Integration Guide

IPN and PDT Variables
Website Payments Standard and Refund Information
56 October 2006 Order Management Integration Guide
mc_
shipping_x
Transaction-
specific for
multiple
currencies
This is the combined total of shipping and shipping2
WebsitePayments variables, where x is the shopping cart detail
item number. The shippingx variable is only shown when the
merchant applies a shipping amount for a specific item. Because
profile shipping might apply, the sum of shippingx might not
be equal to shipping.
num_cart_
items
If this is a PayPal Shopping Cart transaction, number of items in
cart.
option_
name1
PayPal appends the number of the item where x represents the
number of the shopping cart detail item (e.g., option_name1,
option_name2).
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option_
name2
PayPal appends the number of the item where x represents the
number of the shopping cart detail item (e.g., option_name2,
option_name2).
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option_
selection1_
x
PayPal appends the number of the item (e.g.,
option_selection1, option_selection2), where x
represents the number of the shopping cart detail item.
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option_
selection2_
x
PayPal appends the number of the item where x represents the
number of the shopping cart detail item (e.g.,
option_selection1, option_selection2).
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parent_txn_
id
In the case of a refund, reversal, or canceled reversal, this
variable contains the txn_id of the original transaction, while
txn_id contains a new ID for the new transaction.
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payment_
date
Time/Date stamp generated by PayPal, in the following format:
HH:MM:SS DD Mmm YY, YYYY PST
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ABLE A.4 IPN and PDT Variables: Website Payments Standard and Refund
Information
Variable
Name
Possible
Values Description
Character
Length