webhook or IPN

[makasmi]

I want to receive a notification after an automatic payment (recurring payment). Does webhooks only work for payments via the REST API? can I use the IPN for recurring payments

[MTS_Chiranjeevi]

Good day @makasmi,

Thank you for your post and welcome to the Community Forum.

Yes, Webhooks event notification will be triggered for payments processed via REST API integration. 

Webhook event names : https://developer.paypal.com/api/rest/webhooks/event-names/. 

Subscriptions Webhook event : https://developer.paypal.com/api/rest/webhooks/event-names/#subscriptions. 

You can integrate Instant Payment Notification(IPN) service to get notified for all type of payments processed via NVP API integration.

If your website is built via NVP/SOAP API integration, please use the Instant Payment Notification(IPN) service to get the payment notifications.

Guide link - https://developer.paypal.com/api/nvp-soap/ipn/

If your website is built via REST API integration, please use Webhooks event notification to get the payment notifications.

Guide link - https://developer.paypal.com/api/rest/webhooks/ 

Sincerely,

Chiranjeevi

PayPal/Braintree MTS

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