How do I generate PayPal Client ID & Secret Key?

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Posted on
Jul-08-2024
04:13 AM
Prerequisites:
- Your PayPal’s email address must be confirmed.
- Before generating live API credentials, you must have a PayPal verified Business account.
Follow the below steps to generate your Client ID & Secret Key:
- Log in to the PayPal Developer Portal using your Live PayPal credentials.
- Click on the Apps & Credentials from the top menu & select Live or Sandbox depending on whether you need an app for testing (Sandbox) or going live (Live).
- Click Create App at the top right corner.
- Enter the name of your REST API app in the App Name field, select Merchant or Platform as the type of application, and select a Sandbox business account to associate with your app.
- Click Create App.
- Your Client ID and Secret Key will be displayed on the app details page.
- Scroll down to Feature section to request additional permissions for your REST API app that apply to your integration, such as:
- Advanced Credit and Debit Card Payments.
- Vault
- PayPal and Venmo
- Native Checkout SDK
- Subscriptions
- Invoicing
- PayPal Here
- Payouts
- Customer disputes
- Log in with PayPal.
- Transaction search.
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