PayPalRequest Class
Properties Methods Events Configuration Settings Errors
Creates custom PayPal requests using the name-value pair interface.
Syntax
PayPalRequest
Remarks
The PayPalRequest class provides the capability to implement custom requests to PayPal for functionality that does not exist in the other classs.
First set the User to your API name, and Password to the password for that API. Set the Signature property to the API signature you received from PayPal. Then you may set the Method and RequestParams properties to specify the type of request and any parameters to include in the request. Detailed documentation on required parameters for each type of request can be found from PayPal's documentation online.
After SendRequest is called, the Ack property will indicate the success or failure of the request. The ResponseParams property will be populated with all name-value pairs returned by the server.
Property List
The following is the full list of the properties of the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| Ack | Acknowledgement code received from PayPal. |
| FirewallAutoDetect | This property tells the component whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available. |
| FirewallType | This property determines the type of firewall to connect through. |
| FirewallHost | This property contains the name or IP address of firewall (optional). |
| FirewallPassword | This property contains a password if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. |
| FirewallPort | This property contains the TCP port for the firewall Host . |
| FirewallUser | This property contains a user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall. |
| Idle | The current status of the component. |
| Method | The method of the outgoing request. |
| Password | Password for communicating with PayPal. |
| ProxyAuthScheme | This property is used to tell the component which type of authorization to perform when connecting to the proxy. |
| ProxyAutoDetect | This property tells the component whether or not to automatically detect and use proxy system settings, if available. |
| ProxyPassword | This property contains a password if authentication is to be used for the proxy. |
| ProxyPort | This property contains the TCP port for the proxy Server (default 80). |
| ProxyServer | If a proxy Server is given, then the HTTP request is sent to the proxy instead of the server otherwise specified. |
| ProxySSL | This property determines when to use SSL for the connection to the proxy. |
| ProxyUser | This property contains a user name, if authentication is to be used for the proxy. |
| RequestParamCount | The number of records in the RequestParam arrays. |
| RequestParamName | The Name of the NVP Parameter. |
| RequestParamValue | The Value of the NVP Parameter. |
| ResponseParamCount | The number of records in the ResponseParam arrays. |
| ResponseParamName | The Name of the NVP Parameter. |
| ResponseParamValue | The Value of the NVP Parameter. |
| Signature | Value to use with PayPal's Signature Authentication scheme. |
| SSLAcceptServerCertEncoded | The certificate (PEM/base64 encoded). |
| SSLCertEncoded | The certificate (PEM/base64 encoded). |
| SSLCertStore | The name of the certificate store for the client certificate. |
| SSLCertStorePassword | If the certificate store is of a type that requires a password, this property is used to specify that password in order to open the certificate store. |
| SSLCertStoreType | The type of certificate store for this certificate. |
| SSLCertSubject | The subject of the certificate used for client authentication. |
| SSLServerCertEncoded | The certificate (PEM/base64 encoded). |
| Timeout | A timeout for the component. |
| URL | URL all PayPal payment transactions are posted to. |
| User | User name for communicating with Paypal. |
Method List
The following is the full list of the methods of the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| AddRequestParam | Adds a request parameter and the corresponding value. |
| Config | Sets or retrieves a configuration setting . |
| DoEvents | Processes events from the internal message queue. |
| GetResponseParam | Gets the value for the specified parameter. |
| GetResponseVar | It is not uncommon for there to be additional response variables returned in the response that cannot be directly obtained via the Response properties. |
| Interrupt | Interrupt the current method. |
| Reset | Reset the internal state of the component and all properties to their default values. |
| SendRequest | Sends a custom request to the server. |
Event List
The following is the full list of the events fired by the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| Error | Information about errors during data delivery. |
| SSLServerAuthentication | Fired after the server presents its certificate to the client. |
| SSLStatus | Shows the progress of the secure connection. |
Configuration Settings
The following is a list of configuration settings for the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| AuthorizingAccount | Authorizing Account Email Address for third-party API access. |
| AuthAccessToken | The access token returned by the PayPal Permission Service's GetAccessToken operation. |
| AuthApplicationId | The Application ID for the application making a request to the PayPal Permissions Service. |
| AuthAuthHeader | The PayPal Permissions Service authentication header. |
| AuthAuthHeaderName | The name of the authentication header generated with the PayPal Permissions Service. |
| AuthCallbackURL | The URL where PayPal will post the RequestToken and VerificationCode. |
| AuthPassword | API Password for the PayPal Permissions Service. |
| AuthRequestToken | The request token used to obtain an Access Token and Token Secret from the PayPal Permissions Service. |
| AuthRequestURL | The URL for the PayPal Permissions Service operation being requested. |
| AuthScope | Scope of permissions to be requested for PayPal Permissions Service. |
| AuthSignature | API Signature for the PayPal Permissions Service. |
| AuthTokenSecret | The token secret returned by the PayPal Permission Service's GetAccessToken operation. |
| AuthUsername | API Username for the PayPal Permissions Service. |
| AuthVerificationCode | The verification code used to obtain an Access Token and Token Secret from the PayPal Permissions Service. |
| Build | Returns the Build number contained in the response. |
| RawRequest | Returns the raw request sent to the server. |
| RawResponse | Returns the full response. |
| ResponseVersion | Returns the Version number contained in the response. |
| Version | Allows the user to set the Version number in the request. |
| AcceptEncoding | Used to tell the server which types of content encodings the client supports. |
| AllowHTTPCompression | This property enables HTTP compression for receiving data. |
| AllowIdenticalRedirectURL | Allow redirects to the same URL. |
| Append | Whether to append data to LocalFile. |
| Authorization | The Authorization string to be sent to the server. |
| BytesTransferred | Contains the number of bytes transferred in the response data. |
| EncodeURL | If set to true the URL will be encoded by the component. |
| FollowRedirects | Determines what happens when the server issues a redirect. |
| GetOn302Redirect | If set to true the component will perform a GET on the new location. |
| HTTPVersion | The version of HTTP used by the component. |
| IfModifiedSince | A date determining the maximum age of the desired document. |
| KeepAlive | Determines whether the HTTP connection is closed after completion of the request. |
| MaxRedirectAttempts | Limits the number of redirects that are followed in a request. |
| OtherHeaders | Other headers as determined by the user (optional). |
| ProxyAuthorization | The authorization string to be sent to the proxy server. |
| ProxyAuthScheme | The authorization scheme to be used for the proxy. |
| ProxyPassword | A password if authentication is to be used for the proxy. |
| ProxyPort | Port for the proxy server (default 80). |
| ProxyServer | Name or IP address of a proxy server (optional). |
| ProxyUser | A user name if authentication is to be used for the proxy. |
| TransferredDataLimit | The maximum number of incoming bytes to be stored by the component. |
| TransferredHeaders | The full set of headers as received from the server. |
| UseChunkedEncoding | Enables or Disables HTTP chunked encoding for transfers. |
| ChunkSize | Specifies the chunk size in bytes when using chunked encoding. |
| UserAgent | Information about the user agent (browser). |
| KerberosSPN | The Service Principal Name for the Kerberos Domain Controller. |
| ConnectionTimeout | Sets a separate timeout value for establishing a connection. |
| FirewallAutoDetect | Tells the component whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available. |
| FirewallHost | Name or IP address of firewall (optional). |
| FirewallPassword | Password to be used if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. |
| FirewallPort | The TCP port for the FirewallHost;. |
| FirewallType | Determines the type of firewall to connect through. |
| FirewallUser | A user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall. |
| KeepAliveTime | The inactivity time in milliseconds before a TCP keep-alive packet is sent. |
| KeepAliveInterval | The retry interval, in milliseconds, to be used when a TCP keep-alive packet is sent and no response is received. |
| Linger | When set to True, connections are terminated gracefully. |
| LingerTime | Time in seconds to have the connection linger. |
| LocalHost | The name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted. |
| LocalPort | The TCP port in the local host where the component binds. |
| MaxLineLength | The maximum amount of data to accumulate when no EOL is found. |
| MaxTransferRate | The transfer rate limit in bytes per second. |
| RecordLength | The length of received data records. |
| TCPKeepAlive | Determines whether or not the keep alive socket option is enabled. |
| UseIPv6 | Whether to use IPv6. |
| TcpNoDelay | Whether or not to delay when sending packets. |
| ReuseSSLSession | Determines if the SSL session is reused. |
| SSLCipherStrength | The minimum cipher strength used for bulk encryption. |
| SSLEnabledProtocols | Used to enable/disable the supported security protocols. |
| SSLProvider | The name of the security provider to use. |
| SSLSecurityFlags | Flags that control certificate verification. |
| OpenSSLCADir | The path to a directory containing CA certificates. |
| OpenSSLCAFile | Name of the file containing the list of CA's trusted by your application. |
| OpenSSLCipherList | A string that controls the ciphers to be used by SSL. |
| OpenSSLPrngSeedData | The data to seed the pseudo random number generator (PRNG). |
| AbsoluteTimeout | Determines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts. |
| FirewallData | Used to send extra data to the firewall. |
| InBufferSize | The size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket. |
| OutBufferSize | The size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket. |