I am using paypal personal sandbox account and I need to get PAYPAL_ID as a recepeint type. In my business account, I used Merchant ID as PAYPAL_ID and it worked for transactions but in personal account, I am unable to see Merchant ID in my account settings.
Can anyone please let me know how can I get or see Merchant ID or PAYPAL_ID in personal sandbox account?
And is Merchant ID only given by paypal in business account and there is no Merchant ID in personal account?
Thanks in advance.
All PayPal accounts have a unique Merchant/Payer ID, but there's no straightforward way to find it out in a personal account's interface since it's not needed for anything. [Edit: actually, personal accounts should also display it on the settings page you get when visiting https://www.paypal.com/businessmanage/account/aboutBusiness -- the interface is different than with business accounts, but the value should be there ]
You can find it in the page source, or by first signing in to https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/signin and then once signed in going to https://www.sanbox.paypal.com/buttons and creating a Buy Now button. If it is a Personal account there won't be options in Step 2, but if there are options, uncheck the one to save the button at PayPal. Then create the button and above the generated code there will be a link to remove code protection. The "business" value will be that account's MerchantID/PayerID.
This value shouldn't be needed for anything, but that is how you can manually obtain it.
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I am trying to integrate the paypal sandbox using the paypal developer link.
I have searched many examples. But the sandbox paypal(https://www.sandbox.paypal.com) is totally different from https://paypal.com.
In sandbox has the Merchant id, user id, password and signature.
how to i find out the "demo_sandbox_client_id"?
Is Merchant ID is same as client id?
To get the client_ID, you need to make an app in developer.paypal.com. Remember that you need a sandbox business account to be able to make an app, and for that, you can log in to the developer website with any personal or business paypal account. You then need to follow the link there to connect your sandbox business account to your developer account (by logging in with your sandbox credentials in paypal.com).
Go to https://developer.paypal.com/developer/applications
Sign in using your email account.
Under Dashboard > My apps and credentials > REST API apps
Create an app (if not yet existing)
Click the app, then use the clientID as the sandbox ID
To know which account to use to pay, go to right menu > SANDBOX > Accounts
Copy the email with the buyer keyword. Change the password.
To check if the sandboxId works, use this site (supply the sandbox key with the clientId)
https://developer.paypal.com/demo/checkout/#/pattern/checkout
I am trying to find out how to give a developer the least amount of access they need to my business PayPal account for my app. How should I set this up so I protect my private account information from the developer while allowing them enough access to develop?
They need access to test and develop with the PayPal APIs. I created a sandbox account for the app, I gave the developer the Sandbox ID and API Credentials along with the sandbox test accounts I created.
The developer asked if I could give them the login for my PayPal developer account so they can see the Dashboard for testing and see can transactions. I don't think this is the right way or they could access my bank, and company information.
I have read the PayPal documentation for information about this but can't find much. This guide has the most information I've found but not exactly what I am looking for.
In your account, go to your profile settings and find Manage Users. There you can add a user and select the amount of access they can have. Give them the username and password you make for them, NEVER give your email and password.
To get started using adding users to your account and managing their levels of access, log in to your PayPal account, go to your Profile, and click Manage Users under Account Information.
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/sell/permissions-outside
Your developer does not need access to your account at all, regular paypal.com or developer.paypal.com.
They would simply login to developer.paypal.com with their own PayPal account and create their own test accounts for use in the sandbox. They can build your app using their own test accounts, and then hand it over to you so that you can simply update the API credentials with your live values and ensure the code is running live instead of against the sandbox at that point.
developer from India can create Paypal sandbox account as i am also from India and created sandbox account.
Use this,
https://www.paypal.com/businessprofile/mytools/apiaccess
go to paypal, all tools, you can see manage API, press update, then you'll see that screen. Im doing it right now, i don't know if it will work.
I specified an amount that was too low for my testing needs, when creating a personal paypal sandbox account. Is there any way to add money to an account, after it has been created?
If you need actual funds in that account you could use Send Money from another sandbox account and pay the account you want to fund.
You really don't need funds in the account to test payments, though. As long as the account is verified and confirmed it'll fall to "Instant Transfer" and you won't have any problems sending payments using that account.
Login using your developer PayPal account https://developer.paypal.com/
Go to 'My Account' on the top right section of the page.
Go to Accounts under Sandbox.
See your sandbox account and click on the Clone link.
Fill the details and mention the amount you want to have and click on Create.
This is helpful in case if the amount in the existing sandbox account is exhausted.
Don't go to sandbox, go to developer.paypal.com
Log in with your real paypal account (not sandbox).
Go to Sandbox - > Accounts on the left.
Click in the button "Create account"
You will be able to add any amount you want.
Follow these steps:-
Go to https://developer.paypal.com/developer/accounts/
Click on the email address used for the account (email address)
Now two option you will get --> Profile and notification (just below that email you clicked)
Choose profile then a popup will come
Now choose funding tab in popups.
Now at the bottom choose edit button and edit the balance and save.
That's it.
Why not duplicate the sandbox account (to have another name), then delete the orginal, then duplicate the new created one with your original name ?
This seems to work with buyer account, seller are usually used with api key
Just create a new account inside your Paypal developer account and simply enter the number how much you want in your account.
I am trying to set up a Web site which is using PayPal. Unfortunately the PayPal developer site/concept is heavily changed, so all tutorials I found are seem to be useless. For example this (very good) youtube tutorial which is very clear is using not existing pages and functions...
So please try to help me only with up to date information/tutorial.
Please note my questions is not about using API, it is about how to set up an app, and a testing sandbox configuration from the ground.
1) As far as I understand I must have a real PayPal account because dev site uses PayPal account for logon (new). Logged in with this account then I can create sandbox accounts. However I would like to create a "Seller" sandbox account and a "Buyer" sandbox account. (missed I something?) Using the new developer site it is not possible. I can create only one kind of sandbox account. In the referenced video there are two types of sandbox accounts: "seller" and "buyer" in the preconfigured accounts. Or "Seller" simply means Business account?
2) I must have an application id to use the API. Note: I inherited a working legacy code which is using the classic API, so no REST please. In the video (old PayPal dev site) there is a left side menu "API and Payment Card credentials" In the new PayPal dev site no such thing. Instead there is a "My Apps".
I've tried to set up an application. It approved automatically. In its metadata I see a live and a sandbox app id.
What is not clear: To what account is associated this newly created app? I've created it logged in with my real paypal credentials.
More: ??? When filling the app creation form there was an input field titled: "Supply Test Account Name and Password". First of all how can I type the name and a password to one input field? Secondly What is it? Maybe if I use this app with its sandbox app id then this account will be the Seller (got the money) and if I change the app id to the live one associated this app, then my real PayPal account got the money?
However my goal was to completely simulate the payment process so
1) Create a Seller sandbox account (got API credentials)
2) Associate an application to that Seller account, and get the app id.
3) Create a buyer sandbox account
4a) Configure my web site with Seller API credentials and sandbox app id
4b) Orchestrate a buy process using my website, PayPal API and the 2 sandbox account
5) Check the Seller and Buyer sandbox account's transactions.
Thanks in advance
Seller account = Business account
Buyer account = Personal account
You probably only need to create one of each in Developer Sandbox Accounts , but there's no limit if your testing requires some more
To obtain the new REST API credentials, create an App in My Apps & Credentials and select the sandbox Business account to use
Legacy APIs: If testing an old integration, you can still get Classic NVP/SOAP credentials for a business account by viewing its "Profile" within your list of sandbox accounts
Just found myself in the same situation. Like you say it seems to be constantly evolving - not even sure if some of the answers here are still up to date.
Walked through it like this:
Login at developer.paypal.com
Go to Applications tab
Click on the Sandbox accounts on the left hand side
Any sandbox accounts you already created will be listed. Big blue button Create Account to create more
Think of logging in to the sandbox with your real PayPal account as logging into your Sandbox. You do this at http://developer.paypal.com.
Once you are logged into your sandbox in the middle of the screen, click on "continue testing using Sandbox test accounts".
When the next screen comes up you will see a heading of Sandbox Test Accounts and to the far right of that a button to Create Account. Click on this and then you need to create a "Personal" buyer account (your sandbox buyer who you will test with) and a "Business" seller account (your sandbox seller who you will test with).
Set up each one of these as if you were setting up a new Paypal account.
When you have them created fully you will have fictitious bank accounts to work with.
Beyond that, you may wish to check out these tutorials http://www.developphp.com/list_php_video.php where the site goes in-depth with setting up PayPal payments on a website using your own custom, basic shopping cart with a PayPal IPN (instant payment notification). You want to scroll down to the "E-Commerce Website Tutorial...". Lessons 9-20 deal with the cart and accepting PayPal. This may be an older way to do things, but it will help you get a general grounding in working with PayPal IMHO.
You also can visit https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/docs/ At the bottom of the column is a heading "Classic API's" that may provide the documentation you are looking for to move forward.
Good Luck!
I was trying to make website payment pro sandbox account. I followed all instructions (from my sellers sandbox account applied for website payment pro, clicked on "save and continue" button after entering all information) but I am getting blank page from PayPal as response.
Does anyone know how to create Paypal Payments pro in Sandbox account ?
Go to https://developer.paypal.com/ and login using a valid PayPal account.
Click on 'Dashboard'
Click on 'Accounts' under the 'Sandbox' heading
Use the following values:
Country: United States
Credit card: Visa
Bank account: No
Balance: Up to you
Password: Use something easy to remember
Create the account and retrieve the API credentials by clicking on the little arrow on the left of the account. Click 'Profile' followed by 'API Acess' in the modal window that opens up.
Create a test Business account.
Navigate to the Profile page of the Business account and click the Upgrade to Pro link.
Click Enable on the resulting screen.
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Note: Once you enable PayPal Payments Pro for a test Business account, the setting is permanent and you cannot undo the configuration for that account. You create multiple Business test accounts with various settings in order to test all the variations you might need to handle with your application.
To create a Sandbox test account:
1. Log in to the Developer site (if you dont' have and id sign up first) at https://developer.paypal.com and navigate to Applications > Sandbox Accounts.
2. Click the Create Account button and populate the following fields:
Account type: Tick either the Personal or Business radio button.
Email address: Enter a valid email address of your choosing.
The email address doesn't need to be a real email address; the Sandbox doesn't send any email outside of the Sandbox environment. Email to Sandbox accounts, generated as a result of your test API requests, are listed on both the Notifications tab on the Developer site, as well as on the Sandbox test site.
Use the assigned email value to reference this test account in your API calls, and to log in to the Sandbox site when you want to review the details associated with the account.
Password: The password must be 8-20 alpha-numeric characters in length.
First and Last names: The optional name fields accept alpha-numeric characters.
PayPal balance: While this field is optional, it's a good idea to create test accounts with positive bank balances. Enter an integer value between 1 and 5000.
Bank verified account: You should create both Verified and Unverified test accounts so you can fully test your application.
Select payment card (Personal account type only): Test payments made with different payment cards by selecting either Discover or PayPal.
Credit card type: You must select a single credit card type for each test account. The Sandbox associates a mock credit card number with the account.
Log in with PayPal (Business account type only): Tick the I want to add Log in with PayPal to my site box and complete the following fields to enable testing the Log In with PayPal functionality: Display name, Return URL, Privacy policy URL, and User agreement URL
Notes: Use the Notes field to keep track of the test account details.
3. Click Create Account after completing the account details.
The new test account is listed with your other test accounts on the Accounts page.
for more details visit: https://www.x.com/developers/paypal/documentation-tools/ug_sandbox#accounts
Login to your https://developer.paypal.com/developer/accounts/.
Click on Accounts under Sandbox.
Open Profile for the account of your business account. and click on Upgrade to Pro.
Hope this helps!