Supported Formats, URLs and HTTP Request Headers

APIDeprecated


Important: Adaptive Accounts is no longer available for new integrations. PayPal provides this documentation to support existing integrations.

Adaptive Accounts methods

Adaptive Accounts provides these methods:

API operation Description
CreateAccount Creates PayPal accounts.
AddBankAccount Link bank accounts to PayPal accounts as funding sources.
AddPaymentCard Link payment cards to PayPal accounts as funding sources.
SetFundingSourceConfirmed Set the funding source to confirmed. They can set the account to PayPal Verified status.
GetVerifiedStatus Verify PayPal accounts by matching account holder criteria such as the account holder's email address.

Adaptive Accounts URLs

The endpoint is determined by the method and the environment in which you want to execute the API operation. For example, if you want to send a CreateAccount request to the sandbox, specify the following URL:

https://svcs.sandbox.paypal.com/AdaptiveAccounts/CreateAccount

You can specify the following URLs:

Environment Endpoint
Production 
https://svcs.paypal.com/AdaptiveAccounts/API_operation
Sandbox 
https://svcs.sandbox.paypal.com/AdaptiveAccounts/API_operation

Supported formats

Adaptive Accounts supports both SOAP-based web services and web APIs in JSON, XML, and Name-value (NV) pair formats.

Required HTTP request headers

Header Description
X-PAYPAL-SECURITY-USERID Your API user name.
X-PAYPAL-SECURITY-PASSWORD Your API password.
X-PAYPAL-SECURITY-SIGNATURE Your API signature. This header is only required if you use 3-token authorization. Do not pass this header if you use a certificate. To manage API certificates, see Creating and Managing NVP/SOAP API Credentials.
X-PAYPAL-APPLICATION-ID Your application's identification.
X-PAYPAL-DEVICE-IPADDRESS The IP address of the caller. This header is required for CreateAccount requests.
X-PAYPAL-REQUEST-DATA-FORMAT The payload format for the request.
Allowable values are:
  • NV — Name-value pairs
  • XML — Extensible markup language
  • JSON — JavaScript object notation
X-PAYPAL-RESPONSE-DATA-FORMAT The payload format for the response.
Allowable values are:
  • NV — Name-value pairs
  • XML — Extensible markup language
  • JSON — JavaScript object notation

Optional HTTP request headers

Header Description
X-PAYPAL-SANDBOX-EMAIL-ADDRESS The email address that the API caller uses to log in to the sandbox. This is not required outside of the sandbox.
X-PAYPAL-DEVICE-ID Client's device ID, such as a mobile device's IMEI number. This field is required for mobile application and is not used for web application.
X-PAYPAL-MERCHANT-REFERRAL-BONUS-ID When creating a Business or Premier account, this header enables the Merchant Referral Bonus invitation.
X-PAYPAL-SERVICE-VERSION

The version of an API operation to use. By default, PayPal executes a request with the current version of an API operation.

Note: PayPal recommends that you do not specify a version unless it is absolutely required.