PayPal API call via curl generates 81002 error

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I'm getting the 81002 Method Specified Not Supported error back from the paypal API when I make this curl call:

curl -v https://api-3t.paypal.com/nvp \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{ "USER":"xxx", "PWD":"xxx", "SIGNATURE":"xxx", "METHOD":"GetTransactionDetails", "TRANSACTIONID":"1E9110554D136853V", "VERSION":"94" }'

I've checked that GetTransactionDetails is a valid method. Is there something wrong with the curl call?

Thanks!

  • Randy
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1 Answers

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The NVP Endpoint for Classic APIs won't accept JSON.

You basically just send HTTP POST data to the NVP API:

curl -v https://api-3t.paypal.com/nvp -d 'USER=xxxx&PWD=xxxxx&SIGNATURE=xxxx&METHOD=GetTransactionDetails&TRANSACTIONID=123456789abcdef&VERSION=94'

Check out https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/docs/classic/api/NVPAPIOverview/ for full documentation on how PayPal handles NVP.

Further, I would highly recommend testing you API calls in the developer sandbox first.