and fields used in

the various requests and responses involved in PayPal Direct Payment.

Further reference information is available in PayPal Name-Value Pair API Developer Guide

and Reference.

DoDirectPayment Request

Use a DoDirectPayment request to charge a credit card or to authorize a credit card for later

capture.

TABLE 7.1 DoDirectPayment Request Parameters

Parameter Description Required?

METHOD Name of the API: DoDirectPayment Yes

PAYMENTACTION How the merchant wants to obtain payment:

z Authorization indicates this payment is a basic authorization

subject to settlement with PayPal Authorization & Capture.

z Sale indicates this is a final sale for which the merchant is

requesting payment.

Character length and limit: Up to 13 single-byte alphabetic characters

Yes

IPADDRESS IP address of the payer’s browser.

PayPal records this IP address as a means of detecting possible fraud.

Character length and limitations: 15 single-byte characters, including

periods (for example, 255.255.255.25).

Allowable values: Any valid Internet Protocol address.

Yes

AMT Total of the order, including shipping, handling, and tax.

Limitations: Must not exceed $10,000 USD in any currency. No

currency symbol. Must have two decimal places, decimal separator must

be a period (.), and the optional thousands separator must be a comma

(,).

Yes

CREDITCARDTYPE Type of credit card.

Character length and limitations: Up to 10 single-byte alphabetic

characters.

Allowable values:

z Visa

z MasterCard

z Discover

z Amex

Yes

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