I'm looking into paypal APIs (god there is a lot of them!)
My question is this: There seem to be two editions for website payments pro (direct and payflow edition). See link below for the two guides: https://www.x.com/developers/paypal/development-integration-guides#wpp
After talking with paypal, it seems they have switched over recently and are creating new pro accounts into the payflow edition while the old accounts are still direct payment edition. There is a new authentication scheme for the new payflow edition API.
1) Does anybody know if the two API's are completely different? They are both called website payments pro, but i have no idea about the APIs themselves.
2) Do both of them allow transparent redirect if they are different.
3) For express checkout, are the API calls different if i use express checkout api directly, vs with the pro (direct or payflow editions).
Thanks for alleviating my confusion. :)
1)Payments Pro-PayFlow edition is same as Payments Pro Standard with one extra feature: recurring billing.
2) Paypal standard doesn't, pro does.
3) Express checkout works only with paypal accounts and is the easiest to implement. However it mandates that buyers have a paypal account.
Paypal Standard redirects users from your website to paypal. Users need not have a paypal account to purchase stuff. Users can choose to pay by logging into their paypal account or by credit/debit card.
Payments pro, keeps your users on your website throughout the payment processing period.
Check this for a detailed explanation of all these APIs.