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https://medium.com/paypal-engineering/launch-v2-paypal-checkout-apis-45435398b987 - I have summed up our rationale for v2 in this article.   please let me know if you have specific questions and I can help answer them. ... View more

https://developer.paypal.com/docs/checkout/ - you do need a basic amount of tech knowledge but the basic integration is the simplest that can be. ... View more

There is no separate line item that says "VAT". you can use the "Tax" field that's the nearest you have at the moment.   There is also no way to link an Invoice to the v2/orders at the moment. (or simply put "invoice" is not a payment method with which one can pay an order today) ... View more

It's best if you handle INSTRUMENT_DECLINES - please read about it more at - https://developer.paypal.com/docs/checkout/integration-features/funding-failure/   with regards to possible status of capture they can be found https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/payments/v2/#captures-get-response ... View more

can you elaborate on what you are trying to do - if it's just adding PayPal button to your webpage - start here https://developer.paypal.com/docs/checkout/ ... View more

https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/payments/v2/#definition-capture_status https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/payments/v2/#definition-capture_status_details   let me know if you need more information.   ... View more

We do have a way to save the order with the intention of authorizing or capturing it at a later point. We didn't have it at the time when you first posted this message - if you still have the need - please let us know and I can help you with what you need. ... View more

Given a PayPal transaction Id you won't be able to look up the breakdown just the amount. Unfortunately as eBay moves to a more Managed Payments models the receiver of funds will be eBay so you won't have this information as they ramp that up. I think your best bet considering that eBay is moving away from their current model is to use v1 if it works for you, even though it is deprecated we still support it and although we do not encourage new integrations at all - your's is one of those edge use case that probably requires you to use the v1/payments/sale end point. if you sell on other platforms and have similar issues - please let me know and I can get back to see if there are any other options.  ... View more

At the moment you can't have custom discounts what you can potentially use "discount" breakdown as part of - https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/orders/v2/#definition-amount_breakdown   We previously used to allow negative values but there were certain challenges as the display is not as good as it could have been in the buyer checkout experience.   Please let me know if the above works for you if not I can think if there is any other recommendation. ... View more

Hello,   I can help you with /save but it won't solve your problem.    At the moment we don't really return the transaction ID sent to the buyer to the merchant.   At the moment your best bet and what I see a lot of our merchants do is to generate their own invoice_id which also shows up in the receipt sent by PayPal and it's a common link between your transaction and the buyers transaction.    Please let me know if you have more questions - happy to help in anyway I can. ... View more