Integration Guide

IPN and PDT Variables
Advanced and Custom Information
42 August 2005
Advanced and Custom Information
quantity Quantity as entered by your customer or as passed by you, the
merchant. If this is a shopping cart transaction, PayPal appends
the number of the item (e.g. quantity1, quantity2).
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.
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receiver_id Unique account ID of the payment recipient (i.e., the merchant).
This is the same as the recipient's referral ID.
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ABLE A.2 IPN and PDT Variables: Advanced and Custom Information
Variable Name Possible Values Description
Character
Length
custom Custom value as passed by you, the merchant. These are pass-
through variables that are never presented to your customer
255
invoice Passthrough variable you can use to identify your Invoice
Number for this purchase. If omittted, no variable is passed back.
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memo Memo as entered by your customer in PayPal Website Payments
note field.
255
option_
name1
Option 1 name as requested by you.
If this is a shopping cart transaction, see
Table A.3, “IPN and
PDT Variables: Shopping Cart Information” on page 43
for
more information.
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option_name
2
Option 2 name as requested by you.
If this is a shopping cart transaction, see
Table A.3, “IPN and
PDT Variables: Shopping Cart Information” on page 43
for
more information.
option_
selection1
Option 1 choice as entered by your customer.
If this is a shopping cart transaction, see
Table A.3, “IPN and
PDT Variables: Shopping Cart Information” on page 43
for
more information.
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ABLE A.1 IPN and PDT Variables: Basic Information
Variable Name Possible Values Description
Character
Length