Create a paypal payment

How to create a paypal payment via API

To create a new paypal payment, send a POST request to the /api/paypal_payments endpoint, passing the resource arguments in the request body.

Request

POST https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/paypal_payments

Arguments

Body Parameter	Type	Required
type	string	Required
attributes.return_url	string	Required
attributes.cancel_url	string	Required
attributes.note_to_payer	string	Optional
attributes.reference	string	Optional
attributes.reference_origin	string	Optional
attributes.metadata	object	Optional
relationships.order	object	Required

Example

Request

The following request creates a new paypal payment:

curl -g -X POST \
  'https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/paypal_payments' \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer your-access-token' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -d '{
  "data": {
    "type": "paypal_payments",
    "attributes": {
      "return_url": "https://yourdomain.com/thankyou",
      "cancel_url": "https://yourdomain.com/checkout/payment"
    },
    "relationships": {
      "order": {
        "data": {
          "type": "orders",
          "id": "ABCRtyUpBa"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}'

Response

On success, the API responds with a 201 Created status code, returning the created resource object:

{
  "data": {
    "id": "xYZkjABcde",
    "type": "paypal_payments",
    "links": {
      "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/paypal_payments/xYZkjABcde"
    },
    "attributes": {
      "return_url": "https://yourdomain.com/thankyou",
      "cancel_url": "https://yourdomain.com/checkout/payment",
      "note_to_payer": "Thank you for shopping with us!",
      "paypal_payer_id": "ABCDEFGHG123456",
      "name": "ABCDEFGHG123456",
      "paypal_id": "1234567890",
      "status": "created",
      "approval_url": "https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_express-checkout&token=EC-1234567890ABCDEFGHG",
      "mismatched_amounts": false,
      "payment_instrument": {
        "issuer": "cl bank",
        "card_type": "visa"
      },
      "created_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "updated_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "reference": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE",
      "reference_origin": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE-ORIGIN",
      "metadata": {
        "foo": "bar"
      }
    },
    "relationships": {
      "order": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/paypal_payments/xYZkjABcde/relationships/order",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/paypal_payments/xYZkjABcde/order"
        }
      },
      "payment_gateway": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/paypal_payments/xYZkjABcde/relationships/payment_gateway",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/paypal_payments/xYZkjABcde/payment_gateway"
        }
      },
      "versions": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/paypal_payments/xYZkjABcde/relationships/versions",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/paypal_payments/xYZkjABcde/versions"
        }
      }
    },
    "meta": {
      "mode": "test",
      "organization_id": "xRRkjDFafe",
      "trace_id": "69abaa3545913c78132e5578bd26208d44aa9043647d78698fd0021f3958cd74"
    }
  }
}