
Preface
Documentation Problems
14 July 2006 Web Services API Reference
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all PayPal API response methods are based.
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FORM
variables.
For example: The PayPal system uses a method=POST request to return IPN status
variables related to subscriptions, such as
txn_type.
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provide.
Example: For example,
amount is the variable for a single-item shopping cart, but
amount_X is the name of the variable for a multi-item shopping cart. amount_3 is the
item amount for the third item in a multiple-item shopping cart.
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