Subscription IPN/webhooks
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Hi,
I have just integrated subscriptions in my website using REST API and Express checkout.
Now, to track monthly payments, which service have I to use? Webhooks or IPN?
In case of webhook, which events do I need to track?
Using the webhooks simulator I tried "Payment sale completed" but I get an empty call to my server (with others events I can see the content). Have I to activate something?
Thanks a lot,
Davide

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That's correct, its the PAYMENT.SALE.COMPLETED webhook. You can checkout the integration steps here:
https://developer.paypal.com/docs/integration/direct/webhooks/rest-webhooks/
These need to be enabled on your app via the app dashboard in developer.paypal.com. But the webhook simulator shouldn't need this as you're just testing your webhook handler not a specific client ID.

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