Paypal appears to have changed their IPN test interface. (Spoofing IPN's to your IPN page for testing.
The following is the data I receive from IPN now.
KEY: receipt_ID - VALUE:
KEY: mc_handling1 - VALUE: 1.67
KEY: address_state - VALUE: CA
KEY: quantity1 - VALUE:
KEY: reason_code - VALUE:
KEY: quantity - VALUE:
KEY: txn_id - VALUE: 359726646
KEY: last_name - VALUE: Smith
KEY: mc_currency - VALUE: 1
KEY: payer_status - VALUE: 0
KEY: address_status - VALUE: 1
KEY: auction_buyer_id - VALUE:
KEY: tax - VALUE: 2.02
KEY: invoice - VALUE: abc1234
KEY: shipping - VALUE:
KEY: address_street - VALUE: 123, any street
KEY: payer_email - VALUE: [email protected]
KEY: mc_gross1 - VALUE: 9.34
KEY: item_name - VALUE:
KEY: mc_shipping - VALUE: 3.02
KEY: cmd - VALUE: ,_notify-validate
KEY: first_name - VALUE: John
KEY: business - VALUE: [email protected]
KEY: parent_txn_id - VALUE:
KEY: payer_id - VALUE: TESTBUYERID01
KEY: payment_date - VALUE: 08:11:09 8 Mar 2013 PST
KEY: address_country - VALUE: 1
KEY: payment_status - VALUE: 2
KEY: receiver_email - VALUE: [email protected]
KEY: for_auction - VALUE:
KEY: ipn_type - VALUE: 4
KEY: payment_type - VALUE: 1
KEY: address_zip - VALUE: 95131
KEY: address_city - VALUE: San Jose
KEY: mc_shipping1 - VALUE: 1.02
KEY: item_name1 - VALUE: something
KEY: mc_gross - VALUE: 12.34
KEY: item_number1 - VALUE: AK-1234
KEY: mc_fee - VALUE: 0.44
KEY: residence_country - VALUE: US
KEY: address_country_code - VALUE: 1
KEY: notify_version - VALUE: 2.4
KEY: receiver_id - VALUE: [email protected]
KEY: pending_reason - VALUE:
KEY: mc_handling - VALUE: 2.06
KEY: txn_type - VALUE: cart
KEY: custom - VALUE: xyz123
KEY: auction_closing_date - VALUE:
KEY: item_number - VALUE:
KEY: address_name - VALUE: John Smith
KEY: notify_url - VALUE: http://www.sellwidget.com/IPN.aspx
You will notice they have integers instead of values for some fo the responses. This was not the case just yesterday.
Is this a bug, or did they change these to relational data?