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
Button Manager API Reference
BMGetButtonDetails API Operation
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BMGetButtonDetails Response
The response fields contain all non-inventory information related to the button.
BMGetButtonDetails Response Fields
Option Details Fields
Field Description
BUTTONTYPE The kind of button. It is one of the following values:
BUYNOW - Buy Now button
CART - Add to Cart button
GIFTCERTIFICATE - Gift Certificate button
SUBSCRIBE - Subscribe button
DONATE - Donate button
UNSUBSCRIBE - Unsubscribe button
VIEWCART - View Cart button
PAYMENTPLAN - Installment Plan button; since version 63.0
AUTOBILLING - Automatic Billing button; since version 63.0
BUTTONCODE The kind of button code. It is one of the following values:
HOSTED - A secure button stored on PayPal
ENCRYPTED - An encrypted button, not stored on PayPal
CLEARTEXT - An unencrypted button, not stored on PayPal
BUTTONSUBTYPE The use of button. It is one of the following values:
PRODUCTS - button is used to purchase products
SERVICES - button is used to purchase services
HOSTEDBUTTONID ID of a PayPal hosted button
WEBSITECODE HTML code for web pages
EMAILLINK Code for email links and links in other documents that support external links
L_BUTTONVAR
n HTML standard button variables
Field Description
OPTION
nNAME (Optional) The menu name
It is one or more variables, in which
n is a digit between 0 and 4, inclusive, for
hosted buttons; otherwise, it is a digit between 0 and 9, inclusive.