PayPal Connection
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PayPal is an online payment platform that enables individuals and businesses to make electronic transactions and financial transfers securely over the internet.
This topic describes how to authenticate to PayPal and configure any necessary connection properties in the PayPal connection connector.
Connection Configuration
Each connection property available in the PayPal connector is explained below.
Connection Name
The name of the connection to be created should be provided. This is the name that will display on the list of available connections.
User
The PayPal user account used to authenticate.
Password
The password used to authenticate the user.
Signature
The signature required to use the SOAP API.
To create an API signature, you need a PayPal business account.
To create the signature, do as follows:
Log in to your PayPal account and click Profile.
Click My Selling Tools and, in the Selling Online section, click Update in the API Access section.
On the resulting page, click Request API Credentials.
Use Sandbox
A Boolean value indicating if you are using a Sandbox account.
Client ID
The client Id assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.
Client Secret
The client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.
Refresh Token
The OAuth refresh token for the corresponding OAuth access token.
Enable SSL
Option for creating the connection with SSL enabled.
Upload Keystore File
Option to upload keystore file.
Add Configuration: Additional properties can be added using this option as key-value pairs.
After entering all the details, click on the TEST button.
If the connection service identification and authentication details are provided correctly, a success message stating “connection available” is generated.
Click on the CREATE button to save the changes.
If the details are incorrect or the server is down, you will get a message “Connection unavailable”.
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