I'm looking for a paypal feature where a user grants permission to my webservice upon registration and then my webservice can take payments using an API when a user clicks a button on the website. I don't like it when a user has to go to the paypal gateway for each payment, it would be much better if it would be possible to initiate the payment when a user just clicks a button on the website.
I think braintree already offers this functionality with their paypal vault feature but is this available with paypal directly? I've taken a look at Authentication but it seems a bit drastic for normal users to authenticate full permissions to an app.
If you are looking for direct card payments(without navigating to Paypal checkout page) you will need to use Dodirectpayment API calls which needs a PaYPal PRO account that is supported in US,UK and AU or you can try Braintree Dropin UI as well.
https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/paypal-payments-pro/integration-guide/WPDirectPayment/
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I would like my website to be able to process PayPal payments on behalf of merchants. The merchants will have their own PayPal accounts and will need to give me permission to do so.
Permissions API Deprecated
PayPal have a "Permissions API" which allows a third-party such as a hosted shopping cart to process on behalf of PayPal merchants. See: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/archive/permissions-service/integration-guide/PermissionsUsing/
The above page says:
Adaptive Accounts and Adaptive Payments are no longer available for
new integrations. PayPal provides documentation for these APIs to
support existing integrations.
PayPal REST API
Are these things possible using the PayPal REST API:
perform a handoff from my site to PayPal, have the merchant grant my site permissions to act on their behalf,
process payments on behalf of the merchant using the credentials obtained from the first step
Every merchant can obtain ClientID/Secret credentials from the Live tab of a REST API App via https://www.paypal.com/signin?intent=developer&returnUri=https%3A%2F%2Fdeveloper.paypal.com%2Fdeveloper%2Fapplications , and enter them into their config interface on your platform.
It's is possible to use the PayPal "Marketplaces and Platforms" API to achieve this:
https://developer.paypal.com/docs/platforms/seller-onboarding/
All the users on my site have a personal account. I would like to add paypal as a payment method to fund a user account. Upon a fund the user account will be credited so he will be able to pay for the services I provide. Is it possible?
Yes, this is possible you can write a script that after the users payment several lines of code get executed that activates your service and credits your account.
The easiest way of doing this is by using a payment provider that sits between paypal and your site. They can deliver you directly the scripts and API you need.
Ofcourse you can also make them yourself. Not sure if the PayPal API already includes this functionality.
I hope that this is of any help
Paypal provides an API to integrate and customize its payment platform to your website.
For starters this limk will give you a breakdown on what you can do with the api.
https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/api/gs_PayPalAPIs/
try this link if you are keen on developing that part of your site.
https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/
From Paypal doc
A receiver can grant you third-party access to make a refund by
logging in to PayPal, choosing API Access on the Profile page, then
clicking the link to Grant API permission and selecting Refund after
clicking Configure a custom API authorization.
Hope dies last, there a way to bypass this step, maybe mixing REST API?
You can use the Permissions API and tie it directly into your app.
I have been using the Express Checkout methods of the PayPal Classic API to allow my site's clients to set up both recurring and one-off payments. Everything works smoothly in my test environment with it pointing to the PayPal sandbox environment.
Now I have been trying to go live. I am following the instructions from https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/docs/classic/lifecycle/goingLive/ which tells me to register my app. I go to https://apps.paypal.com/user/my-account/applications/new and fill in my details, but in the section 'Services used by App' there is nowhere to tick Merchant Services. I'm not using the Adaptive API or Invoicing, but the page won't allow me to submit without filling in something on the Adaptive Payments section. There is no help or guidance on the page.
How do I proceed?
If you're just using Express Checkout and Recurring Payments you won't need to submit an app. The app submission is for people using Adaptive Payment or Adaptive Account API calls.
You should be able to use Express Checkout as long as you have a confirmed and Verified Business PayPal account.
I have been using Adaptive Payments for a while but recently it has started to let me down. The lightbox feature is good, but users are hardly ever signed in to their PayPal account so a popup is required. The PayPal popup gets blocked by all web browsers these days and my users are not noticing this, even though I have a big message to warn them next to the payment button.
I have tested and have working the full page solution, i.e. redirecting to
https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_ap-payment&paykey=AP-XXXX
This works fine though I also need to customise the page logo on the PayPal page depending on the domain (I provide my technology white labelled).
Is there any PayPal service that allows me to perform charges on behalf of other users business accounts or do I need each business customer to create their own API account with PayPal?
You can use the Permission API to do transactions on behalf of other account holders, https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/docs/classic/products/permissions/