PayPal Schedule Random Recurring Payments In One Batch

Question

PayPal newbie. Is there a way to schedule multiple (somewhat random) payments with the PayPal Rest API? The application I'm building has a weekly fee for participation in an activity. The caveat is that some weeks are canceled due to holidays or other unforeseen reasons.

So, for a given month like September 2015, a customer may want to pay for the entire month of "valid dates" in that month. I may need to schedule the following payments: 9/1/2015, 9/8/2015, 9/15/2015, and 9/29/2015. (skipping 9/22/2015). At this point, I do not see this capability with recurring payments. Maybe a transaction with a future billing date?

Answer 1

I would recommend using the classic API for now. It's still much further along than REST.

You could use Preapproval and Pay or you could use Express Checkout and/or Payments Pro with reference transactions.

If you happen to be working with PHP this PayPal PHP SDK will make the API calls to get that done very quick and easy for you.