Request money via REST API
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Hi,
I have a small system, which let users pay their debts via PayPal. Since now, without API, because I used to sent a "magic" link to the users:
https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/transfer/homepage/external/profile?amount=9.05¤cyCode=EUR&recipient=mymailaddress¬e=MyNote
However, the link stopped working since a few weeks or so. It is not picked up anymore by paypal, I get redirected to the transfer money start page.
Now I search alternatives. Iam a dev and would use the REST API now to generate a type of money request. But I dont see any endpoint allowing that. In my eyes, I have to create an invoice via REST API and send it to the user?
Is there no REST endpoint to make a simple "request money" (via fam and freinds) request?
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I just tested the old NVP MassPay API but always get "Security header is not valid" but the LIVE creds are valid - Iam calling to https://api-3t.paypal.com/nvp.
So, there is no way to do a simple API request to request money with no fees (family/friend)? 😞

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