Creating PayPal Credentials

Before the PayPal Restful payment-module can be used, you need to create credentials so that PayPal "knows who you are". Just follow these relatively simple steps. You must have a PayPal business account to continue!

1. Log into your PayPal business account. You _should _see a link on the left side of the screen labelled "Business Tools"; click that. If you don't see that link, contact your PayPal representative.

2. From the next screen, find (you might need to scroll down) and click the "Online Checkout" button and then the "Get Started" button on the next page displayed.

3. You might be asked to provide a phone number and email address that customers can use to contact you. Once you've supplied those, you'll see a screen similar to the following. Click on the "Get Started" button in the block titled "Have a custom-built site?".

4. You'll see a screen similar to the following. Click the "Expanded Checkout" button.

5. You'll see a couple of 'transitional' screens. Click "Next" on the first and "Agree and Submit" on the next:

6. Your PayPal account is now created, click on "Set Up Checkout" and then "Manage API Credentials":

Note: In some cases, clicking "Setup Checkout" has been seen to loop you back to the screen shown in step 3. If this is happening to you, open another tab and login to https://developer.paypal.com. At that point, you should be able to create API credentials.

7. You'll see a screen similar to the following with the credentials you'll need to enable the PayPal RESTful payment module. Make sure that you have toggled that switch to view your Live credentials! The API Key displayed is entered as the payment-module's Client ID and the Secret is entered as the Client Secret for the PayPal environment you've selected.

Note: You don't need to have Sandbox credentials unless you or your site's developer requires the PayPal sandbox for testing!