IPN Simulator only displays "IPN was not sent, and the handshake was not verified" message. (Again?)
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Posted on
Dec-08-2021
08:30 PM
It appears that the problem described in this ticket is happening again: https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/Sandbox-Environment/IPN-Simulator-issue/td-p/1506060
No matter what I put in the URL field, even if I put in junk characters, a non-IPN URL, or a valid IPN listener URL, I get "IPN was not sent, and the handshake was not verified. Review your information."
According to this page https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api-basics/notifications/ipn/IPNSimulator/, it should be throwing back messages like "please enter a valid URL" or "We could not send a URL." And it should actually be working with my listener URL.
Is it broken again?
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Dec-09-2021
07:12 AM
Hello,
I tested the IPN simulator today and didn't experience the issues you mentioned.
URL field : https://developer.paypal.com
"IPN was not sent, and the handshake was not verified. Review your information"
URL field : ldsahdasjdhashdashdjkasd
"IPN was not sent, and the handshake was not verified. Review your information"
I then entered a URL which I use and I know is functional and received back a positive response.
"IPN was sent and the handshake was verified"
I also received the IPN message.
Thanks !
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I tested the IPN simulator today and didn't experience the issues you mentioned.
URL field : https://developer.paypal.com
"IPN was not sent, and the handshake was not verified. Review your information"
URL field : ldsahdasjdhashdashdjkasd
"IPN was not sent, and the handshake was not verified. Review your information"
I then entered a URL which I use and I know is functional and received back a positive response.
"IPN was sent and the handshake was verified"
I also received the IPN message.
Thanks !
Was my post helpful? If so, please give me a kudos!

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