Stream was not Readable for PayPalRest API - paypal

Question

This occurs in the Sandbox or production. In the sandbox if I enter in a Visa of 4111111111111111 with a code, and exp date... When I hit the payment.Creat(token) line, an exception is thrown, "Stream was not readable". If I put in some other CC number like 4234567890123456 the payment works fine. In production, if I use that 4234... I get the stream was not readable error. I understand test cards do not always work, but I expect back a Credit Card invalid response. The problem I have is that some of my customers are getting the stream error.... If I put in a real CC in production, it works fine.. but if i change 1 number I get the invalid card error.... So sometimes it sends it back correctly, other times it is the Stream error... I recently update the package to latest and greatest API using Nuget, but does anyone else have any suggestions?
Here is my relevant code
try
{
var token = GetAPIToken();
var creditCard = new CreditCard();
creditCard.number = req.CardNumber;
creditCard.expire_month = req.ExpMonth;
creditCard.expire_year = req.ExpYear;
creditCard.first_name = req.FirstName;
creditCard.last_name = req.LastName;
creditCard.type = req.CardType;
creditCard.payer_id = req.UserId.ToString();
creditCard.cvv2 = req.SecurityCode;
creditCard.billing_address = new Address()
{
line1 = req.Address1,
city = req.City,
state = req.State,
postal_code = req.ZipCode,
country_code = "US"
};
var payment = new Payment();
payment.intent = "sale";
payment.payer = new Payer();
payment.transactions = new List<Transaction>();
var t = new Transaction()
{
description = req.Description,
amount = new Amount()
{
total = req.TotalPayment.ToString("N2"),
currency = "USD",
},
};
t.item_list = new ItemList();
t.item_list.items = new List<Item>();
t.item_list.items.Add(new Item()
{
name = req.Description,
quantity = "1",
price = req.TotalPayment.ToString("N2"),
currency = "USD",
});
payment.transactions.Add(t);
payment.payer.funding_instruments = new List<FundingInstrument>();
payment.payer.payment_method = "credit_card";
var fundingInstrument = new FundingInstrument();
fundingInstrument.credit_card = creditCard;
payment.payer.funding_instruments.Add(fundingInstrument);
var pay = payment.Create(token);
if (req.PaymentOption != PayOption.UsePayPal && pay.state == PayPalStateApproved
&& pay.transactions.Any() && pay.transactions[0].related_resources.Any()
&& pay.transactions[0].related_resources[0].sale != null
&& !String.IsNullOrEmpty(pay.transactions[0].related_resources[0].sale.id))
{
resp.TransactionID = pay.transactions[0].related_resources[0].sale.id;
}
else
{
resp.Status = Status.Error;
resp.Messages.Add(new Message { Code = "paypal", Text = pay.state });
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
var err = CheckPayPalError(ex);
resp.Messages.Add(new Message { Code = "paypal", Text = String.IsNullOrEmpty(err) ? ex.Message : err });
resp.Status = Status.Error;
}
return resp;
Here are the log entries, the first is if Retry is set to > 0, the second is with no retry
2013-08-29 09:41:45,852 [33] DEBUG PayPal.PayPalResource [(null)] User-Agent:PayPalSDK/rest-sdk-dotnet 0.7.3 ;lang=DOTNET;v=4.0.30319.18052;bit=64;os=Windows 7 6.1.7601.65536;
2013-08-29 09:41:45,852 [33] DEBUG PayPal.PayPalResource [(null)] PayPal-Request-Id:a781e6bb-c0b0-4f06-abf8-1202dbc17a59
2013-08-29 09:41:45,920 [33] DEBUG PayPal.Manager.ConnectionManager [(null)] {"intent":"sale","payer":{"payment_method":"credit_card","funding_instruments":[{"credit_card":{"number":"4234567890123456","type":"visa","expire_month":5,"expire_year":2015,"cvv2":"123","first_name":"MIckey","last_name":"Keenan","billing_address":{"line1":"123 Main St","city":"Denver","country_code":"US","postal_code":"80210","state":"CO"},"payer_id":"205"}}]},"transactions":[{"amount":{"currency":"USD","total":"4.75"},"description":"WFS Lunch Order","item_list":{"items":[{"quantity":"1","name":"WFS Lunch Order","price":"4.75","currency":"USD"}]}}]}
2013-08-29 09:41:49,505 [33] ERROR PayPal.Manager.ConnectionManager [(null)] Error Response: {"name":"INTERNAL_SERVICE_ERROR","message":"An internal service error has occurred","information_link":"https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/docs/api/#INTERNAL_SERVICE_ERROR","debug_id":"2520071cde1ca"}
2013-08-29 09:41:49,506 [33] INFO PayPal.Manager.ConnectionManager [(null)] Got InternalServerError status code from server
2013-08-29 09:41:49,507 [33] ERROR PayPal.Exception.PayPalException [(null)] Exception in HttpConnection Execute: Stream was not readable.
PayPal.Exception.PayPalException: Exception in HttpConnection Execute: Stream was not readable. ---> System.ArgumentException: Stream was not readable.
at System.IO.StreamReader..ctor(Stream stream, Encoding encoding, Boolean detectEncodingFromByteOrderMarks, Int32 bufferSize, Boolean leaveOpen)
at System.IO.StreamReader..ctor(Stream stream)
at PayPal.HttpConnection.Execute(String payLoad, HttpWebRequest httpRequest)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
Here is the second
2013-08-29 09:44:27,685 [16] DEBUG PayPal.PayPalResource [(null)] User-Agent:PayPalSDK/rest-sdk-dotnet 0.7.3 ;lang=DOTNET;v=4.0.30319.18052;bit=64;os=Windows 7 6.1.7601.65536;
2013-08-29 09:44:27,686 [16] DEBUG PayPal.PayPalResource [(null)] PayPal-Request-Id:1d5c68e5-4b4b-4876-8bf4-3b9f64d0afb6
2013-08-29 09:44:27,753 [16] DEBUG PayPal.Manager.ConnectionManager [(null)] {"intent":"sale","payer":{"payment_method":"credit_card","funding_instruments":[{"credit_card":{"number":"4234567890123456","type":"visa","expire_month":5,"expire_year":2015,"cvv2":"123","first_name":"MIckey","last_name":"Keenan","billing_address":{"line1":"123 Main St","city":"Denver","country_code":"US","postal_code":"80210","state":"CO"},"payer_id":"205"}}]},"transactions":[{"amount":{"currency":"USD","total":"4.75"},"description":"WFS Lunch Order","item_list":{"items":[{"quantity":"1","name":"WFS Lunch Order","price":"4.75","currency":"USD"}]}}]}
2013-08-29 09:44:28,847 [16] ERROR PayPal.Manager.ConnectionManager [(null)] Error Response: {"name":"INTERNAL_SERVICE_ERROR","message":"An internal service error has occurred","information_link":"https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/docs/api/#INTERNAL_SERVICE_ERROR","debug_id":"465701e606a56"}
2013-08-29 09:44:28,848 [16] INFO PayPal.Manager.ConnectionManager [(null)] Got InternalServerError status code from server
2013-08-29 09:44:28,850 [16] ERROR PayPal.Exception.PayPalException [(null)] Exception in HttpConnection Execute
PayPal.Exception.PayPalException: Exception in HttpConnection Execute

Answer 1

We sometimes see issue with the Test Card 4111xxx in sandbox and are investigating the fix for the same. Hence use the other Test card in sandbox for your testing.
Reg the stream read error, will test the provided code and update back.

Answer 2

Issue has been fixed in core SDK. Fix is available in branch https://github.com/paypal/sdk-core-dotnet/tree/fix-log4net-stream. Please see https://github.com/paypal/rest-api-sdk-dotnet/issues/10 for more details.

Answer 3

After talking with PayPal support about this same issue: apparently even in the Sandbox, if a credit card is used too many times it will be blocked. They suggested trying other fake card numbers, and referred me to this site for generating them:
http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/
Using cards generated there has been working for me.