User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Button Manager API (NVP)
- Preface
- Intended Audience
- Revision History
- PayPal Payments Standard Button Manager API Overview
- Using the Button Manager API With NVP
- Button Manager API Reference
- HTML Variables for PayPal Payments Standard
- Technical HTML Variables
- HTML Variables for Individual Items
- HTML Variables for Payment Transactions
- HTML Variables for Shopping Carts
- HTML Variables for Recurring Payments Buttons
- HTML Variables for Displaying PayPal Checkout Pages
- HTML Variables for Filling Out PayPal Checkout Pages Automatically
- HTML Variables for the Instant Update API
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Button Manager API Reference
The Button Manager API enables you to programatically create, edit, and delete PayPal
Payments Standard buttons hosted on PayPal, and track product inventory associated with
these buttons. You can also create non-hosted buttons with the Button Manager API; however,
only hosted buttons support button maintenance and inventory management.
BMCreateButton API Operation
BMUpdateButton API Operation
BMButtonSearch API Operation
BMGetButtonDetails API Operation
BMManageButtonStatus API Operation
BMSetInventory API Operation
BMGetInventory API Operation
BMCreateButton API Operation
Use the BMCreateButton API operation to create a PayPal Payments Standard button. You
can create either a button that is hosted on PayPal or a non-hosted 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.