PayPal API Accounts

To add or edit a PayPal API Account, follow these steps:

1. Go to www.paypal-business.co.uk and enter your login details.
2. In the Top Navigation Menu select My Account > Profile > My Selling Preferences.
   In the Selling Online section click the Update link for API access.
3. Under Option 2 select View API Signature.
4. Leave the PayPal API Signature page open, open a new tab in your browser and log into your IRP Admin.
5. Go to Payment Processing > PayPal API Accounts in the left navigation.
6. To add a new PayPal API Account, click the Add New PayPal API Account button on the right hand side of the page.
   To edit an existing PayPal API Account, click the Edit button at the right side of the PayPal API Account you wish to update.
7. Enter/Edit the following details:

   Setting	Description
   PayPal API AccountID	The ID in the database of this PayPal API Account, added automatically by the IRP.
   Active	Whether this API Account is active. If active, the website can use this account to process payments.
   CurrencyISO	If you need a separate account to process a particular currency into, then select it here. In most cases, your current PayPal account can handle payments in other currencies, with PayPal handling exchange rates etc. In these cases, you can leave this at its default setting, 'All Unassigned (Charged in GBP)'.
   API Username	Your API Username is the username related to your PayPal Account. Copy your API Username from the PayPal tab you have left open in step 4.
   API Password	Your API Password is the password related to your PayPal Account. Copy your API Password from the PayPal tab you have left open in step 4.
   API Signature	Copy your API Signature from the PayPal tab you have left open in step 4.

8. Once you have entered the details, click the Insert PayPal API Account button or the Update PayPal API Account button to save them.
9. Go to Payment Processing > PayPal Settings in the left navigation.
10. Enter the following details if they are not already present:

    Setting	Description	Value
    Enable Pay Pal Express Checkout	This setting will turn on PayPal Express Checkout on your website. You must set up a PayPal API Account before enabling on this setting.	Enabled
    Require Confirmed Shipping Address	This setting means that the customer using PayPal must have confirmed their shipping address with PayPal before they can use it with your website. If this setting is on, it will reduce your PayPal sales.	Client discretion
    Express Checkout API URL	This is the URL PayPal requires all API messages to be sent to. You should only change this if PayPal have notified you that the URL is to change.	https://api-3t.paypal.com/nvp
    Express Checkout Redirect URL	This is the URL the system will redirect to once the customer has started their PayPal checkout process. You should only change this if PayPal have notified you that the URL is to change.	https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_express-checkout
    Express Checkout Redirect URL (Mobile Site)	This is the URL the system will redirect to once the customer has started their PayPal checkout process on mobile devices. You should only change this if PayPal have notified you that the URL is to change.	https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_express-checkout-mobile

11. Once you have entered the details, click the Update button to save them.
12. Test the setup has been successful by adding an item to the basket on your site and clicking on the PayPal Checkout button on the basket page. If the setup has been successful you should be redirected to your branded PayPal login page.