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
I just had the same problem and I solved it by updating the Newtonsoft.Json to the latest version using Update-Package Newtonsoft.Json and then going to Web.config and adding: <dependentAssembly> <assemblyIdentity name=”Newtonsoft.Json” publicKeyToken=”30ad4fe6b2a6aeed”/> <bindingRedirect oldVersion=”0.0.0.0-4.5.0.0″ newVersion=”5.0.8″/> </dependentAssembly>
PayPal’s developer support and documentation is an embarrassment to them. But this particular limitation isn’t as debilitating as it seems at first blush. For testing, define your recurring payment to not have a free trial. When you create a new subscription, your server will receive two IPN messages in quick succession, one to create the … Read more
OK, to answer my own question as I’ve got to the bottom of this. First of all thanks to those who’ve provided answers and comments. So, in my particular case the problem turned out to be that my password was too simple. On the form, the hint next to the password field is ‘(8-20 characters)’. … 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.
A bit late in the game but just in case it helps anyone. If you are testing using the Sandbox and on the payment page you want to test payments NOT using a PayPal account but using the “Pay with Debit or Credit Card option” (i.e. when a regular Joe/Jane, NOT PayPal users, want to … Read more
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