Attach PayPal to a subscription

Overview

Use the attachToPayPal method to build the PayPal URL that can be used to attach a subscription to a PayPal account.

Request parameters

Request example

<?php


$host = "https://api.2checkout.com";


$merchantCode = "MERCHANT_CODE";
//your account's merchant code available in the 'System settings' area of the cPanel:
//https://secure.2checkout.com/cpanel/account_settings.php

$key = "SECRET_KEY";
//your account's secret key available in the 'System settings' area of the cPanel:
//https://secure.2checkout.com/cpanel/account_settings.php


$now = gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s'); //GMT date format)
$algo = "sha256";
$string = strlen($merchantCode) . $merchantCode . strlen($now) . $now;
$hash = hash_hmac($algo, $string, $key);

try {
    $client = new SoapClient($host . "/soap/6.0/?wsdl", [
        'location'       => $host . "/soap/6.0/",
        "stream_context" => stream_context_create([
            'ssl' => [
                'verify_peer'      => false,
                'verify_peer_name' => false
            ]
        ])
    ]);
    $sessionID = $client->login($merchantCode, $now, $hash, $algo);
    echo("Auth token: {$sessionID}" . PHP_EOL);

    $subscriptionCode = 'SUBSCRIPTIONCODE';
    $paypalEmail = 'PAYPALEMAIL';
    $returnURL = 'RETURNURL';
    $cancelURL = 'CANCELURL';

   var_dump($res);
} catch (SoapFault $e) {
    echo "Authentication: " . $e->getMessage() . PHP_EOL;
   exit;
} catch (Exception $ex) {
   echo $ex->getMessage() . PHP_EOL;
   exit;
}

Response parameters

Error response parameters

If the API throws an error, an error response will be received, similar to:

{
    "error_code": "SUBSCRIPTION_PAYPAL_ATTACH_ERR",
    "message": "Failed to link subscription to PayPal account"
}