PayPal 'Buy Now' button option - how to access? - paypal

I am adding a PayPal "Buy Now" button to a web site using code supplied by the PayPal developer site. It's possible to have options, for example garment sizes, XL,L,M,S... I see how to set up the button so the user can make a choice, but how do I access the choice so that I can take action? Is this supposed to be done in HTML, or should I write a CGI program to take my action - this is my preferred option - but either way, how can I access the option values? I am new to all this, but I can't find anything in the PayPal Developer documentation.

This can be easily done. Please look at the follow sample implementation and the source code for setting a Multi option based button.
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_pdn_xclick_options_help_outside

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Why are my PayPal Checkout buttons not opening a link to the PayPal Sandbox?

I am trying for the first time to implement a PayPal Checkout solution (aka PayPal Commerce Platform for Business) in an ASP.NET Web Application, using Web Forms. I've set up a new REST API for the Sandbox and followed PayPal's Set up server-side SDK guidance to install the SDK in my .NET project. PayPal's button demo now lets me log into the Sandbox with a newly created Sandbox user name and make a test payment, which is confirmed as being successful. So far, so good.
My next step was to create a PayPalButton.aspx page containing exactly the same code as used on Paypal's button demo page. All my updated code was then uploaded to my live site. That's when I hit a problem, as the PayPal buttons don't work on my live site (the PayPal log in window just briefly flashes and then disappears). Being a total newbie to the Paypal Checkout process, it's highly likely that I have made some very basic error.
The only thing I can think of is that my problem might have something to do with the section in Set up server-side SDK that refers to modifying HTTP request headers? I didn't understand what that section was asking me to do.
What routes/paths did you implement the create order and capture order functions at? What data do they return? Update your question with this information. For the create order route, is the data a valid JSON object with a PayPal order ID in the id key?
Have you set the paths in your "PayPalButton.aspx" HTML/JS code to call the aforementioned routes? Your question does not include any specific information about what is going on, i.e. your button code and the result (Response body) of the fetch calls from the browser's developer tools 'Network' tab.
This morning, I managed to resolve the problem with my PayPalButton.aspx page just briefly flashing the PayPal login page. As previously mentioned, it contains a script copied from PayPal's button demo. I then realised that it was different from the sample script provided on the Integrate Checkout page.
I created a new PayPalButton2.aspx page containing this alternative script and, unlike PayPalButton.aspx, it worked fine. In both cases, I had substituted my own Sandbox ClientID.

How do i insert a checkbox in the IBM Watson Assistant?

I am using IBM Watson Assistant to create a troubleshooting guide. I wish to put a disclaimer in the beginning and only if the user checks the checkbox saying he agrees to the statements in the disclaimer, they will be able to go further in the conversation.
I tried include the HTML checkbox code, but it doesn't seem to work. I don't want "options" which is present in the Assistant. i wish to have a checkbox.
Note that Watson Assistant typically is part of a solution and not a chatbot alone. What is your app that is used as user interface? You could let your app react to a context variable and display the checkbox. Not all user interfaces and integrations may support displaying a checkbox.
Another option is to ask the user to agree to the terms. If they answer "I agree" or "Yes", then the dialog moves forward.

PayPal Advanced EmbeddedForm

Following the instructions in their documentation, I've successfully implemented a PayPal Advanced solution within an iFrame. The process works fine using a credit card. However, there are also two buttons that show up in the form for "Checkout with PayPal" and "Checkout with BillMeLater..."
When the user clicks either of these buttons, the window breaks out of the iframe and the session has expired.
Can this top of the form be hidden, or at the very least, be made to open within the iframe and keep the session, as it should?
Thanks for any help and suggestions.
Which layout option are you using? A, B, or C? It sounds like maybe you have a conflict there..??
Chapter 3 of the PayFlow documentation covers this in depth.

Wordpress: Different redirects for each distinct donation amount?

In my wordpress site, I need a paypal donation feature to work so, if, for example, they donate $5+, they are taken to one page(redirect). If they donate $7+, they are taken to another, and so on. I've tried multiple donation plugins, but all of them only have one URL you can use after a donation.
Any plugin you know of or other way this can be done would be appreciated.
You'll need to either write your own plugin or an extension of one of the ones you've already tried.
Basically, you'll set the redirect URL in your payment code (whether API or standard HTML checkout) to a page that will use PHP or whatever you're comfortable with to check the amount and then do another redirect based on that. Nobody would ever seen that page, of course. They would just see their final page based on their donation amount.
Again, though, if you can't find an existing plugin that gives you that option you can easily customize it. That's the beauty of WordPress and (properly developed) plugins!

PayPal payment buttons with Javascript...New release by Paypal...Help Needed

Paypal has recently changed integration method. Now instead of providing public/private key option paypal has selected javascript button. My question is how much secure is this? Say for example i have used following code to create button.
<script src="js_path/paypal-button.min.js?merchant=XXXXXXXXXX"
data-button="buynow"
data-name="SiteName"
data-amount="10"
data-env="sandbox"
data-callback="payment_success.php"
data-cancel_return="payment_cancel.php"
data-currency="EUR"
></script>
Now if you are familier with firefox addon of firebug then you can see all this values and easily edit them and pass them to paypal page. It will easily change amount of 10 to 1 and customer can pay 1 and leave site. This is loss to merchant.
Previusly i was using method of http://www.stellarwebsolutions.com/en/articles/paypal_button_encryption_php.php to create encrypted buttons. It was working properly and no customer had complaint any problem like i had mentioned before.
My question is that can this new system paypal has created has this facility of encryption? If not then what is solution?
Thank you
Tejas Mehta
If you are wanting to use encrypted buttons so they can't be modified, you would want to use PayPal's BMCreateButton API so that you can dynamically create buttons on the fly. You could create hosted buttons, or encrypted buttons. Both buttons would prevent someone from modifying the amounts and etc.