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Heinrich
Heinrich

Reputation: 1761

PayPal account credentials for developer

I am trying to find out how to give a developer the least amount of access they need to my business PayPal account for my app. How should I set this up so I protect my private account information from the developer while allowing them enough access to develop?

They need access to test and develop with the PayPal APIs. I created a sandbox account for the app, I gave the developer the Sandbox ID and API Credentials along with the sandbox test accounts I created.

The developer asked if I could give them the login for my PayPal developer account so they can see the Dashboard for testing and see can transactions. I don't think this is the right way or they could access my bank, and company information.

I have read the PayPal documentation for information about this but can't find much. This guide has the most information I've found but not exactly what I am looking for.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 5892

Answers (4)

Bruce lee
Bruce lee

Reputation: 1

Use this, https://www.paypal.com/businessprofile/mytools/apiaccess go to paypal, all tools, you can see manage API, press update, then you'll see that screen. Im doing it right now, i don't know if it will work.

Upvotes: 0

Anil
Anil

Reputation: 1087

developer from India can create Paypal sandbox account as i am also from India and created sandbox account.

Upvotes: 2

Drew Angell
Drew Angell

Reputation: 26056

Your developer does not need access to your account at all, regular paypal.com or developer.paypal.com.

They would simply login to developer.paypal.com with their own PayPal account and create their own test accounts for use in the sandbox. They can build your app using their own test accounts, and then hand it over to you so that you can simply update the API credentials with your live values and ensure the code is running live instead of against the sandbox at that point.

Upvotes: 2

Jared
Jared

Reputation: 471

In your account, go to your profile settings and find Manage Users. There you can add a user and select the amount of access they can have. Give them the username and password you make for them, NEVER give your email and password.

To get started using adding users to your account and managing their levels of access, log in to your PayPal account, go to your Profile, and click Manage Users under Account Information.

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/sell/permissions-outside

Upvotes: 4

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