Description

The PayPal PayIn object allows platforms to process payments made via PayPal.

Note – Prerequisites to using PayPal

Using PayPal (including Sandbox testing) requires approval and activation from PayPal.

Attributes

Id
string

The unique identifier of the object.

Tag
string

Max. length: 255 characters

Custom data that you can add to this object.
For transactions (pay-in, transfer, payout), you can use this parameter to identify corresponding information regarding the user, transaction, or payment methods on your platform.

CreationDate
timestamp

The date and time at which the object was created.

AuthorId
string

The unique identifier of the user at the source of the transaction.

DebitedFunds
object

Information about the debited funds. The amount must be equal to the total of all UnitAmount and TaxAmount of all LineItems.

CreditedFunds
object

Information about the credited funds (CreditedFunds = DebitedFunds - Fees).

Fees
object

Information about the fees.

Status
string

Returned values: CREATED, SUCCEEDED, FAILED

The status of the transaction.

ResultCode
string

The code indicating the result of the operation. This information is mostly used to handle errors or for filtering purposes.

ResultMessage
string

The explanation of the result code.

ExecutionDate
timestamp

The date and time at which the status changed to SUCCEEDED, indicating that the transaction occurred. The statuses CREATED and FAILED return an ExecutionDate of null.

Type
string

Returned values: PAYIN, TRANSFER, CONVERSION, PAYOUT

The type of the transaction.

Nature
string

Returned values: REGULAR, REPUDIATION, REFUND, SETTLEMENT

The nature of the transaction, providing more information about the context in which the transaction occurred:

  • REGULAR – Relative to most of the transactions (pay-ins, payouts, and transfers) in a usual workflow.
  • REPUDIATION – Automatic withdrawal of funds from the platform’s repudiation wallet as part of the dispute process (when the user has requested a chargeback).
  • REFUND – Reimbursement of a transaction to the user (pay-in refund), to a wallet (transfer refund), or of a payout (payout refund, only initiated by Mangopay).
  • SETTLEMENT – Transfer made to the repudiation wallet by the platform to settle a lost dispute.
CreditedWalletId
string

The unique identifier of the credited wallet.

PaymentType
string

Returned values: PAYPAL

The type of pay-in.

ExecutionType
string

Returned values: WEB, DIRECT, EXTERNAL_INSTRUCTION

The type of execution for the pay-in.

ReturnURL
string

Max. length: 255 characters

The URL to which the user is returned after the payment, whether the transaction is successful or not.

RedirectURL
string

The URL to which to redirect the user to complete the payment.

Caution: This variable URL is specific to each payment. You must rely on the returned URL in full (host, path, and queries) and not hardcode any part of it.

StatementDescriptor
string

Max. length: 10 characters; only alphanumeric and spaces

Custom description to appear on the user’s bank statement along with the platform name. Different banks may show more or less information. See the Customizing bank statement references article for details.

Shipping
object

Information about the end user’s shipping address, managed by ShippingPreference.

LineItems
array

object

Information about the items purchased in the transaction. The total of all line items’ UnitAmount and TaxAmount must equal the DebitedFunds amount (negative amounts not allowed).

Culture
string

Allowed values: One of the supported languages in the ISO 639-1 format: AT, BR, CA, CH, CN, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, ID, IL, IT, JK, JP, NL, NO, PL, PT, RU, SE, TH, TR, TW, US.

The language in which the PayPal payment page is to be displayed.

ShippingPreference
string

Returned values: SET_PROVIDED_ADDRESS, GET_FROM_FILE, NO_SHIPPING

Information about the shipping address behavior on the PayPal payment page:

  • SET_PROVIDED_ADDRESS - The address provided in the Shipping parameter is displayed and is not editable. If this value is sent, the Shipping parameter is required.
  • GET_FROM_FILE – The Shipping parameter is ignored and the end user can choose from registered addresses.
  • NO_SHIPPING – No shipping address section is displayed.
Reference
string

Max. length: 127 characters (truncated after)

The platform’s order reference for the transaction.

PaypalBuyerAccountEmail
string

The email address registered on the PayPal account used to make the payment.

Trackings
array

object

Shipping information of the LineItems added to the pay-in object.

ProfilingAttemptReference
string

The unique reference generated for the profiling session, used by the fraud prevention solution to produce recommendations for the transaction using the profiling data.

Note: Parameter not returned by the API. Profiling feature available on request – contact Mangopay via the Dashboard for more information.

Guide

Learn more about PayPal