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admin_dashboard:system_admin:system_settings:create_sandboxpaypaladaptiveapi [2015/07/29 09:54] mooeditor [Encrypting your certificate] |
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| - | |//Signature// set | | + | | \\ \\ \\ Signature Set \\ | \\ API Username \\ \\ API Password \\ \\ Signature \\ | |
| - | * API Username | + | | \\ \\ \\ Certificate Set \\ | \\ API Username \\ \\ API Password \\ \\ Certificate \\ | |
| - | * API Password | + | |
| - | * Signature | + | |
| - | |//Certificate// set | | + | |
| - | * API Username | + | |
| - | * API Password | + | |
| - | * Certificate | + | |
| While you can use either set to authenticate requests to the Classic API platform, for security reasons, PayPal recommends you use Certificate credentials. For more on Certificate credentials, see [[https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/api/apiCredentials/#certs|Managing Certificate Credentials]]. | While you can use either set to authenticate requests to the Classic API platform, for security reasons, PayPal recommends you use Certificate credentials. For more on Certificate credentials, see [[https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/api/apiCredentials/#certs|Managing Certificate Credentials]]. | ||
| **Note:** You authenticate calls to the //Adaptive// APIs (Adaptive Accounts, Adaptive Payments, the Invoicing service, and the Permissions service) using these same credentials. However, all Adaptive platform APIs require that you also supply an ''appID'' in addition to your Signature or Certificate credential values. | **Note:** You authenticate calls to the //Adaptive// APIs (Adaptive Accounts, Adaptive Payments, the Invoicing service, and the Permissions service) using these same credentials. However, all Adaptive platform APIs require that you also supply an ''appID'' in addition to your Signature or Certificate credential values. | ||
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| ===== Creating Classic API credentials ===== | ===== Creating Classic API credentials ===== | ||
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| ==== 3. Generate the Certificate set ==== | ==== 3. Generate the Certificate set ==== | ||
| - | - | + | 1.Click **Request API Credentials** on the **API Access** page: |
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| - | Click **Request API Credentials** on the **API Access** page: | + | |
| {{https://www.paypalobjects.com/webstatic/en_US/developer/docs/api/classicApiCerts/requestApiCreds.png?nolink&}} | {{https://www.paypalobjects.com/webstatic/en_US/developer/docs/api/classicApiCerts/requestApiCreds.png?nolink&}} | ||
| - | **Note:** If you’ve already generated a set of API credentials, you’ll have to delete your existing set before you can generate a new set of credentials. | + | **Note:** If you’ve already generated a set of API credentials, you’ll have to delete your existing set before you can generate a new set of credentials. |
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| - | Select **Request API signature** and click **Agree and Submit** to generate a set of Signature credentials. | + | 2.Select **Request API signature** and click **Agree and Submit** to generate a set of Signature credentials. |
| Here’s an example showing a set of Signature credentials (for [[https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/api/apiCredentials/#certs|Certificate]] credentials, see the section below): | Here’s an example showing a set of Signature credentials (for [[https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/api/apiCredentials/#certs|Certificate]] credentials, see the section below): | ||
admin_dashboard/system_admin/system_settings/create_sandboxpaypaladaptiveapi.txt · Last modified: 2015/08/24 01:12 (external edit)
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