Token Property

This property is used to reference a specific Express Checkout transaction in the PayPal network.

Syntax

 expresscheckout.getToken([callback])
 expresscheckout.setToken( token, [callback])

Default Value

""

Callback

The 'callback' parameter specifies a function which will be called when the operation completes (or an error is encountered). If the 'callback' parameter is not specified, then the method will block and will not return until the operation completes (or an error is encountered).

The callback for the getToken([callback]) method is defined as:

function(err, data){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'data' is the value returned by the method.

The callback for the setToken([callback]) method is defined as:

function(err){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'err' has 2 properties which hold detailed information:

err.code
err.message

Remarks

PayPal will return a token in the ResponseToken property in response to each request. This value should be saved and passed in the Token property for a CheckoutPayment request, or to modify an existing transaction.

This token expires after three hours.

IMPORTANT: the value of this property can be used to modify an existing checkout session. Normally you call SetCheckout with an empty Token property, and get a ResponseToken back from the PayPal servers. Calling SetCheckout again with the Token property filled will edit that previous checkout session. For instance, this can be used should you want the customer to edit his shipping address on PayPal.

This property is required when calling the CheckoutPayment method.

This property is optional when calling the SetCheckout method.

Character length and limitations: 20 single-byte characters.

Data Type

String