Dodirectpayment api for recurring subscription

Question

This is the url i'm firing => https://api-3t.sandbox.paypal.com/nvp?&METHOD=CreateRecurringPaymentsProfile&USER=xxxxxxxxxx&PWD=xxxxxxxxx&SIGNATURE=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&VERSION=85.0&PAYMENTACTION=Sale&IPADDRESS=203.196.159.36&CREDITCARDTYPE=Discover&ACCT=6011746396125231&EXPDATE=062015&CVV2=456&FIRSTNAME=Tester&LASTNAME=Testerson&STREET=707+W.+Bay+Drive&CITY=Largo&STATE=FL&COUNTRYCODE=US&ZIP=33770&AMT=100.00&CURRENCYCODE=USD&DESC=Testing+recur+Payments+Pro&PROFILESTARTDATE=2014-06-23T17%3A19%3A04%2B05%3A30&BILLINGPERIOD=Day&BILLINGFREQUENCY=1

using this api i'm creating recuring subscription , and the response that was returned
=> Array ( [PROFILEID] => I-6X6FYA15LASE [PROFILESTATUS] => ActiveProfile [TIMESTAMP] => 2014-06-23T11:49:13Z [CORRELATIONID] => ce1cf95f1e6e6 [ACK] => Success [VERSION] => 85.0 [BUILD] => 11457922 ), I don't get transactionid , i want to know how to get transaction id from response , also how to define or pass notify url with this api , please help me , i will be greatful to you then .

Answer 1

Recurring payments will have to use the default IPN URL configured under https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/customerprofileweb?cmd=_profile-ipn-notify

As per the documentation under https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/docs/classic/api/merchant/CreateRecurringPaymentsProfile_API_Operation_NVP/ you can pass an "INITAMT" variable in order to charge the buyer upon profile creation - that will spawn a txn id.

The ID I-6X6FYA15LASE is basically the Recurring Payments Profile ID (storing the frequency and terms of the billing) based on the information in the profile ID, PayPal will automatically create transactions between you and the buyer.