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How to setup Order Summary for PayflowPro Express Checkout?

I want to display description of items like this: enter image description here

I wrote my solution according to this article and attached to this asp.net solution.

However, on the PayPal login page (such as in the first picture), I see only the purchase and amount (not as in the first picture).

I use these URLs to create a transaction:

To setup transaction I send these parameters:

  • "PARTNER"
  • "VENDOR"
  • "USER"
  • "PWD"
  • "TRXTYPE"
  • "AMT"
  • "CURRENCY"
  • "CREATESECURETOKEN"
  • "SECURETOKENID"
  • "RETURNURL"
  • "CANCELURL"
  • "ERRORURL"
  • "VERBOSITY"
  • "BILLTOFIRSTNAME"
  • "BILLTOLASTNAME"
  • "BILLTOSTREET"
  • "BILLTOCITY"
  • "BILLTOSTATE"
  • "BILLTOZIP"
  • "BILLTOCOUNTRY"
  • "SHIPTOFIRSTNAME"
  • "SHIPTOLASTNAME"
  • "SHIPTOSTREET"
  • "SHIPTOCITY"
  • "SHIPTOSTATE"
  • "SHIPTOZIP"
  • "SHIPTOCOUNTRY"

I have tried to define line-items description using those parameters:

  • "L_QTYn"
  • "L_NAMEn"
  • "L_DESCn"
  • "L_COSTn"
  • "L_TAXAMTn"

where n - line number from 0 or 1 (I can't remember now)

I have also tried those parameters:

  • "L_PAYMENTREQUEST_m_NAMEn"
  • "L_PAYMENTREQUEST_m_NUMBERn"
  • ... and so on

I didn't get any changes in all cases.

So, what have I missed? Is it possible to display items for PayflowPro Express Checkout?

Solution

  • Thanks for referencing my article :)

    To pass EC line items through Payflow, there are two solutions:

    A) Contact www.paypal.com/mts and ask them to toggle the Features BitMap that enables EC line items

    B) Add this to your request: "_TRAILER_PASSTHROUGH__=Y"

    Note that (B) can change the format of the responses you receive from Payflow to have value length tags, i.e. NAME[5]=VALUE instead of NAME=VALUE, so parse accordingly...

    (In particular, this will happen when the VALUE returned from PayPal contains special characters such as "&" within it, so you can't simply split the string on "&")