What does the payment.capture.COMPLETED webhook mean?

[sauceman40]

Hi Developer Community,

I'm currently setting up PayPal authorized+captured payments Webhooks here:

https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api-basics/notifications/webhooks/event-names/#authorized-and-capt...

and wanted to verify what PAYMENT.CAPTURE.COMPLETED event means.

I'm hoping to find a Webhook event that corresponds to money having successfully transferred to our PayPal account, but never saw that stated explicitly anywhere. Is that a safe assumption to be making? Or if not can someone give a more precise explanation of what this event means / if there's a different event we should be listening for?

Asking because our team plans on sending daily payouts w/ Payouts API - and we don't want to find ourselves in a situation where we are paying out users before we have received the funds ourselves.

Thank you,

Andrew

[MTS-Aaron · Accepted solution]

Hi @sauceman40 

Thanks for your question! The payment.capture.completed webhook would be the best option if you're using the "capture" intent for a transaction. This means that the money has been captured and put into your PayPal account.

If you're using our older "Express Checkout" product and using the "Sale" method, then we would recommend payment.sale.completed.

I hope that helps!

-Aaron