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(New page: ==Overview== This page is about integrating PayPal with web sites. {{seed}} ==Notes== The "custom" field never shows up anywhere for me, even in [[../IPN|Instant Payment Notification]...)
 
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Different methods of conducting a transaction, from simplest to most advanced:
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! Method || where it happens || when the payment info returns || connection
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| [[../PDT|PDT]] || PayPal's site || when customer returns to merchant site || Customer's browser → Merchant's server
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| [[../IPN|IPN]] || PayPal's site || immediately after the transaction || PayPal's server → Merchant's server
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| [[../NVP|NVP]] || Merchant's site || in response to merchant's server || Merchant's server → PayPal's server
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==Links==
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* [https://www.paypal.com/en_US/ebook/PP_OrderManagement_IntegrationGuide/index.html Order Management Integration Guide]
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
The "custom" field never shows up anywhere for me, even in [[../IPN|Instant Payment Notification]]. Still trying to figure out what's wrong. --[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 18:23, 2 January 2009 (EST)
 
The "custom" field never shows up anywhere for me, even in [[../IPN|Instant Payment Notification]]. Still trying to figure out what's wrong. --[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 18:23, 2 January 2009 (EST)

Latest revision as of 03:27, 3 January 2009

Overview

This page is about integrating PayPal with web sites.


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Different methods of conducting a transaction, from simplest to most advanced:

Method where it happens when the payment info returns connection
PDT PayPal's site when customer returns to merchant site Customer's browser → Merchant's server
IPN PayPal's site immediately after the transaction PayPal's server → Merchant's server
NVP Merchant's site in response to merchant's server Merchant's server → PayPal's server

Links

Notes

The "custom" field never shows up anywhere for me, even in Instant Payment Notification. Still trying to figure out what's wrong. --Woozle 18:23, 2 January 2009 (EST)