PayPal payments can be created and associated with an order in a few steps:
1.
Create a Paypal payment, passing a valid return_url and cancel_url
2.
Get the approval_url from the response
3.
Redirect the customer to the approval URL
4.
Get the paypal_payer_id from the return url parameters
5.
Update the PayPal payment with the payer ID
PayPal payments are one-time payment sources and cannot be saved in customer wallets.
The paypal payment object
A paypal payment object is returned as part of the response body of each successful list, retrieve, create or update API call.
Field
Type
Description
type
string
paypal_payments
id
string
The paypal payment unique identifier
links.self
string
The paypal payment endpoint URL
attributes.return_url
string
The URL where the payer is redirected after they approve the payment.
attributes.cancel_url
string
The URL where the payer is redirected after they cancel the payment.
attributes.note_to_payer
string
A free-form field that you can use to send a note to the payer on PayPal.
attributes.paypal_payer_id
string
The id of the payer that PayPal passes in the return_url.
attributes.name
string
The PayPal payer id (if present)
attributes.paypal_id
string
The id of the PayPal payment object.
attributes.status
string
The PayPal payment status. One of 'created' (default) or 'approved'.
attributes.approval_url
string
The URL the customer should be redirected to approve the payment.
attributes.created_at
datetime
Time at which the resource was created.
attributes.updated_at
datetime
Time at which the resource was last updated.
attributes.reference
string
A string that you can use to add any external identifier to the resource. This can be useful for integrating the resource to an external system, like an ERP, a marketing tool, a CRM, or whatever.
attributes.reference_origin
string
Any identifier of the third party system that defines the reference code
attributes.metadata
object
Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to the resource. This can be useful for storing additional information about the resource in a structured format.
relationships.order
object
The order associated to the paypal payment, that is set as its payment source.
relationships.payment_gateway
object
The associated payment gateway, inherited by the order payment_method.
meta.mode
string
The resource environment (can be one of test or live)