User's Manual

Merchant User Manual and Integration Guide May, 2005 147
IPN and PDT Variables
Basic Information
B
Basic Information
payer_
status
verified
unverified
Customer has a Verified PayPal account.
Customer has an Unverified PayPal account.
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ABLE B.1 IPN and PDT Variables: Basic Information
Variable Name Possible Values Description
Character
Length
business Email address or account ID of the payment recipient (i.e., the
merchant). Equivalent to receiver_email if payment is sent
to primary account, and essentially an echo of the business
variable passed in the Website Payment button HTML code.
127
receiver_
email
Primary email address of the payment recipient (i.e., the
merchant). If the payment is sent to a non-primary email address
on your PayPal account, the receiver_email will still be your
primary email.
127
receiver_id Unique account ID of the payment recipient (i.e., the merchant).
This is the same as the recipient's referral ID.
13
item_name Item name as passed by you, the merchant. Or, if not passed by
you, as entered by your customer. If this is a shopping cart
transaction, PayPal will append the number of the item (e.g.,
item_name1, item_name2).
127
item_number Pass-through variable for you to track purchases. It will get
passed back to you at the completion of the payment. If omitted,
no variable will be passed back to you.
127
quantity Quantity as entered by your customer or as passed by you, the
merchant. If this is a shopping cart transaction, we will append
the number of the item (e.g. quantity1, quantity2).
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ABLE 17.1 IPN and PDT Variables: Buyer Information
Variable Name Possible Values Description
Character
Length