All the PayPal documentation states that in order to create sandbox users I log in to developer.paypal.com using my normal login details.
And then click Applications & Sandbox Accounts
There is No Applications option anywhere on the page! I see the Paypal interface has been updated recently. Is there new details I am missing? I have searched everywhere on PayPal help and it all refers to an 'Applications' option on the screen.
Help?!
Once you create your account, You will find an menu "Dashboard"
Click on that.
After that in the side menu you will find Sandbox->accounts, here you will find create account button.
For further refernce follow:- https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/lifecycle/sb_create-accounts/
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I try to find in the huge, huge, Paypal documentation the way to create a couple Personal account, and business account, to test the API.
So I follow the first step on the guide https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api-basics/ but in the subscribe page https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/account-selection it seems I am about to create a real account, instead of a sandbox account ?..
So what is the correct way and URLs to create a Personal account, and a Business account in the sandbox environment, and how/where to get the ClientID and ClientSecret ?
Thanks for help
Go to http://developer.paypal.com and login with your live PayPal account.
Click the Dashboard link at the top, right.
On the left side menu, under Sandbox, click Accounts.
At the top, right click Create Account.
Follow the steps to create a business or personal account.
Repeat the steps as necessary to create additional accounts as necessary.
The sandbox accounts will allow you to generate API credentials like username, password, signature. For ClientID and ClientSecret you'll need to create an app. This differs depending on which API you're using, but happens from the same place.
Go to http://developer.paypal.com and login with your live PayPal account.
Click Dashboard.
On the left, click My Apps & Credentials.
If you're using Braintree v.zero you'll click the "Generate Credential" button under that section.
If you're using the REST API you'd click "Create App" under that section.
If you're using the Adaptive Payments API you'd scroll down to NVP/SOAP and click the link for "Create and Manage NVP/SOAP Apps." That will move you away to another page where you may have to login again with your live PayPal account, and then you'll be able to create your app.
After the app is created, you'll be able to click into the app details to see the ID/Secret values.
I am trying to login to my sandbox account (using chrome) but since the new change in paypal i cant.
PayPal now ask me to log in to the developer site. i do.
and then i go to the applications->sandbox accounts and there press the 'sanbox site' link.
if am lucky then i then get the login screen to the sandbox.
i enter my credentials and click on the login button.
i then get this screen:
I press the "paypal sandbox" link and i return again to the developer.paypal.com site.
ofcurse i use the email address that is listed in my sandbox account.
if i try and use firefox and go to developer.paypal.com i get a very long json response
that start like this
{"data":{"master":"inc/master","googleAnalyticAccountId":
ok i am not giving up i go and delete all my cookies that belong to paypal i then go to
https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/home now i enter my credentials again now i get this screen:
i click the "paypal sandbox" link and i get the long json again :(
another wonderful work by paypal.
btw i contacted paypal on the 8/5/13 but did not get an answer yet.
does anyone know of way to end this hell and be able to use my sandbox again ?
Try clearing all of your cookies and cache prior to opening up your browser window. The once you have done this, open up a browser. Pull up a tab, and navigate to developer.paypal.com and log in. Once you have successfully logged in, you should be able to test your site, or the sandbox site. Open up your site or the sandbox site in a different tab while leaving the developer.com site up.
I have been trying to access my Paypal Sandbox but no luck. I can login fine to my PayPal account but when I try to access https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/webapps/hub/ or https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/ I keep getting a page cannot be displayed error. I have flushed my cache and have tried IE, Firefox and Chrome but none seem to work.
None of the links from within PayPal to the sandbox work either.
Perhaps behind some type of firewall or security setting that is blocking access. What pages on the sandbox are you specifically trying to access. Make sure you are signing into PayPal's Developer Site first at (developer.paypal.com), and then try accessing one of your accounts you have set up by clicking the link under you test account that says access sandbox site. Otherwise after signing into the developer account, you can open up another tab and go to the sandbox site at https://www.sandbox.paypal.com and see if that page comes up for you. You should be able to sign in there.
I was facing the same problem but I could find a workaround.
If you pay attention in the links of the left menu (My business info, my money..), they are leading to pages in the domain "beta-sandbox" and that's the problem.
Copy the link and change the domain for "sandbox"
For instance, the correct link for
https://www.beta-sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_profile-display-handler&tab_id=SELLER_PREFERENCES
is
https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_profile-display-handler&tab_id=SELLER_PREFERENCES
Basically, what I want know is whether or not one can test Add to Cart buttons via the sandbox.
I have an Add to Cart button. I click on on it. I am directed to https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr and asked to click on a link to log me into Paypal. I do that and then I am directed to developer.paypal.com where I click on "See our New Sandbox." I then am told to log in again, which I do. the page refreshes and I am logged in. I click on the See Our New Sandbox link again and I see two sandbox accounts, a Business and a Personal. I expand the personal and click on the sandbox link and I am directed to sadbox.paypal.com, where I am asked to log in. I log in ( with my Paypal account ) and then I am asked to click a link to log in to the sandbox, which I do, and once more I am at developer.sandbox.com, with a "See our New Sandbox" link. Click on that link and the circular logging in starts again.
I've tried this on IE, Firefox, Chrome, a separate computer, clearing cache and cookies, and even using an Incognito window, but still the same loop.
Click Add to Cart
Go to Sandbox
Click link to log me in to PayPal
Click on See Our New Sandbox
Login again.
Click on See Our New Sandbox.
Go to one of my sandbox accounts and click on sandbox site link.
Directed to sandbox.paypal.com, log in.
Asked to click link to login.
Directed to developer.sandbox.com, click on See Our New Sandbox.
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Months ago, the Sandbox worked great, but now? Loop after loop. Is this being addressed? Can one actually use the Sandbox for Add to Cart buttons? T
As far as i'm aware, the answer to your question is yes. Regarding your problem, I recommend you to open the "Log in into the sandbox" link in a new tab/window, then once you log in, refresh the page that gave you the link, it should work as expected. Another way will be to log in and then go back to your page and click in your Add to Cart button again.
just found that PayPal changed their Sanbox, now I need real PayPal account to develop.
Ok, I went to my real one, imported my test sandbox accounts into it. Then, I go to one of these accounts on developer.paypal.com, and click "sandbox site" link. I expect that it will go to sandbox site where I can log in with this test account. But instead after clicking the link I'm getting "please login to use PayPal sandbox features" message on paypal.sandbox.com, that has a link to developer.paypal.com, where I'm logged in already. So, I don't know any way to log in with my test accounts now. Please help.
This is a known issue due to transition from old sandbox to the new site. You need to delete your cookies and re-login to access the sandbox site. Please note that IE has permanent cookies stored on file system that need to be deleted. Firefox or Chrome would work better than IE8.