Set up/conenction and REST API apps

  • Resolved chchch

    (@goch)


    2 months, 2 weeks ago

    Something i don’t understand:

    From what I can tell, when I connect to paypal for the live mode (and with the onboarding/automatic mode), a REST API App is automatically created (I can see it in https://developer.paypal.com/dashboard/applications/live). (And one is created every time I connect/disconnect btw, so I now have tons of apps in there!!).

    But when I connect to the sandbox (again with the onboarding/automatic mode), I don’t see any app created (checking the list in https://developer.paypal.com/dashboard/applications/sandbox )

    The process fills up the ‘Sandbox Client Id’, but im not sure which one it is using, i dont see a matching one in my paypal sandbox.

    Does that mean that the ‘onboarding’ mode doesnt fully work in sandbox mode and that I have to manually create an app and fill the credentials in manual mode?

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  • Plugin Support Krystian from Syde

    (@inpsydekrystian)

    Hello @goch

    When you connect in Sandbox mode, things work slightly differently. Sandbox credentials (Client ID and Secret) are generated in the background and automatically populated in your WooCommerce PayPal plugin settings. The app associated with these credentials, however, is not visible in your dashboard.

    If you want to manually manage the sandbox credentials—for example, to onboard manually—you can create an app manually in the sandbox environment. Here’s how:

    1. Visit the PayPal Developer Dashboard.
    2. Select the desired sandbox account.
    3. Use the “Create App” function to generate your own sandbox app, which will provide the Client ID and Secret.

    If you have further questions or need additional assistance, please let me know!

    Kind Regards,

    Krystian

    Thread Starter chchch

    (@goch)

    The app associated with these credentials, however, is not visible in your dashboard.


    yes, it’s weird that the app isn’t showing in the dashboard when doing the automatic process.
    That would be handy, as this would allow us to see the webhooks events in the dashboard (https://developer.paypal.com/dashboard/webhooks/sandbox).
    They dont show up there except if we create a sandbox app and manually manage the sandbox credentials. That should be mentioned in the doc somewhere.

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