GetTransactionDetails API Operation (NVP)

Shows information about a specific transaction.

Important: This integration method is deprecated as of January 1, 2017. PayPal continues to support existing merchants using this method, but please be advised new features and enhancements will not be applied to these integrations. For new integrations, see the PayPal Checkout Integration Guide.

GetTransactionDetails Request Message

GetTransactionDetails Request Fields

Field Description
METHOD Must be GetTransactionDetails.
TRANSACTIONID (Required) Unique identifier of a transaction.
Note: The details for some kinds of transactions cannot be retrieved with GetTransactionDetails. You cannot obtain details of bank transfer withdrawals, for example.

Character length and limitations: 17 characters except for transactions of the Order type have a character length of 19.

GetTransactionDetails Response Message

Note: All fields defined in the formal structure of GetTransactionDetailsResponse are not necessarily returned. Data are returned in a response only if PayPal has recorded data that corresponds to the field.

GetTransactionDetails Response Fields

Field Description
SHIPPINGCALCULATIONMODE Describes how the options that were presented to the buyer were determined.

Value is:

  • Callback — Shipping option rates are based on the buyer's location.
  • FlatRate — Shipping options are flat rates.
INSURANCEOPTIONSELECTED Whether the buyer selected the insurance option. Value is:
  • true — The buyer selected Yes for the insurance option.
  • false — The buyer did not select the insurance option. The option is No.

The value true is returned if the buyer selected the option. Otherwise false is returned.

L_SHIPPINGOPTIONISDEFAULTn Default shipping option displayed on the PayPal pages. This field is required if you specify the Callback URL. Value is:
  • true — This is the default flat-rate shipping option. PayPal displays this option by default.
  • false — This flat-rate shipping option is not displayed as the default.
Note: There must be ONE and ONLY ONE default. It is not OK to have no default.
L_SHIPPINGOPTIONNAMEn Internal name of the shipping option such as Air, Ground, Expedited, and so forth. This field is required if you specify the Callback URL.

Character length and limitations: 50 character-string.

L_SHIPPINGOPTIONAMOUNTn

Amount of the flat rate shipping option. This field is required if you specify the Callback URL.

Character length and limitations:

Value is typically a positive number that cannot exceed 10,000.00 USD 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.
GIFTMESSAGE The gift message the buyer entered on the PayPal pages.

Limitations: 100 single-byte characters
GIFTRECEIPTENABLE Indicates whether a gift receipt widget is enabled on the PayPal pages. Value is:
  • 0 — Do not enable gift receipt widget.
  • 1 — Enable gift receipt widget.
GIFTWRAPNAME Label for the gift wrap option such as "Blue box with ribbon".

Limitations: 25 single-byte characters
GIFTWRAPAMOUNT

Amount to be charged to the buyer for the gift wrap.

Character length and limitations:

Value is typically a positive number that cannot exceed 10,000.00 USD 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.
BUYERMARKETINGEMAIL The email address the buyer entered on the PayPal pages to be notified of promotions or special events.

Limitations: 127 single-byte characters
SURVEYQUESTION Text for the survey question on the PayPal pages. If the survey question is present, at least 2 survey answer options need to be present.

Limitations: 50 single-byte characters
SURVEYCHOICESELECTED Survey response the buyer selected on the PayPal pages.

Limitations: 15 single-byte characters

Receiver Information Fields

Field Description
RECEIVERBUSINESS Details about a single transaction. This field is not applicable for point-of-sale transactions.
RECEIVEREMAIL Primary email address of the payment recipient (the merchant).

If you are the recipient of the payment and the payment is sent to your non-primary email address, the value of Receiver is still your primary email address.

Character length and limitations: 127 single-byte alphanumeric characters
RECEIVERID Unique account ID of the payment recipient (the merchant). This value is the same as the value of the recipient's referral ID.

Payer Information Fields

Field Description
EMAIL Email address of buyer.

Character length and limitations: 127 single-byte characters
PAYERID Unique PayPal Customer Account identification number.

Character length and limitations:13 single-byte alphanumeric characters
PAYERSTATUS Status of buyer. Value is:
  • verified
  • unverified

Character length and limitations: 10 single-byte alphabetic characters
COUNTRYCODE Buyer's country of residence in the form of ISO standard 3166 2-character country codes.

Character length and limitations: 2 single-byte characters
PAYERBUSINESS Buyer's business name.

Character length and limitations: 127 single-byte characters

Payer Name Fields

Field Description
SALUTATION Buyer's salutation.

Character length and limitations: 20 single-byte characters
FIRSTNAME Buyer's first name.

Character length and limitations: 64 double-byte characters
MIDDLENAME Buyer's middle name.

Character length and limitations: 64 double-byte characters
LASTNAME Buyer's last name.

Character length and limitations: 64 double-byte characters
SUFFIX Buyer's suffix.

Character length and limitations: 12 single-byte characters

Address Fields

Field Description
ADDRESSOWNER eBay company that maintains this address. Value is:
  • eBay
  • PayPal
ADDRESSSTATUS Status of street address on file with PayPal. Value is:
  • none
  • Confirmed
  • Unconfirmed
SHIPTOSECONDARYNAME Person's name associated with this secondary address.

Character length and limitations: 32 double-byte characters
SHIPTONAME Person's name associated with this address.

Character length and limitations: 32 double-byte characters
SHIPTOSTREET First street address.

Character length and limitations: 100 single-byte characters
SHIPTOSECONDARYADDRESSLINE1 First line of street address for secondary address.

Character length and limitations: 100single-byte characters
SHIPTOSTREET2 Second street address.

Character length and limitations: 100 single-byte characters
SHIPTOSECONDARYADDRESSLINE2 Second line of street address for secondary address.

Character length and limitations: 100single-byte characters
SHIPTOCITY Name of city.

Character length and limitations: 40 single-byte characters
SHIPTOSECONDARYCITY Name of city for secondary address.

Character length and limitations: 40 single-byte characters
SHIPTOSTATE State or province.

It is 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
SHIPTOSECONDARYSTATE State or province for secondary address. Required for U.S. addresses only.

Character length and limitations: 40 single-byte characters
SHIPTOZIP U.S. ZIP code or other country-specific postal code.

Character length and limitations: 20 single-byte characters
SHIPTOSECONDARYZIP U.S. ZIP code or other country-specific postal code for secondary address.

Character length and limitations: 20 single-byte characters
SHIPTOCOUNTRYCODE Country code.

Character length and limitations: 2 single-byte characters
SHIPTOSECONDARYCOUNTRYCODE Country code for secondary addresss.

Character length and limitations: 2 single-byte characters
SHIPTOPHONENUM Phone number.

Character length and limitations: 20 single-byte characters
SHIPTOSECONDARYPHONENUM Phone number for secondary addresss.

Character length and limitations: 20 single-byte characters

Payment Information Fields

Field Description
TRANSACTIONID Unique transaction ID of the payment.

Character length and limitations: 17 characters except for transactions of the Order type have a character length of 19.
PARENTTRANSACTIONID Parent or related transaction identification number. This value in this field is for the following transaction types:
  • Reversal — Capture of an authorized transaction.
  • Reversal — Reauthorization of a transaction.
  • Capture of an order — The value of ParentTransactionID is the original OrderID.
  • Authorization of an order — The value of ParentTransactionID is the original OrderID.
  • Capture of an order authorization.
  • Void of an order — The value of ParentTransactionID is the original OrderID.

Character length and limitations: 17 characters except for transactions of the Order type have a character length of 19.
RECEIPTID Receipt identification number

Character length and limitations: 16 digits in xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx format
TRANSACTIONTYPE The type of transaction. Value is:
  • cart
  • express-checkout

Character length and limitations:15 single-byte characters
PAYMENTTYPE Indicates whether the payment is instant or delayed. Value is:
  • none
  • echeck
  • instant

Character length and limitations: 7 single-byte characters
ORDERTIME

Date/time stamp of the payment.

Character length and limitations:

Date and time are in UTC/GMT format. For example, 2013-08-24T05:38:48Z.
AMT

The final amount charged, including any shipping and taxes from your Merchant Profile.

Character length and limitations:

Value is typically a positive number that cannot exceed 10,000.00 USD 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 A 3-character currency code.
FEEAMT

PayPal fee amount charged for the transaction.

Character length and limitations:

Value is typically a positive number that cannot exceed 10,000.00 USD 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.
SETTLEAMT

Amount deposited in your PayPal account after a currency conversion.

Character length and limitations:

Value is typically a positive number that cannot exceed 10,000.00 USD 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

Tax charged on the transaction.

Character length and limitations:

Value is typically a positive number that cannot exceed 10,000.00 USD 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.
EXCHANGERATE Exchange rate if a currency conversion occurred. Relevant only if your are billing in their non-primary currency. If the buyer chooses to pay with a currency other than the non-primary currency, the conversion occurs in the buyer's account.

Character length and limitations: Decimal value that does not exceed 17 characters, including decimal point
PAYMENTSTATUS Status of the payment. Value is:
  • None — No status
  • Canceled-Reversal — A reversal has been canceled, for example, when you win a dispute and the funds for the reversal have been returned to you.
  • Completed — The payment has been completed, and the funds have been added successfully to your account balance.
  • Denied — You denied the payment. This happens only if the payment was previously pending because of possible reasons described for the PendingReason element.
  • Expired — The authorization period for this payment has been reached.
  • Failed — The payment has failed. This happens only if the payment was made from your buyer's bank account.
  • In-Progress — The transaction has not terminated, for example, an authorization may be awaiting completion.
  • Partially-Refunded — The payment has been partially refunded.
  • Pending — The payment is pending. See the PendingReason field for more information.
  • Refunded — You refunded the payment.
  • Reversed — A payment was reversed due to a chargeback or other type of reversal. The funds have been removed from your account balance and returned to the buyer. The reason for the reversal is specified in the ReasonCode element.
  • Processed — A payment has been accepted.
  • Voided — An authorization for this transaction has been voided.
PENDINGREASON The reason the payment is pending. Value is:
  • none — No pending reason.
  • address — The payment is pending because your buyer did not include a confirmed shipping address and your Payment Receiving Preferences is set such that you want to manually accept or deny each of these payments. To change your preference, go to the Preferences section of your Profile.
  • authorization — The payment is pending because it has been authorized but not settled. You must capture the funds first.
  • echeck — The payment is pending because it was made by an eCheck that has not yet cleared.
  • intl — The payment is pending because you hold a non-U.S. account and do not have a withdrawal mechanism. You must manually accept or deny this payment from your Account Overview.
  • multi-currency — You do not have a balance in the currency sent, and you do not have your Payment Receiving Preferences set to automatically convert and accept this payment. You must manually accept or deny this payment.
  • order — The payment is pending because it is part of an order that has been authorized but not settled.
  • paymentreview — The payment is pending while it is being reviewed by PayPal for risk.
  • regulatoryreview - The payment is pending while we make sure it meets regulatory requirements. You will be contacted again in 24-72 hours with the outcome of the review.
  • unilateral — The payment is pending because it was made to an email address that is not yet registered or confirmed.
  • verify —The payment is pending because you are not yet verified. You must verify your account before you can accept this payment.
  • other — The payment is pending for a reason other than those listed above. For more information, contact PayPal Customer Service.
Note: PendingReason is returned in the response only if PaymentStatus is Pending.
REASONCODE The reason for a reversal if the transaction type is reversal. Value is:

  • None — No reason code.

  • adjustment_reversal — Reversal of an adjustment.
  • admin_fraud_reversal — The transaction has been reversed due to fraud detected by PayPal administrators.
  • admin_reversal — The transaction has been reversed by PayPal administrators.

  • buyercomplaint — A reversal has occurred on this transaction due to a complaint about the transaction from your buyer.

  • chargeback — A reversal has occurred on this transaction due to a chargeback by your buyer.

  • chargeback_reimbursement — Reimbursement for a chargeback.
  • chargeback_settlement — Settlement of a chargeback.

  • guarantee — A reversal has occurred on this transaction due to your buyer triggering a money-back guarantee.

  • refund — A reversal has occurred on this transaction because you have given the buyer a refund.

  • regulatory_block — PayPal blocked the transaction due to a violation of a government regulation. In this case, payment_status is Denied.
  • regulatory_reject — PayPal rejected the transaction due to a violation of a government regulation and returned the funds to the buyer. In this case, payment_status is Denied.
  • regulatory_review_exceeding_sla — PayPal did not complete the review for compliance with government regulations within 72 hours, as required. Consequently, PayPal auto-reversed the transaction and returned the funds to the buyer. In this case, payment_status is Denied. Note that “sla” stands for “service level agreement.”
  • unauthorized_claim — The transaction has been reversed because it was not authorized by the buyer.
  • unauthorized_spoof — The transaction has been reversed due to a customer dispute in which an unauthorized spoof is suspected.

  • other — A reversal has occurred on this transaction due to a reason not listed above.
PROTECTIONELIGIBILITY Prior to version 64.4, the kind of seller protection in force for the transaction. Value is:
  • Eligible — Merchant is protected by PayPal's Seller Protection Policy for Unauthorized Payments and Item Not Received.
  • PartiallyEligible — Merchant is protected by PayPal's Seller Protection Policy for Item Not Received.
  • Ineligible — Merchant is not protected under the Seller Protection Policy.
PROTECTIONELIGIBILITYTYPE

Since version 64.4, the kind of seller protection in force for the transaction.

It is one or more of the following values:

  • ItemNotReceivedEligible – Merchant is protected by PayPal's Seller Protection Policy for Item Not Received.
  • UnauthorizedPaymentEligible – Merchant is protected by PayPal's Seller Protection Policy for Unauthorized Payment.
  • Ineligible – Merchant is not protected under the Seller Protection Policy.

Note: If more than one of these values is returned in this field, they will be returned in a comma-delimited string; for example, ItemNotReceivedEligible,UnauthorizedPaymentEligible.

This field is available since version 64.4.
STOREID StoreId as entered in the transaction.
SUBJECT

The value of the subject field entered by the buyer when making a payment.

TERMINALID TerminalId as entered in the transaction.

Payment Item Information Fields

Field Description
INVNUM Invoice number you set in the original transaction.

Character length and limitations: 256 single-byte alphanumeric characters
CUSTOM Custom field you set in the original transaction.

Character length and limitations: 256 single-byte alphanumeric characters
NOTE Memo entered by your customer in PayPal Website Payments note field.

Character length and limitations: 255 single-byte alphanumeric characters
SALESTAX Amount of tax charged on payment.
SOFTDESCRIPTOR

(Optional) Information that is usually displayed in the account holder's statement, for example, Your-Not-For-Profit State, Your-Not-For-Profit Branch-Name, Your-Website dues or Your-Website list fee.

Character length and limitations: 23 alphanumeric characters, can include the special characters dash (-) and dot (.) only. Asterisks (*) are NOT permitted. If it includes a space character (), enclose the "Soft-Descriptor" value in double quotes.

Note: For US Website Payments Pro AMEX cards only and only for merchants passing dynamic soft descriptors, the dynamic soft descriptors for AMEX cards are only guaranteed once the transaction settles. This means that during the authorization time the card issuing bank might show their customer the registered business or legal name for the merchant versus the dynamic soft descriptor passed on a per API transaction.

Payment Item Fields

Field Description
L_EBAYITEMTXNIDn (Optional) The eBay auction transaction ID of the item that you use to identify items that the buyer purchased.

Character length and limitations: 255 single-byte characters

These parameters must be ordered sequentially beginning with 0 (for example L_EBAYITEMTXNID0, L_EBAYITEMTXNID1).
L_NAMEn Item name set by you or entered by the customer.
Note:

Character length and limitations: 127 single-byte alphanumeric characters.

These parameters must be ordered sequentially beginning with 0 (for example L_NAME0, L_NAME1).
L_NUMBERn Item number set by you. If this was a shopping cart transaction, PayPal appends the number of the item to the HTML item_number variable, for example, item_number1, item_number2, and so forth.

Character length and limitations: 127 single-byte alphanumeric characters

These parameters must be ordered sequentially beginning with 0 (for example L_NUMBER0, L_NUMBER1).
L_QTYn Quantity set by you or entered by the buyer.

Character length and limitations: no limit
L_ITEMCOUNTUNITn Unit of measure for the itemCount
L_TAXABLEn Identifies whether this item is taxable or not. The default value is true.
L_TAXRATEn The tax percentage applied to the item. This value is only displayed on the invoice. It is not used in pricing calculations.
L_ADDITIONALFEESnTYPE Type of additional fees to the item
L_ADDITIONALFEESnAMOUNT Amount of additional fees to the item
L_ADDITIONALFEESnCURRENCY Currency of additional fees to the item
L_MPNn Manufacturer part number of the item.
L_ISBNn International Standard Book Number of the item

Character length and limits: 32 single-byte characters
L_PLUn Price Look-Up code of the item

Character length and limits: 5 single-byte characters
L_MODELNUMBERn Model number of the item

Character length and limits: 32 single-byte characters
L_STYLENUMBERn Style number of the item

Character length and limits: 32 single-byte characters
L_COUPONIDn (Optional) Coupon identification number.
L_COUPONAMOUNTn (Optional) Amount (value) of the coupon.
L_COUPONAMOUNTCURRENCYn (Optional) Currency of the coupon amount, e.g., a 3-character currency code.
L_LOYALTYCARDDISCOUNTAMOUNTn

(Optional) Amount of discount associated with this Loyalty Card incentive.

Character length and limitations:

Value is a negative number. It includes no currency symbol. Most currencies require 2 decimal places, the decimal separator must be a period (.), and the optional thousands separator must be a comma (,). Some currencies do not allow decimals. See the currency codes page for details.
L_LOYALTYCARDISCOUNTCURRENCYn

(Optional) Currency of the loyalty card discount, for example, a 3-character currency code.

Character length and limitations:

Value is a negative number. It includes no currency symbol. Most currencies require 2 decimal places, the decimal separator must be a period (.), and the optional thousands separator must be a comma (,). Some currencies do not allow decimals. See the currency codes page for details.
L_AMTn

Cost of item.

These parameters must be ordered sequentially beginning with 0 (for example L_AMT0, L_AMT1).

Character length and limitations:

Value is typically a positive number that cannot exceed 10,000.00 USD 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.
L_OPTIONSNAMEn PayPal option names for an item in the shopping cart; each name corresponds to an option value. There can be multiple option names per item.

The option names are ordered sequentially beginning with 0 (for example, L_OPTIONSNAMES0, L_OPTIONSNAME1).
L_OPTIONSVALUEn PayPal option values corresponding to option names of an item in the shopping cart.

The option names are ordered sequentially beginning with 0 (for example, L_OPTIONSVALUE0, L_OPTIONSVALUE1).

Auction Information Fields

Field Description
BUYERID Buyer's auction ID.
CLOSINGDATE Auction's close date.
MULTIITEM Counter used for multi-item auction payments.

SubscriptionInfoType Fields

Field Description

SUBSCRIPTIONID

xs:string

ID generated by PayPal for the subscriber.

Character length and limitations: No limit

SUBSCRIPTIONDATE

Subscription start date.

EFFECTIVEDATE

Date when the subscription modification is effective.

RETRYTIME

Date PayPal retries a failed subscription payment.

USERNAME

Username that PayPal generates and gives to the subscriber to access the subscription.

Character length and limitations: 64 alphanumeric single-byte characters

PASSWORD

Password that PayPal generates and gives to the subscriber to access the subscription. For security, the value of the password is hashed.

Character length and limitations: 128 alphanumeric single-byte characters

RECURRENCES

The number of payment installments that occur at the regular rate.

Character length and limitations: No limit

REATTEMPT

Indicates whether reattempts should occur upon payment failures.

RECURRING

Indicates whether regular rate recurs. Value is:

  • 1 — Yes

Subscription Terms Fields

Field Description
AMOUNT Amount subscriber is to be charged in 1 payment.

Character length and limitations: No limit
PERIOD Period of time that the subscriber is charged.

Character length and limitations: No limit
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