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I've been going around in circles with the paypal documentation. How do I get a paypal app id for the paypal sandbox using the Adaptive Payment API? I already have a username/password/signature for the sandbox.

Adaptive Payments has been deprecated. Please see the comment from Lenny Markus (current Director of Engineering at PayPal) on the answer below.

SgtPooki
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  • Can you specify which API operation you trying to execute? Is it the [Invoicing API](https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=developer/e_howto_api_InvoiceAPIExamples)? – Josh Feb 06 '12 at 20:22
  • The Adaptive Payment API – NatGordon Feb 07 '12 at 01:30
  • check here [sandbox](https://developer.paypal.com/docs/archive/adaptive-payments/api/?mark=app%20id#adaptive-payments-endpoints) – Kishan Chauhan Feb 08 '21 at 08:10

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Adaptive Payments has been deprecated. Please see the comment from Lenny Markus (current Director of Engineering at PayPal) below.

If you're testing Adaptive API calls, use the static Sandbox AppID:

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    Thanks. I see that in the demo examples but assumed was dummy data like the other values in examples. – NatGordon Feb 08 '12 at 15:31
  • @SgtPooki you specifically mentioned for 'testing Adaptive API calls'. Do you mean there is a separate Sandbox AppID for calls like GetBasicPersonalData, if so what is it? Or is it that they don't need an APPID? – Nilesh Mar 07 '12 at 07:06
  • @Nilesh, GetBasicPersonalData requires use of the APP-ID as well, see page 22 here: https://cms.paypal.com/cms_content/US/en_US/files/developer/PP_Permissions.pdf – SgtPooki Mar 07 '12 at 16:20
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    wow, the paypal api documentation is so badly written – astroanu Nov 29 '15 at 06:36
  • Amazing to have to come to SO for this. – Jon Surrell Dec 10 '15 at 16:50
  • https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/api/gs_PayPalAPIs/#credentials – abdulwadood Dec 29 '15 at 09:51
  • It is referenced in the [permissions service documentation](https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/permissions-service/gs_PermissionsService/#make-your-first-call) and I thought it was just an example reading it the first time. – ndnenkov Nov 02 '16 at 12:43
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    Hello! PayPal Developer Relations here. For future people landing here: Adaptive Payments has been deprecated. No new applications are being accepted at this time, so you shouldn't integrate this. Please visit developer.paypal.com for alternatives! – Lenny Markus Apr 26 '19 at 23:25
  • @LennyMarkus heyo.. thanks for the update. I'll add a marker to the answer. – SgtPooki Apr 28 '19 at 05:04