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Last updated: 21-Jan-2021
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Overview

Use the getPayPalExpressCheckoutRedirectURL method to retrieve the RedirectURL by sending an Order object with PAYPAL_EXPRESS payment method.

Parameters

Parameters Type/Description

sessionID

Required (string)

 

Session identifier, the output of the Login method. Include sessionID into all your requests. 2Checkout throws an exception if the values are incorrect.  The sessionID expires in 10 minutes.

Order

Required (Object)

 

Object designed to collect all data necessary for an order, including billing, product/subscription plan and payment details.

 

Use PAYPAL_EXPRESS as the payment method.

Response

Parameters Type/Description

PayPalExpressCheckoutRedirectURL

String

Retrieve PayPal redirect URL

<?

require ('PATH_TO_AUTH');

$Order = new stdClass();
$Order->Language = 'fr';
//$Order->LocalTime = date('Y-m-d G:i:s');
$Order->CustomerReference = 'APITEST';//uniqid('TESTCUSTOMER:');
$Product = new stdClass();
$Product->Code = 'my_subscription_1';
$Product->Quantity = 1;
$Order->Items[] = $Product;
$Order->Currency = 'EUR';
$Payment = new stdClass();
$Payment->Type = 'PAYPAL_EXPRESS';
$Payment->Currency = 'EUR';
$Payment->CustomerIP = '91.220.121.21';

$PayPalExpress = new stdClass();
$PayPalExpress->Email='customer@email.com';
$PayPalExpress->ReturnURL = 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/api/place_order_api_soap_paypal_express_response.php';
$PayPalExpress->CancelURL = 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/api/place_order_api_soap_paypal_express_response.php' . '?cancel=true';
$Payment->PaymentMethod = $PayPalExpress;    
$Order->PaymentDetails = $Payment;
// Call the method for retrieving Express Checkout redirect URL
$redirectUrl = $client->getPayPalExpressCheckoutRedirectURL($sessionID,$Order);
header('Location:' . $redirectUrl);

Place order with PayPal Express 


<?php
declare(strict_types=1);

class Configuration
{
    public const MERCHANT_CODE = '';
    public const MERCHANT_KEY = '';
    public const URL = 'http://api.2checkout.com/soap/6.0';
    public const ACTION = 'placeOrder';
    public const ADDITIONAL_OPTIONS = null;
    //array or JSON
    public const PAYLOAD = <<<JSON
{
  "Country": "us",
  "Currency": "USD",
  "CustomerIP": "91.220.121.21",
  "ExternalReference": "SOAP_API_AVANGTE",
  "Language": "en",
  "Source": "testAPI.com",
  "BillingDetails": {
    "Address1": "Test Address",
    "City": "LA",
    "State": "California",
    "CountryCode": "US",
    "Email": "testcustomer@2Checkout.com",
    "FirstName": "Customer",
    "LastName": "2Checkout",
    "Zip": "12345"
  },
  "Items": [
    {
      "Code": "A90B3D8FDE",
      "Quantity": 1
    }
  ],
  "PaymentDetails": {
    "Currency": "USD",
    "CustomerIP": "91.220.121.21",
    "PaymentMethod": {
      "RecurringEnabled": false,
      "ReturnURL": "http://secure.avangate.local/test/index.php",
      "CancelURL": "http://secure.avangate.local/test/create_order.php"
    },
    "Type": "PAYPAL"
  }
}
JSON;
}

class Client
{
    public function call(
        string $url = Configuration::URL,
        $payload = Configuration::PAYLOAD,
        string $action = Configuration::ACTION
    ): ?object {
        if (is_array($payload)) {
            $payload = json_encode($payload);
        }
        if (!empty($payload)) {
            // SoapClient works with objects(StdClass)
            $payload = json_decode($payload);
        }
        $soapClient = $this->getClient($url);
        $sessionId = $this->getSession($soapClient);
        $args = array_filter([$sessionId, $payload]);

        return $soapClient->$action(...$args);
    }

    public function getClient(string $url): SoapClient
    {
        return new SoapClient(
            $url.'?wsdl',
            [
                'location' => $url,
                'cache_wsdl' => WSDL_CACHE_NONE,
            ]
        );
    }

    public function getSession(SoapClient $client)
    {
        $date = gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s');
        $merchantCode = Configuration::MERCHANT_CODE;
        $key = Configuration::MERCHANT_KEY;
        $string = strlen($merchantCode).$merchantCode.strlen($date).$date;
        $hash = hash_hmac('md5', $string, $key);
        $client->__setCookie('XDEBUG_SESSION', 'PHPSTORM');

        return $client->login($merchantCode, $date, $hash);
    }
}

try {
    $client = new Client();
    var_dump($client->call());
} catch (Exception $ex) {
    var_dump($ex);
}

Workflow 

  1. Authentication via login API method.
  2. Retrieve PayPal redirect URL. When you retrieve the PayPal redirect URL, apart from the token you will also receive 2 parameters that are encoded: billingDetails and deliveryDetails. These have to be base64_decoded and the information should be used in the placeOrder API call (email, billing address etc.). 
  3. Place the order with PayPal Express using the token sent by PayPal.

 

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