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How to find Paypal sandbox credentials for Braintree sandbox?

Trying to link a Paypal sandbox account with a Braintree sandbox.

Braintree sandbox requires email, client id and client secret to link to a paypal sandbox account, as shown in this screenshot from Braintree Gateway.

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In Paypal Developer website, i followed the instructions on this page and generated a sandbox access token for Braintree. After doing that, the blue account link at the bottom appeared:

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However, when i click that sandbox account link, it displays the following:

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This is not the email, client id and client secret that Braintree asked for.

Where exactly can i find these three items on the Paypal Developer website?

Solution

  • This might help from the PayPal Developer website.

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    In the "REST API apps" section, you need to press the "Create App" button to make a new App, choose any name for it.

    Once created, that app's credentials will work with Braintree Sandbox.