PayPal

Manage orders, payments, refunds, and payouts.

Environment Variables

• PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID - Client ID
• PAYPAL_CLIENT_SECRET - Client secret

Get access token

curl -s -X POST "https://api-m.paypal.com/v1/oauth2/token" \
  -u "$PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID:$PAYPAL_CLIENT_SECRET" \
  -d "grant_type=client_credentials" | jq '{access_token, expires_in}'

Create order

TOKEN=$(curl -s -X POST "https://api-m.paypal.com/v1/oauth2/token" -u "$PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID:$PAYPAL_CLIENT_SECRET" -d "grant_type=client_credentials" | jq -r '.access_token')
curl -s -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "https://api-m.paypal.com/v2/checkout/orders" \
  -d '{"intent":"CAPTURE","purchase_units":[{"amount":{"currency_code":"USD","value":"10.00"}}]}' | jq '{id, status}'

List transactions

TOKEN=$(curl -s -X POST "https://api-m.paypal.com/v1/oauth2/token" -u "$PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID:$PAYPAL_CLIENT_SECRET" -d "grant_type=client_credentials" | jq -r '.access_token')
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  "https://api-m.paypal.com/v1/reporting/transactions?start_date=2024-01-01T00:00:00Z&end_date=2024-12-31T23:59:59Z&fields=all&page_size=10" | jq '.transaction_details[] | {transaction_id: .transaction_info.transaction_id, amount: .transaction_info.transaction_amount}'

Notes

• Use api-m.sandbox.paypal.com for testing.
• Always confirm before creating orders or issuing refunds.