Can I test paypal api's from localhost

Question

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Answer 1

One simple solution is described in the official developers page of PayPal:

developer.paypal.com - Local IPN Testing

The trick consists on writing a small HTML file with this content:

To get the real results you need to copy all of the IPN variables which PayPal sends. These real variables can be found into the PayPal account, under IPN History:

IPNs History

You need to click on the relative Message ID and then copy the "IPN Message" content (it will be something like mc_gross=27.00&invoice=Test-1&protection_eligibility=Ineligible&...) which must be converted into HTML hidden input fields. For example:

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After setting up all of these variables and changing the action URL, you can open the file with a browser and then submit this form.