SANDBOX REST API: Getting “INTERNAL_SERVICE_ERROR”

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Anyone getting "INTERNAL_SERVICE_ERROR" while using PayPal Sandbox Payment REST API?

Raw response: {"name":"INTERNAL_SERVICE_ERROR","message":"An internal service error has occurred","information_link":"https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/docs/api/#INTERNAL_SERVICE_ERROR","debug_id":"19534d4c5d45d"}

Raw response: {"name":"UNKNOWN_ERROR","message":"An unknown error has occurred","information_link":"https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/docs/api/#UNKNOWN_ERROR","debug_id":"47c1243107286"}

This question appears to be off-topic because it is a customer support request, not a question about a programming problem. See this meta post for more information. — Martijn Pieters♦
Check your request and make sure its "correct" - when I hit that type of error during debugging, "something" wasn't right with the request I was sending (e.g. missing param, authentication, token, etc.) — EdSF
It may not be particularly well set-out but this question and the response by the original poster represent a problem in the use of the API, with the symptoms and solution which was useful to me. Up-voted — maninalift

Emad Emad · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-14T00:22:57

Turned out it was just the issue of using the wrong credit card number. When I used the credit card number provided in sandbox text account profile, everything worked.

None of the numbers on this page worked for me. http://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/vhelp/paypalmanager_help/credit_card_numbers.htm

SANDBOX REST API: Getting “INTERNAL_SERVICE_ERROR”

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