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Hello,

I am able to obtain the Access Token through oauth2 API but when I apply the Bearer Token in Request Header to create the "PayPal Billing Plan" and obtain the Billing Plan ID I get the following Error message:

{
"status":400,
"uri":"https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/pay...",
"response":{
"name":"VALIDATION_ERROR",
"details":[
{
"field":"payment_definitions",
"issue":"Payment definitions are invalid. Valid parameters are REGULAR or combination of TRIAL and REGULAR."
}
],
"message":"Invalid request - see details",
"information_link":"https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/...",
"debug_id":"773d07ee153d0"
}
}

I am using the following API Request sample made available by PayPal:

curl -v POST https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/pay... \
-H 'Content-Type:application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer ' \
-d '{
"name": "T-Shirt of the Month Club Plan",
"description": "Template creation.",
"type": "fixed",
"payment_definitions": [
{
"name": "Regular Payments",
"type": "REGULAR",
"frequency": "MONTH",
"frequency_interval": "2",
"amount": {
"value": "100",
"currency": "USD"
},
"cycles": "12",
"charge_models": [
{
"type": "SHIPPING",
"amount": {
"value": "10",
"currency": "USD"
}
},
{
"type": "TAX",
"amount": {
"value": "12",
"currency": "USD"
}
}
]
}
],
"merchant_preferences": {
"setup_fee": {
"value": "1",
"currency": "USD"
},
"return_url": "http://www.return.com",
"cancel_url": "http://www.cancel.com",
"auto_bill_amount": "YES",
"initial_fail_amount_action": "CONTINUE",
"max_fail_attempts": "0"
}
}'

What is causing this Error Message? Thanks in advance!

Hello Ed,

We are very sorry, but this is something outside the scope (http://devcenter.appery.io/support-po...) of our standard support. Please ask that question to the paypal support

Hi,

I already spoke to PayPal integration support and tested it on their tool and it worked perfectly.

This might be a BUG on the Appery.io platform. For some reason it is NOT posting the "Payment_Definitions" (please see attachments and debugging).

Also, you guys have provided support for similar issues on this forum!

Most likely the body request structure has an error in it.

Here is better way to do this, using Server Code script.

Script to get a PayPal token:
pre
var url = "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/oauth2/token";

var XHRResponse = XHR2.send("POST", url, {
"parameters": {
"grant_type": "client_credentials"
},
"headers": {
"Accept": "application/json",
"Accept-Language": "en_US",
"Authorization": "Basic client_id:secret_in_base64"
}
});

Apperyio.response.success(XHRResponse.body, "application/json");
/pre

Script to create a billing plan:
pre
var url = "https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/billing-plans";

var XHRResponse = XHR2.send("POST", url, {
"headers": {
"Content-type": "application/json",
"Authorization": "Bearer token_from_previous_call",
},
"body": {
"name": "T-Shirt of the Month Club Plan",
"description": "Template creation.",
"type": "fixed",
"payment_definitions": [{
"name": "Regular Payments",
"type": "REGULAR",
"frequency": "MONTH",
"frequency_interval": "2",
"amount": {
"value": "100",
"currency": "USD"
},
"cycles": "12",
"charge_models": [{
"type": "SHIPPING",
"amount": {
"value": "10",
"currency": "USD"
}
}, {
"type": "TAX",
"amount": {
"value": "12",
"currency": "USD"
}
}]
}],
"merchant_preferences": {
"setup_fee": {
"value": "1",
"currency": "USD"
},
"return_url": "http://www.return.com",
"cancel_url": "http://www.cancel.com",
"auto_bill_amount": "YES",
"initial_fail_amount_action": "CONTINUE",
"max_fail_attempts": "0"
}
}
});

Apperyio.response.success(XHRResponse.body, "application/json");
/pre

API docs: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api...