Paypal SandBox IPN History

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I use paypal for my payments. For verification i use IPN. Can i review my INP History in the Paypal Sandbox?

At the documentation i see Instant Payment Notification History in the History tab. (https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=developer/e_howto_admin_IPNOperations)

After googling i see "IPN History" chapter in the History tab (http://goo.gl/myZKF)

At the real sandbox i don't see any IPN history.

Thank you.

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6 Answers

3
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IPN History only available for business account not for personal account. You need to log in with your business account instead of personal account.

2
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Enable IPN within the PayPal account in order to start seeing 'IPN History'.
You can enable IPN within the account via the 'Profile' section.

Note: 'Enable' in this sense means that you enable IPN on the Profile level. You could still override (and use) IPN by passing notify_URL / NOTIFYURL in your transaction details.

2
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Alexandra i am also faced your situation, after sign in your paypal sandbox account click More > Site map here you can find Instant Payment Notifications in below listed items

0
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This is a tough one, as the Paypal Documentation provides a .gif but not a link. Plus their documentation is horrendously out of date.

I couldn't find the Instant Payment Notification dashboard, but I did find this link:

https://www.paypal.com/ca/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_merchant-hub

It should at least help you track down the customer ID.

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As per Srg's answer above Paypal SandBox IPN History

Make sure you are logged in to sandbox.paypal.com account. Not in www.paypal.com account.

For SANDBOX PayPal =>

Login to your sandbox.paypal.com account with sandbox BUSINESS details.

You can get that Business account's Login Email ID and Password from Profile tab under View/Edit Account link provided inline with business account. After login follow this https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-ipns-history link where you can see your IPN messages.