PayPal API with Laravel - Updating of data

Question

I\'m trying to implement the API of PayPal payment with Laravel 5.1. But when I log in to PayPal (sandbox), it uses the addre

Answer 1

I think this is the relevant documentation you are looking for.

For people who already have PayPal accounts and whom you already prompted for a shipping address before they choose to pay with PayPal, you can use the entered address instead of the address the person has stored with PayPal.

Instead of using the address saved in their account,

The payer is shown the passed-in address but cannot edit it. No address is shown if the address is invalid, such as missing required fields like country, or if the address is not included at all.

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Edit: Try something like this in place of what you have.

$address = new ShippingAddress();
$address->setCity('Toronto');
$address->setState('ON');
$address->setCountryCode('CA');
$address->setLine1('123 Fake Street');
$address->setPostalCode('M1M1M1');

$payerInfo = new PayerInfo();
$payerInfo->setShippingAddress($address);

$payer = new Payer();
$payer->setPaymentMethod('paypal');

Answer 2

After you have created the payment, try updating the address as shown in this example.

$paymentId = $createdPayment->getId();

$patch = new \PayPal\Api\Patch();
$patch->setOp('add')
    ->setPath('/transactions/0/item_list/shipping_address')
    ->setValue([
        "recipient_name" => "Gruneberg, Anna",
        "line1" => "52 N Main St",
        "city" => "San Jose",
        "state" => "CA",
        "postal_code" => "95112",
        "country_code" => "US"
    ]);

$patchRequest = new \PayPal\Api\PatchRequest();
$patchRequest->setPatches([$patch]);
$result = $createdPayment->update($patchRequest, $apiContext);

I also reviewed this link but it seems like it cannot answer my problem. Also, what if the country has a province? How can we add that?

Use the state codes listed here.

Answer 3

I have not used the PayPal API in a long while, but just skimming over the docs shows that the payer_info shipping address field is deprecated (https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/orders/v1/#definition-payer_info) and suggests to use the shipping address in the purchase_unit instead.

According to the Docs, this should be set in the CartBase class with the setItemList() function (http://paypal.github.io/PayPal-PHP-SDK/docs/class-PayPal.Api.CartBase.html).

Edit:

So, for the package you are using, you'll need to add the PayPal\Api\ShippingAddress object to your $item_list variable:

$shipping = new PayPal\Api\ShippingAddress();
$shipping->setLine1('123 1st St.')
    ->setCity('Some City')
    ->setState('CA')
    ->setPostalCode("95123")
    ->setCountryCode("US")
    ->setPhone("555-555-5555")
    ->setRecipientName("John Doe");

$item_list = new ItemList();
$item_list->setItems([$item1])
    ->setShippingAddress($shipping);

ItemList class ref: http://paypal.github.io/PayPal-PHP-SDK/docs/source-class-PayPal.Api.ItemList.html#74-85

Answer 4

I haven't worked with PayPal very much, but I'm taking this from the official documentation, so I'm confident it will work for you. Overriding addresses stored with PayPal. For a list of available variables you can use in the checkout page, see Auto-fill PayPal checkout page variables.

<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
    <!-- Enable override of buyers's address stored with PayPal . -->
    <input type="hidden" name="address_override" value="1">
    <!-- Set variables that override the address stored with PayPal. -->
    <input type="hidden" name="first_name" value="John">
    <input type="hidden" name="last_name" value="Doe">
    <input type="hidden" name="address1" value="345 Lark Ave">
    <input type="hidden" name="city" value="Montreal">

    <input type="hidden" name="state" value="QC">

    <input type="hidden" name="zip" value="H1A4K2">
    <input type="hidden" name="country" value="CA">
    <input type="image" name="submit"
       src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynow_LG.gif"
       alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online">
</form>

Or, from inside your script...

$address = new ShippingAddress();
$address->setCity('Montreal');
$address->setState('QC');
$address->setCountryCode('CA');
$address->setLine1('345 Lark Ave');
$address->setPostalCode('H1A4K2');

$payerInfo = new PayerInfo();
$payerInfo->setShippingAddress($address);

Here's the list of available province codes. You would use these two-letter strings for the "state" variable, just like you would a U.S. state. PayPal State and Province codes

Province name | Province code

Alberta | AB

British Columbia | BC

Manitoba | MB

New Brunswick | NB

Newfoundland and Labrador | NL

Northwest Territories | NT

Nova Scotia | NS

Nunavut | NU

Ontario | ON

Prince Edward Island | PE

Quebec | QC

Saskatchewan | SK

Yukon | YT

I hope this helps you.