Create order

Creates an order. Merchants and partners can add Level 2 and 3 data to payments to reduce risk and payment processing costs. For more information about processing payments, see checkout or multiparty checkout.Note: For error handling and troubleshooting, see Orders v2 errors.

Authorization

Oauth2 https://uri.paypal.com/services/payments/payment, https://uri.paypal.com/services/payments/orders/deprecating-jssdk-migration-for-limited-merchants

AuthorizationBearer <token>

Oauth 2.0 authentication

In: header

Scope: https://uri.paypal.com/services/payments/payment, https://uri.paypal.com/services/payments/orders/deprecating-jssdk-migration-for-limited-merchants

Header Parameters

PayPal-Request-Id?string

The server stores keys for 6 hours. The API callers can request the times to up to 72 hours by speaking to their Account Manager. It is mandatory for all single-step create order calls (E.g. Create Order Request with payment source information like Card, PayPal.vault_id, PayPal.billing_agreement_id, etc).

Match^[\S\s]*$

Length1 <= length <= 108

PayPal-Partner-Attribution-Id?string

PayPal Partner can send a PayPal-Partner-Attribution-Id request header with the value that they have been assigned by the PayPal Partner program. This value is known as a BN Code. In order to reward such partners (through partner programs), all the activities (including API calls) that they are doing on behalf of the merchants need to be tracked.

Match^[\S\s]*$

Length1 <= length <= 36

PayPal-Client-Metadata-Id?GUID

A GUID value originating from Fraudnet and Dyson passed from external API clients via HTTP header. The value is used by Risk decisions to correlate calls which, in turn, might result in lower decline rates..

Match^[A-Za-z0-9-{}(),]*$

Length1 <= length <= 68

Prefer?string

The preferred server response upon successful completion of the request. Value is:return=minimal. The server returns a minimal response to optimize communication between the API caller and the server. A minimal response includes the id, status and HATEOAS links.return=representation. The server returns a complete resource representation, including the current state of the resource.

Default"return=minimal"

Match^[a-zA-Z=,-]*$

Length1 <= length <= 25

Authorization?Schema Object for standard headers

Holds authorization information for external API calls.

Match^.*$

Length1 <= length <= 16000

PayPal-Auth-Assertion?string

Header for an API client-provided JWT assertion that identifies the merchant. Establishing the consent to act-on-behalf of a merchant is a prerequisite for using this header.

Match^.*$

Length1 <= length <= 10000

Request Body

TypeScript Definitions

Use the request body type in TypeScript.

Response Body

`application/json`

Request samples

using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
using PaypalServerSdk.Standard;
using PaypalServerSdk.Standard.Authentication;
using PaypalServerSdk.Standard.Controllers;
using PaypalServerSdk.Standard.Exceptions;
using PaypalServerSdk.Standard.Http.Response;
using PaypalServerSdk.Standard.Models;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace TestConsoleProject
{
    public class Program
    {
        public static async Task Main()
        {
            PaypalServerSdkClient client = new PaypalServerSdkClient.Builder()
                .ClientCredentialsAuth(
                    new ClientCredentialsAuthModel.Builder(
                        "OAuthClientId",
                        "OAuthClientSecret"
                    )
                    .Build())
                .Environment(PaypalServerSdk.Standard.Environment.Sandbox)
                .LoggingConfig(config => config
                    .LogLevel(LogLevel.Information)
                    .RequestConfig(reqConfig => reqConfig.Body(true))
                    .ResponseConfig(respConfig => respConfig.Headers(true))
                )
                .Build();

            OrdersController ordersController = client.OrdersController;

            // Request body for this sample:
            // {
            //   "payment_source": {
            //     "paypal": {
            //       "experience_context": {
            //         "payment_method_preference": "IMMEDIATE_PAYMENT_REQUIRED",
            //         "landing_page": "LOGIN",
            //         "shipping_preference": "GET_FROM_FILE",
            //         "user_action": "PAY_NOW",
            //         "return_url": "https://example.com/returnUrl",
            //         "cancel_url": "https://example.com/cancelUrl"
            //       }
            //     }
            //   },
            //   "purchase_units": [
            //     {
            //       "invoice_id": "90210",
            //       "amount": {
            //         "currency_code": "USD",
            //         "value": "230.00",
            //         "breakdown": {
            //           "item_total": {
            //             "currency_code": "USD",
            //             "value": "220.00"
            //           },
            //           "shipping": {
            //             "currency_code": "USD",
            //             "value": "10.00"
            //           }
            //         }
            //       },
            //       "items": [
            //         {
            //           "name": "T-Shirt",
            //           "description": "Super Fresh Shirt",
            //           "unit_amount": {
            //             "currency_code": "USD",
            //             "value": "20.00"
            //           },
            //           "quantity": "1",
            //           "category": "PHYSICAL_GOODS",
            //           "sku": "sku01",
            //           "image_url": "https://example.com/static/images/items/1/tshirt_green.jpg",
            //           "url": "https://example.com/url-to-the-item-being-purchased-1",
            //           "upc": {
            //             "type": "UPC-A",
            //             "code": "123456789012"
            //           }
            //         },
            //         {
            //           "name": "Shoes",
            //           "description": "Running, Size 10.5",
            //           "sku": "sku02",
            //           "unit_amount": {
            //             "currency_code": "USD",
            //             "value": "100.00"
            //           },
            //           "quantity": "2",
            //           "category": "PHYSICAL_GOODS",
            //           "image_url": "https://example.com/static/images/items/1/shoes_running.jpg",
            //           "url": "https://example.com/url-to-the-item-being-purchased-2",
            //           "upc": {
            //             "type": "UPC-A",
            //             "code": "987654321012"
            //           }
            //         }
            //       ]
            //     }
            //   ]
            // }

            CreateOrderInput createOrderInput = new CreateOrderInput
            {
                Body = new OrderRequest
                {
                    Intent = CheckoutPaymentIntent.Capture,
                    PurchaseUnits = new List<PurchaseUnitRequest>
                    {
                        new PurchaseUnitRequest
                        {
                            Amount = new AmountWithBreakdown
                            {
                                CurrencyCode = "USD",
                                MValue = "100.00",
                            },
                        },
                    },
                },
                Prefer = "return=minimal",
            };

            try
            {
                ApiResponse<Order> result = await ordersController.CreateOrderAsync(createOrderInput);
            }
            catch (ApiException e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
            }
        }
    }
}

Request Body

{
  "payment_source": {
    "paypal": {
      "experience_context": {
        "payment_method_preference": "IMMEDIATE_PAYMENT_REQUIRED",
        "landing_page": "LOGIN",
        "shipping_preference": "GET_FROM_FILE",
        "user_action": "PAY_NOW",
        "return_url": "https://example.com/returnUrl",
        "cancel_url": "https://example.com/cancelUrl"
      }
    }
  },
  "purchase_units": [
    {
      "invoice_id": "90210",
      "amount": {
        "currency_code": "USD",
        "value": "230.00",
        "breakdown": {
          "item_total": {
            "currency_code": "USD",
            "value": "220.00"
          },
          "shipping": {
            "currency_code": "USD",
            "value": "10.00"
          }
        }
      },
      "items": [
        {
          "name": "T-Shirt",
          "description": "Super Fresh Shirt",
          "unit_amount": {
            "currency_code": "USD",
            "value": "20.00"
          },
          "quantity": "1",
          "category": "PHYSICAL_GOODS",
          "sku": "sku01",
          "image_url": "https://example.com/static/images/items/1/tshirt_green.jpg",
          "url": "https://example.com/url-to-the-item-being-purchased-1",
          "upc": {
            "type": "UPC-A",
            "code": "123456789012"
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "Shoes",
          "description": "Running, Size 10.5",
          "sku": "sku02",
          "unit_amount": {
            "currency_code": "USD",
            "value": "100.00"
          },
          "quantity": "2",
          "category": "PHYSICAL_GOODS",
          "image_url": "https://example.com/static/images/items/1/shoes_running.jpg",
          "url": "https://example.com/url-to-the-item-being-purchased-2",
          "upc": {
            "type": "UPC-A",
            "code": "987654321012"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Response samples

{
  "id": "5O190127TN364715T",
  "payment_source": {
    "paypal": {}
  },
  "links": [
    {
      "href": "https://api-m.paypal.com/v2/checkout/orders/5O190127TN364715T",
      "rel": "self",
      "method": "GET"
    },
    {
      "href": "https://www.paypal.com/checkoutnow?token=5O190127TN364715T",
      "rel": "payer-action",
      "method": "GET"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "id": "8K832279M55989614",
  "payment_source": {
    "paypal": {
      "email_address": "buyer@paypal.com",
      "account_id": "XQHSN372NGSP2",
      "account_status": "UNVERIFIED",
      "name": {
        "given_name": "Tom",
        "surname": "Business"
      },
      "phone_number": {
        "national_number": "8127081430"
      },
      "address": {
        "country_code": "US"
      }
    }
  },
  "purchase_units": [
    {
      "reference_id": "default",
      "amount": {
        "currency_code": "USD",
        "value": "100.00"
      },
      "payee": {
        "email_address": "seller@paypal.com",
        "merchant_id": "Q7C9N6S4YRQXG"
      },
      "shipping": {
        "name": {
          "full_name": "Tom Business"
        },
        "address": {
          "address_line_1": "123 Fake St.",
          "admin_area_2": "Baton Rouge",
          "admin_area_1": "LA",
          "postal_code": "70802",
          "country_code": "US"
        }
      },
      "payments": {
        "authorizations": [
          {
            "status": "CREATED",
            "id": "7X550106NA4440028",
            "amount": {
              "currency_code": "USD",
              "value": "100.00"
            },
            "seller_protection": {
              "status": "ELIGIBLE",
              "dispute_categories": [
                "UNAUTHORIZED_TRANSACTION"
              ]
            },
            "expiration_time": "2024-06-05T18:46:54Z",
            "links": [
              {
                "href": "https://api-m.paypal.com/v2/payments/authorizations/7X550106NA4440028",
                "rel": "self",
                "method": "GET"
              },
              {
                "href": "https://api-m.paypal.com/v2/payments/authorizations/7X550106NA4440028/capture",
                "rel": "capture",
                "method": "POST"
              },
              {
                "href": "https://api-m.paypal.com/v2/payments/authorizations/7X550106NA4440028/void",
                "rel": "void",
                "method": "POST"
              },
              {
                "href": "https://api-m.paypal.com/v2/checkout/orders/8K832279M55989614",
                "rel": "up",
                "method": "GET"
              }
            ],
            "create_time": "2024-05-07T18:46:54Z",
            "update_time": "2024-05-07T18:46:54Z"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "payer": {
    "name": {
      "given_name": "Tom",
      "surname": "Business"
    },
    "email_address": "buyer@paypal.com",
    "payer_id": "XQHSN372NGSP2",
    "phone": {
      "phone_number": {
        "national_number": "8127081430"
      }
    },
    "address": {
      "country_code": "US"
    }
  },
  "create_time": "2024-05-07T18:46:15Z",
  "update_time": "2024-05-07T18:46:54Z",
  "links": [
    {
      "href": "https://api-m.paypal.com/v2/checkout/orders/8K832279M55989614",
      "rel": "self",
      "method": "GET"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "name": "INVALID_REQUEST",
  "message": "Request is not well-formed, syntactically incorrect, or violates schema.",
  "debug_id": "10398537340c8",
  "details": [
    {
      "field": "/purchase_units",
      "value": "[]",
      "location": "body",
      "issue": "INVALID_ARRAY_MIN_ITEMS",
      "description": "The number of items in an array parameter is too small."
    }
  ],
  "links": [
    {
      "href": "https://developer.paypal.com/api/orders/v2/#error-INVALID_ARRAY_MIN_ITEMS",
      "rel": "information_link"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "name": "UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY",
  "details": [
    {
      "field": "/purchase_units/@reference_id=='PUHF'/shipping/address",
      "issue": "MISSING_SHIPPING_ADDRESS",
      "description": "The shipping address is required when `shipping_preference=SET_PROVIDED_ADDRESS`."
    }
  ],
  "message": "The requested action could not be performed, semantically incorrect, or failed business validation.",
  "debug_id": "f200264a4e02a",
  "links": [
    {
      "href": "https://developer.paypal.com/api/rest/reference/orders/v2/errors/#MISSING_SHIPPING_ADDRESS",
      "rel": "information_link",
      "method": "GET"
    }
  ]
}

Header Parameters

PayPal-Request-Id?string

Match^[\S\s]*$

Length1 <= length <= 108

PayPal-Partner-Attribution-Id?string

Match^[\S\s]*$

Length1 <= length <= 36

PayPal-Client-Metadata-Id?GUID

Match^[A-Za-z0-9-{}(),]*$

Length1 <= length <= 68

Prefer?string

Default"return=minimal"

Match^[a-zA-Z=,-]*$

Length1 <= length <= 25

Authorization?Schema Object for standard headers

Holds authorization information for external API calls.

Match^.*$

Length1 <= length <= 16000

PayPal-Auth-Assertion?string

Header for an API client-provided JWT assertion that identifies the merchant. Establishing the consent to act-on-behalf of a merchant is a prerequisite for using this header.

Match^.*$

Length1 <= length <= 10000

TypeScript Definitions

Use the request body type in TypeScript.

intent*checkout_payment_intent

The intent to either capture payment immediately or authorize a payment for an order after order creation.

Value in"CAPTURE" | "AUTHORIZE"

payer?Deprecated

purchase_units*array<>

An array of purchase units. Each purchase unit establishes a contract between a payer and the payee. Each purchase unit represents either a full or partial order that the payer intends to purchase from the payee.

Items1 <= items <= 10

payment_source?

The payment source definition.

application_context?

using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging; using PaypalServerSdk.Standard; using PaypalServerSdk.Standard.Authentication; using PaypalServerSdk.Standard.Controllers; using PaypalServerSdk.Standard.Exceptions; using PaypalServerSdk.Standard.Http.Response; using PaypalServerSdk.Standard.Models; using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Threading.Tasks; namespace TestConsoleProject { public class Program { public static async Task Main() { PaypalServerSdkClient client = new PaypalServerSdkClient.Builder() .ClientCredentialsAuth( new ClientCredentialsAuthModel.Builder( "OAuthClientId", "OAuthClientSecret" ) .Build()) .Environment(PaypalServerSdk.Standard.Environment.Sandbox) .LoggingConfig(config => config .LogLevel(LogLevel.Information) .RequestConfig(reqConfig => reqConfig.Body(true)) .ResponseConfig(respConfig => respConfig.Headers(true)) ) .Build(); OrdersController ordersController = client.OrdersController; // Request body for this sample: // { // "payment_source": { // "paypal": { // "experience_context": { // "payment_method_preference": "IMMEDIATE_PAYMENT_REQUIRED", // "landing_page": "LOGIN", // "shipping_preference": "GET_FROM_FILE", // "user_action": "PAY_NOW", // "return_url": "https://example.com/returnUrl", // "cancel_url": "https://example.com/cancelUrl" // } // } // }, // "purchase_units": [ // { // "invoice_id": "90210", // "amount": { // "currency_code": "USD", // "value": "230.00", // "breakdown": { // "item_total": { // "currency_code": "USD", // "value": "220.00" // }, // "shipping": { // "currency_code": "USD", // "value": "10.00" // } // } // }, // "items": [ // { // "name": "T-Shirt", // "description": "Super Fresh Shirt", // "unit_amount": { // "currency_code": "USD", // "value": "20.00" // }, // "quantity": "1", // "category": "PHYSICAL_GOODS", // "sku": "sku01", // "image_url": "https://example.com/static/images/items/1/tshirt_green.jpg", // "url": "https://example.com/url-to-the-item-being-purchased-1", // "upc": { // "type": "UPC-A", // "code": "123456789012" // } // }, // { // "name": "Shoes", // "description": "Running, Size 10.5", // "sku": "sku02", // "unit_amount": { // "currency_code": "USD", // "value": "100.00" // }, // "quantity": "2", // "category": "PHYSICAL_GOODS", // "image_url": "https://example.com/static/images/items/1/shoes_running.jpg", // "url": "https://example.com/url-to-the-item-being-purchased-2", // "upc": { // "type": "UPC-A", // "code": "987654321012" // } // } // ] // } // ] // } CreateOrderInput createOrderInput = new CreateOrderInput { Body = new OrderRequest { Intent = CheckoutPaymentIntent.Capture, PurchaseUnits = new List<PurchaseUnitRequest> { new PurchaseUnitRequest { Amount = new AmountWithBreakdown { CurrencyCode = "USD", MValue = "100.00", }, }, }, }, Prefer = "return=minimal", }; try { ApiResponse<Order> result = await ordersController.CreateOrderAsync(createOrderInput); } catch (ApiException e) { Console.WriteLine(e.Message); } } } }

{ "payment_source": { "paypal": { "experience_context": { "payment_method_preference": "IMMEDIATE_PAYMENT_REQUIRED", "landing_page": "LOGIN", "shipping_preference": "GET_FROM_FILE", "user_action": "PAY_NOW", "return_url": "https://example.com/returnUrl", "cancel_url": "https://example.com/cancelUrl" } } }, "purchase_units": [ { "invoice_id": "90210", "amount": { "currency_code": "USD", "value": "230.00", "breakdown": { "item_total": { "currency_code": "USD", "value": "220.00" }, "shipping": { "currency_code": "USD", "value": "10.00" } } }, "items": [ { "name": "T-Shirt", "description": "Super Fresh Shirt", "unit_amount": { "currency_code": "USD", "value": "20.00" }, "quantity": "1", "category": "PHYSICAL_GOODS", "sku": "sku01", "image_url": "https://example.com/static/images/items/1/tshirt_green.jpg", "url": "https://example.com/url-to-the-item-being-purchased-1", "upc": { "type": "UPC-A", "code": "123456789012" } }, { "name": "Shoes", "description": "Running, Size 10.5", "sku": "sku02", "unit_amount": { "currency_code": "USD", "value": "100.00" }, "quantity": "2", "category": "PHYSICAL_GOODS", "image_url": "https://example.com/static/images/items/1/shoes_running.jpg", "url": "https://example.com/url-to-the-item-being-purchased-2", "upc": { "type": "UPC-A", "code": "987654321012" } } ] } ] }

{ "id": "5O190127TN364715T", "payment_source": { "paypal": {} }, "links": [ { "href": "https://api-m.paypal.com/v2/checkout/orders/5O190127TN364715T", "rel": "self", "method": "GET" }, { "href": "https://www.paypal.com/checkoutnow?token=5O190127TN364715T", "rel": "payer-action", "method": "GET" } ] }

{ "id": "8K832279M55989614", "payment_source": { "paypal": { "email_address": "buyer@paypal.com", "account_id": "XQHSN372NGSP2", "account_status": "UNVERIFIED", "name": { "given_name": "Tom", "surname": "Business" }, "phone_number": { "national_number": "8127081430" }, "address": { "country_code": "US" } } }, "purchase_units": [ { "reference_id": "default", "amount": { "currency_code": "USD", "value": "100.00" }, "payee": { "email_address": "seller@paypal.com", "merchant_id": "Q7C9N6S4YRQXG" }, "shipping": { "name": { "full_name": "Tom Business" }, "address": { "address_line_1": "123 Fake St.", "admin_area_2": "Baton Rouge", "admin_area_1": "LA", "postal_code": "70802", "country_code": "US" } }, "payments": { "authorizations": [ { "status": "CREATED", "id": "7X550106NA4440028", "amount": { "currency_code": "USD", "value": "100.00" }, "seller_protection": { "status": "ELIGIBLE", "dispute_categories": [ "UNAUTHORIZED_TRANSACTION" ] }, "expiration_time": "2024-06-05T18:46:54Z", "links": [ { "href": "https://api-m.paypal.com/v2/payments/authorizations/7X550106NA4440028", "rel": "self", "method": "GET" }, { "href": "https://api-m.paypal.com/v2/payments/authorizations/7X550106NA4440028/capture", "rel": "capture", "method": "POST" }, { "href": "https://api-m.paypal.com/v2/payments/authorizations/7X550106NA4440028/void", "rel": "void", "method": "POST" }, { "href": "https://api-m.paypal.com/v2/checkout/orders/8K832279M55989614", "rel": "up", "method": "GET" } ], "create_time": "2024-05-07T18:46:54Z", "update_time": "2024-05-07T18:46:54Z" } ] } } ], "payer": { "name": { "given_name": "Tom", "surname": "Business" }, "email_address": "buyer@paypal.com", "payer_id": "XQHSN372NGSP2", "phone": { "phone_number": { "national_number": "8127081430" } }, "address": { "country_code": "US" } }, "create_time": "2024-05-07T18:46:15Z", "update_time": "2024-05-07T18:46:54Z", "links": [ { "href": "https://api-m.paypal.com/v2/checkout/orders/8K832279M55989614", "rel": "self", "method": "GET" } ] }

{ "name": "INVALID_REQUEST", "message": "Request is not well-formed, syntactically incorrect, or violates schema.", "debug_id": "10398537340c8", "details": [ { "field": "/purchase_units", "value": "[]", "location": "body", "issue": "INVALID_ARRAY_MIN_ITEMS", "description": "The number of items in an array parameter is too small." } ], "links": [ { "href": "https://developer.paypal.com/api/orders/v2/#error-INVALID_ARRAY_MIN_ITEMS", "rel": "information_link" } ] }

{ "name": "UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY", "details": [ { "field": "/purchase_units/@reference_id=='PUHF'/shipping/address", "issue": "MISSING_SHIPPING_ADDRESS", "description": "The shipping address is required when `shipping_preference=SET_PROVIDED_ADDRESS`." } ], "message": "The requested action could not be performed, semantically incorrect, or failed business validation.", "debug_id": "f200264a4e02a", "links": [ { "href": "https://developer.paypal.com/api/rest/reference/orders/v2/errors/#MISSING_SHIPPING_ADDRESS", "rel": "information_link", "method": "GET" } ] }

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