Integration Guide

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Integrating Your Website Using API
BMCreateButton API Operation
BMCreateButton API Operation
Use the BMCreateButton API operation to create Hosted Solution checkout button.
 BMCreateButton Request
 BMCreateButton Response
 BMCreateButton Errors
BMCreateButton Request
The request fields specify the characteristics of your button, which include associated menu
items related to the button. You can specify up to 5 menu items, each of which can include up
to 10 possible selections.
BMCreateButton Request Fields
N OTE: The values you pass must not contain any of these special characters (){}<>\";
Field Description
METHOD (Required)
BMCreateButton
BUTTONCODE (Optional) The kind of button code to create. It is one of the following values:
 TOKEN - A secure button, not stored on PayPal, used only to initiate the
Hosted Solution checkout flow; default for Pay Now button. Since version
65.2
 ENCRYPTED - An encrypted button, not stored on PayPal
 CLEARTEXT - An unencrypted button, not stored on PayPal
BUTTONTYPE (Required) The kind of button you want to create.
PAYMENT - Pay Now button; since version 65.2
L_BUTTONVAR
n (Optional) HTML standard button variables