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Paypal's Web services

Another exciting new development in the industry adoption of Web services- Paypal announced a (beta) Web service API. This is the biggest announcement since, well the Google and the Amazon Web service APIs. Paypal is the de-facto standard for online payments, and so this is big, big news.

The Web services consist of four new informational and transactional APIs that enable developers to create e-commerce solutions and applications that integrate with the PayPal platform.

The API calls are:

• TransactionSearch: Based on specified search criteria such as payment date or customer name, returns a set of matching transaction IDs and basic transaction details.


• GetTransactionDetails: For a given transaction, returns all details associated with the transaction, such as customer email address, time of payment, and purchase details.


• RefundTransaction: For a given transaction, reverses the transaction and issues a refund or partial refund to the purchaser.


• MassPay: Transfers funds to one or many recipients by providing an automated alternative to cutting paper checks or

You need to sign up at PayPal Developer Central to access the API manuals, code samples and developer forums.

I'll do just that- watch this space!