UpdateRecurringPaymentsProfile API Operation (NVP)

METHOD

(Required) Must be UpdateRecurringPaymentsProfile.

PROFILEID

(Required) Recurring payments profile ID returned in the CreateRecurringPaymentsProfile response.

Character length and limitations: 14 single-byte alphanumeric characters. 19 character profile IDs are supported for compatibility with previous versions of the PayPal API.

NOTE

(Optional) The reason for the update to the recurring payments profile. This message is included in the email notification to the buyer for the recurring payments profile update. This note can also be seen by both you and the buyer on the Status History page of the PayPal account.

DESC

(Optional) Description of the recurring payment.

Character length and limitations: 127 single-byte alphanumeric characters

SUBSCRIBERNAME

(Optional) Full name of the person receiving the product or service paid for by the recurring payment. If not present, the name in the buyer's PayPal account is used.

Character length and limitations: 32 double-byte characters

PROFILEREFERENCE

(Optional) The merchant's own unique reference or invoice number.

Character length and limitations: 127 single-byte alphanumeric characters

ADDITIONALBILLINGCYCLES

(Optional) The number of additional billing cycles to add to this profile.

AMT

(Optional) Billing amount for each cycle in the subscription period, not including shipping and tax amounts.

Note: For recurring payments with Express Checkout, the payment amount can be increased by no more than 20% every 180 days (starting when the profile is created).

Character length and limitations: Value is typically a positive number that cannot exceed nine (9) digits in SOAP request/response for USD, CLP, or JPY or the per transaction limit for the currency. It includes no currency symbol. Most currencies require two decimal places. The decimal separator must be a period (.), and the optional thousands separator must be a comma (,). Some currencies do not allow decimals. For details, see the currency codes page.

SHIPPINGAMT

(Optional) Shipping amount for each billing cycle during the regular payment period.

Note: All amounts in the request must have the same currency.

Character length and limitations: Value is typically a positive number that cannot exceed nine (9) digits in SOAP request/response for USD, CLP, or JPY or the per transaction limit for the currency. It includes no currency symbol. Most currencies require two decimal places. The decimal separator must be a period (.), and the optional thousands separator must be a comma (,). Some currencies do not allow decimals. For details, see the currency codes page.

TAXAMT

(Optional) Tax amount for each billing cycle during the regular payment period.

Note: All amounts in the request must have the same currency.

Character length and limitations: Value is typically a positive number that cannot exceed nine (9) digits in SOAP request/response for USD, CLP, or JPY or the per transaction limit for the currency. It includes no currency symbol. Most currencies require two decimal places. The decimal separator must be a period (.), and the optional thousands separator must be a comma (,). Some currencies do not allow decimals. For details, see the currency codes page.

OUTSTANDINGAMT

(Optional) The current past due or outstanding amount for this profile. You can only decrease the outstanding amount. It cannot be increased.

Character length and limitations: Value is typically a positive number that cannot exceed nine (9) digits in SOAP request/response for USD, CLP, or JPY or the per transaction limit for the currency. It includes no currency symbol. Most currencies require two decimal places. The decimal separator must be a period (.), and the optional thousands separator must be a comma (,). Some currencies do not allow decimals. For details, see the currency codes page.

AUTOBILLOUTAMT

(Optional) This field indicates whether you would like PayPal to automatically bill the outstanding balance amount in the next billing cycle. Value is:

• NoAutoBill — PayPal does not automatically bill the outstanding balance.

• AddToNextBilling — PayPal automatically bills the outstanding balance

MAXFAILEDPAYMENTS

(Optional) The number of failed payments allowed before the profile is automatically suspended. The specified value cannot be less than the current number of failed payments for this profile.

Character length and limitations: Number string representing an integer

PROFILESTARTDATE

(Optional) The date when billing for this profile begins.

Note: The profile may take up to 24 hours for activation.

Character length and limitations: Must be a valid date, in UTC/GMT format; for example, 2013-08-24T05:38:48Z. No wildcards are allowed.

SHIPTONAME

Person's name associated with this shipping address. It is required if using a shipping address.

Character length and limitations: 32 double-byte characters

SHIPTOSTREET

First street address. It is required if using a shipping address.

Character length and limitations: 100 single-byte characters

SHIPTOSTREET2

(Optional) Second street address.

Character length and limitations: 100 single-byte characters

SHIPTOCITY

Name of city. It is required if using a shipping address.

Character length and limitations: 40 single-byte characters

SHIPTOSTATE

State or province.
Required for transactions only if the address is in one of the following countries: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Indonesia, India, Japan, Mexico, Thailand or USA. See the list of PayPal state codes.

Character length and limitations: 40 single-byte characters

SHIPTOZIP

U.S. ZIP code or other country-specific postal code. It is required if using a U.S. shipping address; may be required for other countries.

Character length and limitations: 20 single-byte characters

SHIPTOCOUNTRY

Country code. It is required if using a shipping address.

Character length and limitations: 2 single-byte characters

SHIPTOPHONENUM

(Optional) Phone number.

Character length and limitations: 20 single-byte characters

TOTALBILLINGCYCLES

(Optional) Number of billing cycles for payment period.

• For the regular payment period, if no value is specified or the value is 0, the regular payment period continues until the profile is canceled or deactivated.

• For the regular payment period, if the value is greater than 0, the regular payment period will expire after the trial period is finished and continue at the billing frequency for TotalBillingCycles cycles.

AMT

(Required) Billing amount for each billing cycle during this payment period. This amount does not include shipping and tax amounts.

Note: All amounts in the CreateRecurringPaymentsProfile request must have the same currency.

Character length and limitations: Value is typically a positive number that cannot exceed nine (9) digits in SOAP request/response for USD, CLP, or JPY or the per transaction limit for the currency. It includes no currency symbol. Most currencies require two decimal places. The decimal separator must be a period (.), and the optional thousands separator must be a comma (,). Some currencies do not allow decimals. For details, see the currency codes page.

TRIALTOTALBILLINGCYCLES

(Optional) Number of billing cycles for trial payment period.

TRIALAMT

Billing amount for each billing cycle during this payment period; required if you specify an optional trial period. This amount does not include shipping and tax amounts.

Note: All amounts in the CreateRecurringPaymentsProfile request must have the same currency.

Character length and limitations: Value is typically a positive number that cannot exceed nine (9) digits in SOAP request/response for USD, CLP, or JPY or the per transaction limit for the currency. It includes no currency symbol. Most currencies require two decimal places. The decimal separator must be a period (.), and the optional thousands separator must be a comma (,). Some currencies do not allow decimals. For details, see the currency codes page..

CURRENCYCODE

(Required) Currency code (default is USD).

Character length and limitations: 3 single-byte characters

SHIPPINGAMT

(Optional) Shipping amount for each billing cycle during this payment period.

Note: All amounts in the request must have the same currency.

Character length and limitations: Value is typically a positive number that cannot exceed nine (9) digits in SOAP request/response for USD, CLP, or JPY or the per transaction limit for the currency. It includes no currency symbol. Most currencies require two decimal places. The decimal separator must be a period (.), and the optional thousands separator must be a comma (,). Some currencies do not allow decimals. For details, see the currency codes page.

TAXAMT

(Optional) Tax amount for each billing cycle during this payment period.

Note: All amounts in the request must have the same currency.

Character length and limitations: Value is typically a positive number that cannot exceed nine (9) digits in SOAP request/response for USD, CLP, or JPY or the per transaction limit for the currency. It includes no currency symbol. Most currencies require two decimal places. The decimal separator must be a period (.), and the optional thousands separator must be a comma (,). Some currencies do not allow decimals. For details, see the currency codes page.

CREDITCARDTYPE

(Optional) Type of credit card. For UK, only Maestro, Mastercard, Discover, and Visa are allowable. For Canada, only Mastercard and Visa are allowable and Interac debit cards are not supported. Value is:

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Discover
• JCB
• Amex
• Maestro: See note.

Note: If the credit card type is Maestro, you must set CURRENCYCODE to GBP. In addition, you must specify either STARTDATE or ISSUENUMBER.

Character length and limitations: Up to 10 single-byte alphabetic characters

ACCT

(Required) Credit card number.

Character length and limitations: Numeric characters only with no spaces or punctuation. The string must conform with modulo and length required by each credit card type.

EXPDATE

Credit card expiration date. This field is required if you are using recurring payments with direct payments.

Character length and limitations: 6 single-byte alphanumeric characters, including leading zero, in the format MMYYYY

CVV2

Card Verification Value, version 2. Your Merchant Account settings determine whether this field is required. To comply with credit card processing regulations, you must not store this value after a transaction has been completed.

Character length and limitations: For Visa, Mastercard, and Discover, the value is exactly 3 digits. For American Express, the value is exactly 4 digits.

STARTDATE

(Optional) Month and year that Maestro card was issued.

Character length and limitations: Must be 6 digits, including leading zero, in the format MMYYYY

ISSUENUMBER

(Optional) Issue number of Maestro card.

Character length and limitations: 2 numeric digits maximum

EMAIL

(Optional) Email address of buyer.

Character length and limitations: 127 single-byte characters

FIRSTNAME

(Required) Buyer's first name.

Character length and limitations: 64 double-byte characters

LASTNAME

(Required) Buyer's last name.

Character length and limitations: 64 double-byte characters

STREET

(Required) First street address.

Character length and limitations: 100 single-byte characters

STREET2

(Optional) Second street address.

Character length and limitations: 100 single-byte characters

CITY

(Required) Name of city.

Character length and limitations: 40 single-byte characters

STATE

(Required) State or province.

Character length and limitations: 40 single-byte characters

COUNTRYCODE

(Required) Country code.

Character length and limitations: 2 single-byte characters

ZIP

(Required) U.S. ZIP code or other country-specific postal code.

Character length and limitations: 20 single-byte characters

SHIPTOPHONENUM

(Optional) Phone number.

Character length and limitations: 20 single-byte characters

PROFILEID

Recurring payments profile ID returned in the CreateRecurringPaymentsProfile response. An error is returned if the profile specified in the BillOutstandingAmount request has a status of canceled or expired.