Study Guide
Table Of Contents
- PayPal Certified Developer Program Study Guide
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Online Payment Processing
- Internet Security and Fraud Prevention
- Why Every Business Should Be Concerned About Internet Fraud
- Liability for Internet Fraud
- Internet Fraud: What It Is and How It Happens
- Who Is at Risk for Online Fraud
- Reducing Exposure to Fraud
- What Banks and Card Associations Are Doing to Prevent Online Credit Card Fraud
- What PayPal Is Doing to Protect Your Business Against Fraud
- Disclosure and Compliance
- PayPal Fraud Protection Services
- Review Questions
- Getting Started With Account Setup
- API Credentials
- Name-Value Pair (NVP) API
- Express Checkout
- Direct Payment API
- Transactions
- Sandbox Testing
- Answers to Review Questions
- General Reference Information
- Glossary
- Index
Sandbox Testing
Accessing the PayPal Sandbox
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Welcome to the PayPal Sandbox
When you log in to the Sandbox, the Sandbox Test Environment home page appears:
On this page, you can perform the following actions:
z Manage test accounts from the Test Accounts tab. You can create and delete test accounts,
and enter the Sandbox Test Site, which simulates the live paypal.com site. For more
information, see “Setting Up Test Accounts” on page 111.
z Access email sent to test accounts from the Test Email tab. For more information, see
“Test Email” on page 110.
z View API credentials for business test accounts from the API Credentials tab. An API
signature, which is the preferred kind of credential, is created automatically when you
create a Business test account. You need the information on this tab when you test APIs.
z Obtain technical information about PayPal products and APIs, using the Help link.
z Change the login password, using the Profile link.
N OTE: You cannot change the Log In Email address.
Test Email
When certain kinds of transactions occur in the live PayPal system, PayPal sends email
messages to the real email addresses of the participants. From these email messages, the
recipient or initiator of an event or transaction can verify that the event took place and the
monetary amounts associated with the event are correct.