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Merchant User Manual and Integration Guide May, 2005 137
HTML Samples
PayPal Shopping Cart HTML and Variables
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PayPal Shopping Cart HTML and Variables
PayPal Shopping Cart HTML
Rather than creating a separate button for every single item you wish to sell with the PayPal
Shopping Cart, you can manipulate the Add to Cart HTML code to create different Add to
Cart buttons.
Standard Add to Cart HTML
The following HTML shows the output of a generic Add to Cart button (several optional
fields are shown):
IMPORTANT:You can change the values for any of the variables, with the exception of the
first two lines:
<form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-
bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart">
These lines are required and must not be changed.
<form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="[e-mail]">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Baseball Hat">
<input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="12345">
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="15.00">
<input type="hidden" name="cn" value="How Did You Hear About Us?">
<table>
<tr>
<td><input type="hidden" name="on0" value="Color?">Color?
<select name="os0">
<option value="Red">Red
<option value="Green">Green
<option value="Blue">Blue</select></td>
</tr>
</table>
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/images/x-click-but22.gif" border="0"
name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it’s fast, free and secure!">
<input type="hidden" name="add" value="1">
</form>