Unfortunately, the IPN simulator doesn’t include recurring payments as you’ve shown. You’ll need to setup real profiles and test them in the sandbox, or you can setup your own simulator. Just make a basic HTML form with the action set to your IPN URL and then add hidden fields to the form with the names/values … Read more
The handshake error is most likely to occur when your server/keystore config is non-compliant with the upgraded PayPal SSL encryption algorithms. IPN simulator will connect againest the PayPal Sandbox environment, which has been upgraded with Versign G5 root cert / SHA-2 encryption algorithms (btw this is an industry standard as supposed to be everywhere in … Read more
You can test on localhost using ngrok. Simply run ngrok locally then paste test url that ngrok gives you (something like http://1bc7d09d.ngrok.com/) It provides a tunnel to your localhost.
When you’re logged into your test business account, manually navigate to: https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/businessmanage/preferences/payments You would normally be able to get there by going through your “My Business Setup” but currently it redirects to PayPal live (despite being in the sandbox). Once you’re on that page, change “Block payments sent to me in a currency I do … Read more
The current PayPal for Business interface only provides a way to access IPN History if you have manually configured IPN in your PayPal account settings. In this case, you’d go to [your name] > Account Settings > Notifications > Instant Payment Notifications (click Update here), then the explanatory text there will include a link to … Read more
subscr_eot is sent when a user’s last paid interval has expired. subscr_cancel is sent as soon as the use cancels the subscription – for example: User signs up on day 1 for a subscription which is billed once a month. subscr_signup is sent immediately, subscr_payment is sent as soon as payment goes through (usually immediately … Read more
The APIs for PDT and IPN are similar. The main difference is when you receive the notification. For that reason I would recommend implementing both. With PDT you get the notification instantly and can do any additional processing required and show the user a confirmation page. With IPN you are guaranteed to be notified that … Read more