User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Mass Payments User Guide
- Contents
- Preface
- Mass Payments Overview
- Using Mass Payments in Your PayPal Account
- Using the Mass Payments API
- Mass Payments Reporting
- About Mass Payments Reporting
- Using the Reports Dashboard to Review Mass Payment Transactions
- Using Account History to Review Mass Payment Transactions
- Viewing Transaction Logs
- Downloading History Logs
- Receiving Instant Payment Notifications for Mass Payments
- Using the Settlement Report and the Transaction Detail Report
- Best Practices and FAQs for Mass Payments
- Mass Payments FAQs
- Is there a fee to send Mass Payments?
- How much money can I send?
- What countries can receive Mass Payments?
- Can I send money in different currencies?
- How do I confirm the receipt of payments?
- How do I cancel an individual payment?
- A recipient told me that payment was not received. What could be the problem?
- What does it mean if a mass payment is “Processing, Denied, Processed or Completed” in my transaction history?
- Mass Payments FAQs
- Currencies and Currency Codes
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Using the Mass Payments API
MassPay API Using NVP
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SOAP MassPay Response Message
The elements returned are the same as for AbstractResponseType.
The response message follows the
standard SOAP response structure.
MassPay API Using NVP
The following is a sample MassPay API call to two recipients using the PayPal Name-Value
Pair (NVP) API. The recipients are specified by email address.
USER=fictionaluser.unknowncompany.com&
PWD=apiPassword&
SIGNATURE=AFcFxV21C7fd0v3bYYYRCpSSRl31ACInnLACIHV5EdPnjIVOlb1a6kn9&
VERSION=2.3&
METHOD=MassPay&
RECEIVERTYPE=EmailAddress&
L_EMAIL0=fred@unknowncompany.com&
L_AMT0=25.99&
L_EMAIL1=john@fictionalcompany.com&
L_AMT1=9.99&
CURRENCYCODE=USD
NOTE: Carriage returns have been added to the code example for easier reading.
For more information on implementing the MassPay API using NVP, see the
PayPal Name-
Value Pair API Developer Reference Guide.
The following sections contain a list and descriptions of the MassPay fields:
“NVP MassPay Request Message” on page 24
“NVP MassPay Response Message” on page 24