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PayPal

PayPal is a leading global payments platform that enables businesses to accept payments, manage subscriptions, send invoices, and handle mass payouts through a comprehensive set of operations for seamless payment processing.

Getting Started​

Before using the PayPal, you'll need to complete a few setup steps.

Prerequisites​

Supported Authentication Methods​

The PayPal node supports the following authentication methods:

  • OAuth 2.0 (Client ID & Client Secret): Use your PayPal application credentials for secure access with bearer tokens.

Basic Operations​

Here are some of the basic operations you can perform with the PayPal node:

Orders​

  • Create Order: Create a new PayPal order for payment processing
  • Confirm Payment Source: Confirm payment source for 3D Secure or similar verification
  • Refund Payment: Refund a captured payment partially or fully
  • Get Order Details: Retrieve detailed information about a specific payment
  • List Payments: Get a list of payments with optional filtering
  • Update Order: Update order details like amount, shipping, or items
  • Authorize Payment for Order: Authorize payment for an order without capturing funds
  • Capture Payment for Order: Capture funds from an authorized or approved order

Subscriptions​

  • Create Product: Create a new product in the catalog
  • List Products: List all products in the catalog
  • Get Product: Get details of a specific product
  • Update Product: Update an existing product
  • Create Plan: Create a new billing plan
  • List Plans: List all billing plans
  • Get Plan: Get details of a specific plan
  • Update Plan: Update an existing plan
  • Activate Plan: Activate a billing plan
  • Deactivate Plan: Deactivate a billing plan

Invoices​

  • Create Draft Invoice: Create a new invoice with detailed information
  • Generate Invoice Number: Generate the next invoice number for invoicing
  • Get Invoice: Get details of a specific invoice by ID
  • List Invoices: List invoices

Payouts​

  • Create Batch Payout: Create a batch payout to multiple recipients
  • Get Batch Payout: Get details of a batch payout
  • Get Payout Item: Get details of a specific payout item
  • Cancel Payout Item: Cancel an unclaimed payout item

Conclusion​

PayPal makes payment integration easy, secure, and scalable—enabling you to handle everything from simple one-time payments to complex subscription billing and mass payout scenarios within your applications.

If you need further assistance, please contact Boltic support [email protected]