I had a paypal test account. After changing the paypal website we can't login to the paypal test account. But we can pay using this test account from our site. We can't access the paypal account for getting payment details. How can we access the account
When you create your account at the new developer.paypal.com site it will walk you through importing any sandbox accounts you had previously configured at x.com.
If for some reason that doesn't seem to be working for you and that account just isn't giving you what you need you could just create a new one from within your developer account and use that instead.
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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
On the Developer portal, PayPal automatically created a sandbox account for me with the email address of myname-developer#gmail.com. This account is working fine - I can use its API key, pay to it from my manually created buyers account etc.
I just don't know how to log into this account on sandbox.paypal.com. When I try to use my standard PayPal password it doesn't work.
It should the same password as your LIVE account.
If it does not work, try to change the password in developer.paypal.com->Applications->Sandbox Accounts->Profile->Change Password.
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 have made an account on https://developer.paypal.com/ and after that create a personal account and a business account now i want to test these account to make a transaction on sandbox but on sandbox there is a problem that i can't get access to login as personal account and as business account https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/ i used the email address and password of my personal account and business account . how i can do test on paypal sandbox ?
I am also passing through these phases, anyway after just logged in at https://developer.paypal.com/ with your paypal acount that you created at https://www.paypal.com/, you will found an an application menu there, and on the left side you will found sandbox_accounts, paypal will automatically create your merchant account, this merchant account will be used as a seller in paypal api, and you personal account will be used for transaction like payment.
I have created paypal account on paypal site for testing(buyer and seller account). I developed a site and created a page that redirects me on paypal site to buy the product. Now login is required there for buyer. Can i login there for my test account? that is mypaypalid#live.com, (as i given my #live id and they returned me paypal with #live.com)
help me plz as soon as posible...
You'll need to set tests accounts through https://developer.paypal.com/ (signup required, separate from your Live PayPal account).
In here, create one buyer/seller account. Change the "action" for your to point to https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr, as opposed to https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr
Don't forget to modify 'business' of your button to match the Sandbox seller account you just created.