Getting Started with PayPal Server SDK

Introduction

Important Notes

• Available Features: This SDK currently contains only 3 of PayPal's API endpoints. Additional endpoints and functionality will be added in the future.

Information

The PayPal Server SDK provides integration access to the PayPal REST APIs. The API endpoints are divided into distinct controllers:

• Orders Controller: Orders API v2
• Payments Controller: [Payments API v2](https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/payments/v2
• Vault Controller: Payment Method Tokens API v3 Available in the US only.

Install the Package

Run the following command from your project directory to install the package from npm:

npm install @paypal/[email protected]

For additional package details, see the Npm page for the @paypal/[email protected] npm.

Initialize the API Client

Note: Documentation for the client can be found here.

The following parameters are configurable for the API Client:

Parameter	Type	Description
environment	Environment	The API environment. Default: Environment.Sandbox
timeout	number	Timeout for API calls. Default: 0
httpClientOptions	Partial<HttpClientOptions>	Stable configurable http client options.
unstableHttpClientOptions	any	Unstable configurable http client options.
logging	PartialLoggingOptions	Logging Configuration to enable logging
clientCredentialsAuthCredentials	ClientCredentialsAuthCredentials	The credential object for clientCredentialsAuth

The API client can be initialized as follows:

const client = new Client({
  clientCredentialsAuthCredentials: {
    oAuthClientId: 'OAuthClientId',
    oAuthClientSecret: 'OAuthClientSecret'
  },
  timeout: 0,
  environment: Environment.Sandbox,
  logging: {
    logLevel: LogLevel.Info,
    logRequest: {
      logBody: true
    },
    logResponse: {
      logHeaders: true
    }
  },
});

Environments

The SDK can be configured to use a different environment for making API calls. Available environments are:

Fields

Name	Description
Production	PayPal Live Environment
Sandbox	Default PayPal Sandbox Environment

Authorization

This API uses the following authentication schemes.

• Oauth2 (OAuth 2 Client Credentials Grant)

List of APIs

• Orders
• Payments
• Vault

SDK Infrastructure

Configuration

• HttpClientOptions
• RetryConfiguration
• PartialLoggingOptions
• PartialRequestLoggingOptions
• PartialResponseLoggingOptions
• LoggerInterface

HTTP

• HttpRequest

Utilities

• ApiResponse
• ApiError