create API credentials for paypal SANDBOX

Question

Here https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/docs/classic/api/apiCredentials/ there is article how to get API credentials for paypal But when I logged to the for SANDBOX page the view was different I do not see any "My selling Tools" link :

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How can I create API credentials for paypal SANDBOX ?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You can go to PayPal's Sandbox Site

1.> Login with your Sandbox Account's email and password.

Example
Email: sandboxaccount@paypal.com
Password: testaccount14
[Note: the above credentials won't work. It's just an example]

2.>After you log-in, click on the 'Profile' option under 'My Account' tab
3.>Try to find the link which says 'Request API credentials'
4.>Now click on 'Set up PayPal API credentials and permissions' under 'Option 1 - PayPal API'
5.>Now click on 'View API Signature' under 'Option 2'

And that should show you the API Credentials(API Username, Password, Signature) for that account

Hope it helps.

NOTE:
PayPal Developer and PayPal Sandbox are two different sites.
PayPal Developer - allows you to sign-in to the developer's account, which lets you create PayPal sandbox accounts of different types. It also shows you the API credentials for the Sandbox accounts created within it. And also allows you to internally login to PayPal Sandbox account.

PayPal Sandbox - allows you to directly sign-in to the sandbox site for a particular sandbox account, using the Sandbox Email and Password that you set while creating the sandbox account(from developers site)

Answer 2

Actually, it's a little easier than going through the account. You can get them from within your developer account.

Just go to http://developer.paypal.com and login there. Then go to Applications, Sandbox Accounts, which is where you would have created the sandbox accounts to begin with.

Here you'll see a list of your sandbox accounts with a little drop-down arrow next to them. Click this to see some extra links: Profile | Notifications

Click Profile, and then you'll see a tab for API Credentials.

An even quicker way is to just use this tool . Login to that with your sandbox account and it will return the API credentials for that account.

Answer 3

2018 Update

Since the question has been asked, the site has been modified. Here is the new path to find your API credentials for paypal SANDBOX:

1) Go to https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/

2) Login with the seller sandbox account

3) Click on the Profile then click on Profile and Settings

4) Click on My sellings preferences

5) Click Update for API Access

6) Click on Manage API credentials in the box NVP/SOAP API integration (Classic)

7) Click on Show to see your credentials