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I have this message on my payments methods in WooCommerce
Authentication with PayPal failed: Could not create token.
Please verify your API Credentials and try again to connect your PayPal business account. Visit the plugin documentation for more information about the setup.
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Good day @Mehdi-mavadat @AmyYW,
Thank you for your post and welcome to the Community Forum.
Third party platform WooCommerce built their own plugins/modules. Please contact WooCommerce to cross check your integration environment mode(Live/Sandbox).
Please follow the below steps to access your LIVE NVP/SOAP API credentials(i.e User Name, Password & Signature) via your Business PayPal account:
Login to your PayPal account>> click "settings" icon >> Account settings >> Account access >> "API access" >> Manage API credentials.
(Or)
Login PayPal account >> Go to "https://www.paypal.com/businessmanage/credentials/apiaccess" >> follow above steps.
Guide link for NVP/SOAP API Credentials - https://developer.paypal.com/api/nvp-soap/apiCredentials/
Please follow the below steps to access REST API credentials(i.e Client ID & Secret) via developer portal.
Login to https://developer.paypal.com/ >> My apps & credentials >> toggle "LIVE" >> create "App" >> fill required details >> you can able to access your LIVE REST API (Client ID & Secret).
Guide link for REST API Credentials - https://developer.paypal.com/api/rest/#get-credentials
Sincerely,
Chiranjeevi
PayPal/Braintree MTS
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