{"id":234,"date":"2021-11-17T11:17:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T11:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/?p=234"},"modified":"2021-11-17T11:17:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T11:17:11","slug":"how-to-obtain-paypal-api-credentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/2021\/11\/17\/how-to-obtain-paypal-api-credentials\/","title":{"rendered":"How to obtain PayPal API credentials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1. Log in to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PayPal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0Navigate to the following:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Settings<\/strong>\u00a0&gt;<strong>\u00a0Account Settings<\/strong>\u00a0&gt;\u00a0<strong>Website payments<\/strong>\u00a0under Products and Services\u00a0&gt; Click the <b>Update <\/b>link\u00a0under\u00a0<strong>API Access<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/11\/PayPal-e1637147455852.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-235\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/11\/PayPal-e1637147455852.png\" alt=\"Paypal API credentials\" width=\"900\" height=\"592\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. Under\u00a0<strong>Custom checkout experience<\/strong> section, click on <strong>Manage API credentials<\/strong>\u00a0link under\u00a0<strong>NVP\/SOAP API integration (Classic)<\/strong>\u00a0option:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/11\/Manage-API-credentials-e1637147540626.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-236\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/11\/Manage-API-credentials-e1637147540626.png\" alt=\"Manage API credentials\" width=\"900\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t set it up before, you will be asked the following:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/11\/Request-API-signature-e1637147627939.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-237\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/11\/Request-API-signature-e1637147627939.png\" alt=\"Request API signature\" width=\"900\" height=\"380\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Choose\u00a0<strong>Request API signature<\/strong>\u00a0and click the\u00a0<strong>Agree and Submit<\/strong>\u00a0button.<\/p>\n<p>On the next page, copy the API Username, Password, and Signature generated. Click the\u00a0<strong>Done<\/strong>\u00a0button if you\u2019re done.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/11\/API-signature-e1637147722319.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-238\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/11\/API-signature-e1637147722319.png\" alt=\"API signature\" width=\"900\" height=\"405\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You will have to remove existing credentials if you want to generate a new one. We, however, do not recommend removing this if you have existing integrations that use the credentials.<\/p>\n<p>We highly recommend that you keep your API credentials safe for future reference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Log in to\u00a0PayPal. 2.\u00a0Navigate to the following: Settings\u00a0&gt;\u00a0Account Settings\u00a0&gt;\u00a0Website payments\u00a0under Products and Services\u00a0&gt; Click the Update link\u00a0under\u00a0API Access. 3. Under\u00a0Custom checkout experience section, click on Manage API credentials\u00a0link under\u00a0NVP\/SOAP API integration (Classic)\u00a0option: If you haven\u2019t set it up before, you will be asked the following: Choose\u00a0Request API signature\u00a0and click the\u00a0Agree and Submit\u00a0button. On the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/2021\/11\/17\/how-to-obtain-paypal-api-credentials\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to obtain PayPal API credentials<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-settings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>YITH PayPal Express Checkout: How to obtain PayPal API credentials<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/2021\/11\/17\/how-to-obtain-paypal-api-credentials\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"YITH PayPal Express Checkout: How to obtain PayPal API credentials\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"1. Log in to\u00a0PayPal. 2.\u00a0Navigate to the following: Settings\u00a0&gt;\u00a0Account Settings\u00a0&gt;\u00a0Website payments\u00a0under Products and Services\u00a0&gt; Click the Update link\u00a0under\u00a0API Access. 3. Under\u00a0Custom checkout experience section, click on Manage API credentials\u00a0link under\u00a0NVP\/SOAP API integration (Classic)\u00a0option: If you haven\u2019t set it up before, you will be asked the following: Choose\u00a0Request API signature\u00a0and click the\u00a0Agree and Submit\u00a0button. On the &hellip; Continue reading How to obtain PayPal API credentials\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/2021\/11\/17\/how-to-obtain-paypal-api-credentials\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"YITH Paypal Express Checkout for WooCommerce\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-11-17T11:17:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/11\/PayPal-e1637147455852.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alessandra\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alessandra\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/2021\/11\/17\/how-to-obtain-paypal-api-credentials\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/2021\/11\/17\/how-to-obtain-paypal-api-credentials\/\",\"name\":\"YITH PayPal Express Checkout: How to obtain PayPal API credentials\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/2021\/11\/17\/how-to-obtain-paypal-api-credentials\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/2021\/11\/17\/how-to-obtain-paypal-api-credentials\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/11\/PayPal-e1637147455852.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-17T11:17:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/#\/schema\/person\/526d0e378b94e5d769cc699423a893fd\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/2021\/11\/17\/how-to-obtain-paypal-api-credentials\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/2021\/11\/17\/how-to-obtain-paypal-api-credentials\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/2021\/11\/17\/how-to-obtain-paypal-api-credentials\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/11\/PayPal-e1637147455852.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/11\/PayPal-e1637147455852.png\",\"width\":900,\"height\":592,\"caption\":\"Paypal API credentials\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/2021\/11\/17\/how-to-obtain-paypal-api-credentials\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to obtain PayPal API credentials\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/\",\"name\":\"YITH Paypal Express Checkout for WooCommerce\",\"description\":\"Plugin documentation\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/#\/schema\/person\/526d0e378b94e5d769cc699423a893fd\",\"name\":\"alessandra\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7a82076030fd86df0a1c777be78906d9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7a82076030fd86df0a1c777be78906d9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"alessandra\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/author\/alessandra\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"YITH PayPal Express Checkout: How to obtain PayPal API credentials","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/2021\/11\/17\/how-to-obtain-paypal-api-credentials\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"YITH PayPal Express Checkout: How to obtain PayPal API credentials","og_description":"1. Log in to\u00a0PayPal. 2.\u00a0Navigate to the following: Settings\u00a0&gt;\u00a0Account Settings\u00a0&gt;\u00a0Website payments\u00a0under Products and Services\u00a0&gt; Click the Update link\u00a0under\u00a0API Access. 3. Under\u00a0Custom checkout experience section, click on Manage API credentials\u00a0link under\u00a0NVP\/SOAP API integration (Classic)\u00a0option: If you haven\u2019t set it up before, you will be asked the following: Choose\u00a0Request API signature\u00a0and click the\u00a0Agree and Submit\u00a0button. On the &hellip; Continue reading How to obtain PayPal API credentials","og_url":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/2021\/11\/17\/how-to-obtain-paypal-api-credentials\/","og_site_name":"YITH Paypal Express Checkout for WooCommerce","article_published_time":"2021-11-17T11:17:11+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/11\/PayPal-e1637147455852.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"alessandra","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"alessandra","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/2021\/11\/17\/how-to-obtain-paypal-api-credentials\/","url":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/2021\/11\/17\/how-to-obtain-paypal-api-credentials\/","name":"YITH PayPal Express Checkout: How to obtain PayPal API credentials","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/2021\/11\/17\/how-to-obtain-paypal-api-credentials\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/2021\/11\/17\/how-to-obtain-paypal-api-credentials\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/11\/PayPal-e1637147455852.png","datePublished":"2021-11-17T11:17:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/#\/schema\/person\/526d0e378b94e5d769cc699423a893fd"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/2021\/11\/17\/how-to-obtain-paypal-api-credentials\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/2021\/11\/17\/how-to-obtain-paypal-api-credentials\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/2021\/11\/17\/how-to-obtain-paypal-api-credentials\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/11\/PayPal-e1637147455852.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/11\/PayPal-e1637147455852.png","width":900,"height":592,"caption":"Paypal API credentials"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/2021\/11\/17\/how-to-obtain-paypal-api-credentials\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to obtain PayPal API credentials"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/#website","url":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/","name":"YITH Paypal Express Checkout for WooCommerce","description":"Plugin documentation","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/#\/schema\/person\/526d0e378b94e5d769cc699423a893fd","name":"alessandra","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7a82076030fd86df0a1c777be78906d9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7a82076030fd86df0a1c777be78906d9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"alessandra"},"url":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/author\/alessandra\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239,"href":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234\/revisions\/239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-paypal-express-checkout-for-woocommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}