PayPal · Example Payload

Paypal Orderscreate Example

BillingCommerceDisputesInvoicesOrderPaymentsPayoutsSubscriptionTokensWebhook

Paypal Orderscreate Example is an example object payload from PayPal, with 6 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

operationIdmethodpathsummaryrequestExamplesresponseExamples

Example Payload

{
  "operationId": "orders.create",
  "method": "POST",
  "path": "/v2/checkout/orders",
  "summary": "Paypal Create order",
  "requestExamples": [
    {
      "contentType": "application/json",
      "name": "order_request",
      "example": {
        "intent": "CAPTURE",
        "purchase_units": [
          {
            "reference_id": "d9f80740-38f0-11e8-b467-0ed5f89f718b",
            "amount": {
              "currency_code": "USD",
              "value": "100.00"
            }
          }
        ],
        "payment_source": {
          "paypal": {
            "experience_context": {
              "payment_method_preference": "IMMEDIATE_PAYMENT_REQUIRED",
              "payment_method_selected": "PAYPAL",
              "brand_name": "EXAMPLE INC",
              "locale": "en-US",
              "landing_page": "LOGIN",
              "user_action": "PAY_NOW",
              "return_url": "https://example.com/returnUrl",
              "cancel_url": "https://example.com/cancelUrl"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "responseExamples": [
    {
      "status": "201",
      "contentType": "application/json",
      "name": "orders_request_create",
      "example": {
        "intent": "CAPTURE",
        "purchase_units": [
          {
            "reference_id": "d9f80740-38f0-11e8-b467-0ed5f89f718b",
            "amount": {
              "currency_code": "USD",
              "value": "100.00"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

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