PayPal Classic API bindings for Node.js

This is a wrapper for PayPal "Classic" NVP API: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/

Installation

npm install paypal-classic-api --save

Usage

class PayPal(options)

options object mandatory fields: username, password and signature from PayPal developer account.

options.live is an optional field which enables "live" mode. Default value is false, so the module will operate in sandbox mode if this field is not explicitly set to true.

method call(methodName, methodArguments, callback)

Methods names and arguments information can be found at https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/api/ under "Express Checkout API Operation"

Example

PayPal = require('paypal-classic-api');

var credentials = { username: 'tok261_biz_api.abc.com',
                    password: '1244612379',
                    signature: 'lkfg9groingghb4uw5',
                    live: false }; // false for sandbox mode, true for live mode

var paypal = new PayPal(credentials);

paypal.call('TransactionSearch',
            { StartDate: '2012-06-11T10:50:44.681Z' },
            function (error, transactions) {
  if (error) {
    console.error('API call error: ' + error);
  } else {
    console.log(transactions);
  }
});

Example output

{ TIMESTAMP: Mon Mar 09 2015 16:56:22 GMT-0700 (PDT),
  CORRELATIONID: '584ced41b8ab3',
  ACK: 'Success',
  VERSION: 94,
  BUILD: 15220584,
  objects: [ { TIMESTAMP: Thu Feb 26 2015 20:00:01 GMT-0800 (PST),
               TIMEZONE: 'GMT',
               TYPE: 'Payment',
               EMAIL: '[email protected]',
               NAME: 'Developer',
               TRANSACTIONID: '0J1L38973J4267114',
               STATUS: 'Completed',
               AMT: 100,
               CURRENCYCODE: 'JPY',
               FEEAMT: -44,
               NETAMT: 56 },
             { TIMESTAMP: Thu Feb 26 2015 19:53:21 GMT-0800 (PST),
               TIMEZONE: 'GMT',
               TYPE: 'Payment',
               EMAIL: '[email protected]',
               NAME: 'Developer',
               TRANSACTIONID: '07Y30605XS335043T',
               STATUS: 'Completed',
               AMT: -12,
               CURRENCYCODE: 'USD',
               FEEAMT: -0.06,
               NETAMT: -12.06 },
             { TIMESTAMP: Thu Feb 26 2015 19:41:24 GMT-0800 (PST),
               TIMEZONE: 'GMT',
               TYPE: 'Transfer',
               NAME: 'PayPal',
               TRANSACTIONID: '6L2489117V5191606',
               STATUS: 'Completed',
               AMT: 500,
               CURRENCYCODE: 'USD',
               FEEAMT: 0,
               NETAMT: 500 } ]
}