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Payflow SDK
Activating Your Payflow Gateway Account
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Activating Your Payflow Gateway Account
When you are ready to activate your Gateway account to begin submitting live transactions,
follow these steps:
1. Log in to PayPal Manager at https://manager.paypal.com
2. Click ActivateYour Account and follow the on-screen instructions.
3. Change the URL within your web or desktop application to point to the live Gateway
server host addresses.
Host URL Addresses
Use the following host addresses for sending test and live transactions:
For live transactions, use https://payflowpro.paypal.com
For testing purposes, use https://pilot-payflowpro.paypal.com
NOTE: If you are using an older version of the SDK, you will notice that the live and
testing URLs have changed. Be sure to use the URLs mentioned above and remove
the “/transaction” from the end of the URL.
Testing Your PayPal Payments Advanced and PayPal Payments Pro Integration
If you have a PayPal Payments Advanced or a PayPal Payments Pro account and you would
like to use the testing URL to test your integration, you will first need a PayPal Sandbox test
account. If you do not have a Sandbox account, go to
https://sandbox.paypal.com and follow the
instructions to create this account.
You will need to enter your Sandbox account information on the Setup page of PayPal
Manager
http://manager.paypal.com ( Service Settings -> Hosted Checkout Pages -> Setup).
Fill-in the PayPal Sandbox Email Address field and click Save. You can now test your
Payflow Gateway integration against the testing URL: https://pilot-
payflowpro.paypal.com.
Passing Information to and Receiving Information from the Hosted Pages
If you would like to pass information to or receive information from the PayPal Hosted
Checkout Pages, use one of the following URLs:
For live transactions, use https://payflowlink.paypal.com
For testing purposes, use https://pilot-payflowlink.paypal.com
NOTE: You no longer need to use the MODE parameter when passing a test secure token.
Instead, post your form parameters to the testing Payflow Link URL. The
MODE
parameter will be deprecated in the future.