How do I create PayPal REST API credentials?
Here's how you generate REST API credentials:
- Log in to the PayPal Developer Portal using the same credentials you use for PayPal.
- On the Apps & Credentials page, click Live or Sandbox depending on whether you need an app for testing (Sandbox) or going live (Live).
- Click Create App in the upper 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 credentials, the client ID and secret, are displayed on the app details page that displays after you click Create App. - Request permissions for REST API features that apply to your integration, such as:
- Invoicing API
- PayPal Here
- Subscriptions
- PayPal payments
- Connect with PayPal
- Customer Disputes API
- Payouts
- Advanced Credit & Debit Cards
- Vault
- When you are ready to take your code live, make sure to move your application to Live.