PayPal Captures API

Use the `/captures` resource to show details for and refund a captured payment.

Business capability
Payments & Card Management BC-1340

Operations 2

GET /v2/payments/captures/{capture_id} Paypal Show captured payment details #
POST /v2/payments/captures/{capture_id}/refund Paypal Refund captured payment #

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OpenAPI Specification

paypal-captures-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Paypal Payments Captures API
  description: Call the Payments API to authorize payments, capture authorized payments, refund payments that have already been captured, and show payment information. Use the Payments API in conjunction with the Orders API. For more information, see the PayPal Checkout Overview.
  version: '2.5'
  contact: {}
servers:
- url: https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com
  description: PayPal Sandbox Environment
- url: https://api-m.paypal.com
  description: PayPal Live Environment
tags:


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