I was trying to implement paypal api for one of my projects
I am using sandbox environment and server side sdk
In the request i have
{
"intent": "CAPTURE",
"application_context": {
"brand_name": "EXAMPLE INC",
"landing_page": "BILLING",
"shipping_preference": "SET_PROVIDED_ADDRESS",
"user_action": "PAY_NOW"
},
i.e
"intent": "CAPTURE"
"user_action": "PAY_NOW"
I created an order using the api OrdersCreateRequest(). In the response i get the
result.id = "IDVALUE"
result.status = "CREATED"
and also the links
"links": [
{
"href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v2/checkout/orders/XXXXXXXX",
"method": "GET",
"rel": "self"
},
{
"href": "https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/checkoutnow?token=XXXXXXXXXX",
"method": "GET",
"rel": "approve"
},
{
"href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v2/checkout/orders/XXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
"method": "PATCH",
"rel": "update"
},
{
"href": "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v2/checkout/orders/XXXXXXXXXXXXXX/capture",
"method": "POST",
"rel": "capture"
}
],
I have tried to open the url
{
"href": "https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/checkoutnow?token=XXXXXXXXXX",
"method": "GET",
"rel": "approve"
},
In the browser, it asks for PayPal login, what credentials we have to use as login and password. I have only client_id
and client_secret
How to get an approved order id. What should I do now.
2
Answers
How to get the username and the password for the sandbox account.
Navigate to
And we see the email and password which can used to as paypal login credentials while approve the order
So now go to the approve url
https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/checkoutnow?token=XXXXXXXXXX
and click on login (paypal account) and enter email and password
And after successful login pay here
So now the order gets approved.
The next step is to redirect the payer to that approval_url or use the Order ID with Smart Payment Buttons, which is better than redirecting. Either way the payer will be signing in with their PayPal (sandbox) buyer account or entering their (sandbox) buyer information in a PayPal window or form.
The best approval flow to use is the one at https://developer.paypal.com/demo/checkout/#/pattern/server
Note that it pairs with two routes on your server, one that creates the order and one that captures the order after approval.