User Guide

Button Manager NVP API April 2012 7
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PayPal Payments Standard
Button Manager API Overview
The PayPal Payments Standard (previously known as Website Payments Standard) Button
Manager API lets you programatically create, manage, edit, and delete PayPal Payment
Standard buttons, which are the same kind of buttons that you can create from the PayPal
Profile. Hosted buttons created by this API reside on PayPal and can use all features, including
inventory management; however, you can use this API to create code for non-hosted Standard
buttons as well.
 Button Manager Introduction
 Generated Button Code
 Button Hosting
 Hosted Button Manipulation
 Inventory Management Using Hosted Buttons
 Inventory Management for Digital Downloads
 Button Manager API Summary
 Hosted Solution Links
 Granting Third-Party Permission for APIs
Button Manager Introduction
You should consider creating and managing your buttons with the Button Manager API when
you are creating more than just a few PayPal Payment Standard buttons or when you manage
buttons for others; for example, if you provide a shopping cart for merchants.
The Button Manager API enables you to manage PayPal Payment Standard buttons
programatically in the same way that you can manage them on PayPal from the My Saved
Buttons page of your Profile.
NOTE: You can access your My Saved Buttons page on PayPal by choosing My Saved
Buttons from the Profile’s My selling tools. If no buttons exist, the menu item is
Create New Button.
You can use the API to create these Website Payment Standard and Hosted Sole Solution
buttons:
 Buy Now
 Add to Cart and View Cart
 Donate
 Buy Gift Certificate