Unprocessable Entity when creating order from Billing Agreement

brianzammit
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‎Feb-09-2023 03:56 AM

Hello,

I was trying to follow the following Guide to create an order and capture payment for it from a billing agreement. So far I managed to use the Billing Agreement to create payments using the deprecated `/v1/payments/payment` API, but when creating the order I am getting a 422 response with error `

NO_PAYMENT_SOURCE_PROVIDED` (see step 4 below).


Steps:
1. Create Agreement Token Request:

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POST https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/billing-agreements/agreement-tokens


Request Body:
{
  "description": "Billing Agreement Description",
  "payer":
  {
    "payment_method": "PAYPAL"
  },
  "plan":
  {
    "type": "MERCHANT_INITIATED_BILLING",
    "merchant_preferences":
    {
      "return_url": "https://example.com/return",
      "cancel_url": "https://example.com/cancel",
      "notify_url": "https://example.com/notify",
      "accepted_pymt_type": "INSTANT",
      "skip_shipping_address": true
    }
  }
}

Response (201):

{
    "token_id": "BA-7AC53308L08744613",
    "links": [
        {
            "rel": "approval_url",
            "method": "POST"
        },
        {
            "rel": "self",
            "method": "POST"
        }
    ]
}



 2. Agreement approved as a buyer

3. Agreement Created from Agreement Token

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POST https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/billing-agreements/agreements

Request Body:

{
  "token_id": "BA-7AC53308L08744613"
}


Response (201):

{
    "id": "B-9BS46477KS1858732",
    "state": "ACTIVE",
    "description": "Billing Agreement Description",
    "merchant": {
        "payee_info": {
            "email": "sb-xw[Removed. Phone #s not permitted]business.example.com"
        }
    },
    "payer": {
        "payer_info": {
            "email": "s[Removed. Phone #s not permitted]pan>
            "first_name": "John",
            "last_name": "Doe",
            "payer_id": "TNBDVWE3D5AS8",
            "tenant": "PAYPAL"
        }
    },
    "plan": {
        "type": "MERCHANT_INITIATED_BILLING",
        "merchant_preferences": {
            "notify_url": "https://example.com/notify",
            "accepted_pymt_type": "INSTANT",
            "multi_factor_activation": false,
            "req_billing_address": false
        }
    },
    "create_time": "2023-02-09T10:14:23.000Z",
    "update_time": "2023-02-09T10:14:23.000Z",
    "links": [
        {
            "rel": "cancel",
            "method": "POST"
        },
        {
            "rel": "self",
            "method": "GET"
        }
    ]
}

4. Attempt to create order from Billing Agreement:

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POST https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com/v2/checkout/orders


Request Body:


{
  "intent": "CAPTURE",
  "purchase_units": [
    {
      "amount": {
        "currency_code": "USD",
        "value": "55.00"
      }
    }
  ],
  "payment_source": {
      "token:": {
          "type": "BILLING_AGREEMENT",
          "id": "B-9BS46477KS1858732"
      }
  }
}



Response (422):

{
    "name": "UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY",
    "details": [
        {
            "field": "/payment_source",
            "issue": "NO_PAYMENT_SOURCE_PROVIDED",
            "description": "NO_PAYMENT_SOURCE_PROVIDED"
        }
    ],
    "message": "The requested action could not be performed, semantically incorrect, or failed business validation.",
    "debug_id": "cbed6471d8f2e",
    "links": [
        {
            "rel": "information_link",
            "method": "GET"
        }
    ]
}

 
Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Best regards,
Brian

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MTS_Jennifer
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‎Feb-11-2023 02:33 PM

Hello @brianzammit ,

Thank you for posting to the PayPal Community.

Here is another way you can use the billing agreement to process a payment:

https://developer.paypal.com/limited-release/reference-transactions/#link-useareferencetransactionto...

POST https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment
{
  "intent": "sale",
  "payer":
  {
    "payment_method": "PAYPAL",
    "funding_instruments": [
    {
      "billing":
      {
        "billing_agreement_id": "B-9BS46477KS1858732"
      }
    }]
  },
  "transactions": [
  {
    "amount":
    {
      "currency": "USD",
      "total": "55.00"
    },
    "description": "Payment transaction.",
    "custom": "Payment custom field.",
    "note_to_payee": "Note to payee field.",
    "invoice_number": "invoice777",
    "item_list":
    {
      "items": [
      {
        "sku": "skuitemNo1",
        "name": "ItemNo1",
        "description": "The item description.",
        "quantity": "1",
        "price": "55.00",
        "currency": "USD",
        "tax": "0",
        "url": "https://example.com/"
      }]
    }
  }],
  "redirect_urls":
  {
    "return_url": "https://example.com/return",
    "cancel_url": "https://example.com/cancel"
  }

 Thanks,

Jennifer

MTS

PayPal

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brianzammit
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‎Feb-12-2023 11:36 PM

Hello @MTS_Jennifer ,

Thank you for your reply! As indicated in my message, I have already managed to use the billing agreement to process a payment using the `v1/payments` API.
However, I was trying to work with the `v2/orders` API to avoid integrating with the deprecated `v1/payments` API. According to the documentation:

 

You pass the ID of the billing agreement in the JSON request body of a /v1/payments/payment call or a v2/orders call.

Is it possible to please clarify whether such integration should work, and maybe refer me to some additional documentation?

Thanks.
Brian



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brianzammit
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‎Feb-17-2023 04:30 AM

Hello @MTS_Jennifer ,

Any updates on the above please?

Thanks.
Brian

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MTS_Jennifer
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‎Feb-22-2023 02:48 PM

Hello @brianzammit ,

I did some testing, after you have the billing agreement id. Create an order like you normally would with orders v2 api.

 

https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v2/checkout/orders POST with access_token
{
  "intent": "CAPTURE",
    
  "purchase_units": [
    {
        "amount": {
        "currency_code": "USD",
        "value": "100.00"
       
      },

      "shipping": {
                "name": {
                    "full_name": "John Doe"
                },
                "address": {
                    "address_line_1": "123  W Main St",
                    "admin_area_2": "San Jose",
                    "admin_area_1": "CA",
                    "postal_code": "95112",
                    "country_code": "US"
                }
            }
         }
      ],

"application_context" : {
			"return_url" : "http://www.example.com",
			"cancel_url" : "http://cancel_url.com",
            "error_url" : "http://errorurl.com",
            "shipping_preference" : "SET_PROVIDED_ADDRESS"
           
        }
		}

 

Then in the Capture Call include the billing agreement as seen in below example:

 

POST https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v2/checkout/orders/{{order_id}}/capture
{
    "payment_source": {
        "token": {
        "id": "B-5SP65488AJ588XXXXX",
        "type": "BILLING_AGREEMENT"
        }
    }
}

 

Thanks,

Jennifer

MTS

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brianzammit
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‎Feb-22-2023 11:29 PM

Thanks @MTS_Jennifer .

Will try it out and get back to you if I encounter any further issues.

Best regards,
Brian

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