PayPal SOAP API
Last updated: May 22nd, 10:59am
Deprecation notice: PayPal's SOAP APIs are legacy APIs, but PayPal continues to support them. To access the most current features and security:
- For new integrations, start with the latest tools.
- For existing integrations, visit the upgrade hub.
The PayPal SOAP API is based on open standards known collectively as web services, which include the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Web Services Definition Language (WSDL), and the XML Schema Definition language (XSD). A wide range of development tools on a variety of platforms support web services.
Like many web services, PayPal SOAP is a combination of client-side and server-side schemas, hardware and software servers, and core services.