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The paypal payment object
Create a paypal payment
List all paypal payments
Retrieve a paypal payment
Update a paypal payment
Delete a paypal payment
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Paypal payments
The PayPal payment object and the allowed CRUD operations on the related resource endpoint
PayPal payments can be created and associated with an order in a few steps:
  1. 1.
    Create a PayPal payment, passing a valid return_url and cancel_url
  2. 2.
    Get the approval_url from the response
  3. 3.
    Redirect the customer to the approval URL
  4. 4.
    Get the paypal_payer_id from the return url parameters
  5. 5.
    Update the PayPal payment with the payer ID
PayPal payments are one-time payment sources and cannot be saved in customer wallets.
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