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Auth / Capture using Adaptive Payment of Paypal?

Is it possible to do authorization and capture using Adaptive Payment of Paypal ? How ?

Solution

  • Sort of, but it's not really the same. What you would do is use the Preapproval API to create a preapproval profile for the payer(s) using your app. Then you can pass the preapproval key that you get back into future Pay API calls to submit payments on their behalf without further approval.

    Setting up the preapproval would be similar to authorization a payment, and then running the pay call to trigger a payment would be similar to capturing.

    This guide on setting up preapproval profiles should help you understand how it all works.