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AlbertSamuel
AlbertSamuel

Reputation: 604

PayPal: Cannot create sandbox account, and REST API account

I tried to build the Paypal Express Checkout. Last week all runs smoothly, I can create REST API app and the sandbox account as well.

But today, All the details is removed. And there is this warning

We’re sorry, but something went wrong while getting your credentials. Please try again.

When I tried to create a new app/new sandbox account it says

We're sorry, something went wrong during account creation. Please try again.

After some googling and trying some of the solutions like "password is too weak", I realise that all the solutions are from years ago and all the screenshot is the old PayPal interface.

I would assume that this is related to the new PayPal.
PS: I am from Australia and have read the "Non-US developers should read our FAQ"

Anyone know how should I create REST API App?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 511

Answers (1)

Jayni
Jayni

Reputation: 19

This is not the correct way to create the API, but this resolves my problem instantly.

I had the same problem. The "Sandbox developer account" dropdown box had no entries although I had set up accounts before - so I couldn't create an app. After some trial and error hacking I finally found a way to inject a valid option in the html select and successfully created the app in the end.

Here's how:

Log in to your developer.paypal.com profile and go to Sandbox - Accounts.

Just use Firebug in Firefox or Developer Tools in Chrome to examine the source: Check the source of your BUSINESS account and you will find a code line like this:

<a class="profile" target="/developer/accounts/detail/22971020450123198612">Profile</a>

Note the id (e.g. 22971020450123198612), the country code (e.g. GB) and the email address.

Now go to Dashboard - My Apps & Credentials and press "Create app"

Open Firebug/Dev. Tools and examine the "Sandbox developer account" dropdown box. Right-Click the empty select in the dom and choose "Edit as HTML". Enter an option tag with your formerly noted values, just like this:

<option value="2297102045097598612,email@domain.com">email@domain.com (US)</option>

Check that the option now appears in the dropdown box.

Enter a name in the "App name" field and press "Create app".

That's it. Hope I could help.

Upvotes: 1

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