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Re: Sandbox account not generating IPN's

by davegolfer_22 Contributor in Sandbox Environment
‎Apr-10-2023 05:53 AM
‎Apr-10-2023 05:53 AM
I suspect this is the same problem reported in https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/Sandbox-Environment/No-data-available-in-IPN-History/m-p/3052749#M10711. I am experiencing this problem as well. ... View more

Re: https://paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr endpoint ret...

by davegolfer_22 Contributor in Sandbox Environment
‎Apr-06-2023 05:35 AM
‎Apr-06-2023 05:35 AM
I had this problem too. Mine had been working since 2016 then suddenly stopped. My problem was that I added the cmd=_notify-validate to the end of the END of the list of parameters instead of at the beginning. From their IPN guide:   Create a request that contains exactly the same IPN variables and values in the same order, preceded with cmd=_notify-validate.   I changed my code to add the cmd=_notify-validate to the beginning of the list to fix the problem. I hope this helps. ... View more

Re: Sandbox IPN URL throwing 404 Error

by davegolfer_22 Contributor in Sandbox Environment
‎Apr-06-2023 05:28 AM
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The problem ended up being a result of adding the cmd=_notify-validate parameter at the end of the list of parameters for the validate request posted back to PayPal instead of at the beginning. I put it at the beginning to fix the problem.   Note that I had been using this code since 2016 without a problem until now. ... View more

Re: No data available in IPN History

by davegolfer_22 Contributor in Sandbox Environment
‎Apr-06-2023 05:20 AM
‎Apr-06-2023 05:20 AM
I am also having the same problem ... View more

Re: Sandbox IPN URL throwing 404 Error

by davegolfer_22 Contributor in Sandbox Environment
‎Mar-16-2023 01:07 PM
‎Mar-16-2023 01:07 PM
I'm still having this problem and haven't heard anything yet. It was working on March 14, 2023 but was not on the morning of the 15th. Is there a problem with the sandbox IPN verification? ... View more

Sandbox IPN URL throwing 404 Error

by davegolfer_22 Contributor in Sandbox Environment
‎Mar-15-2023 08:07 AM
‎Mar-15-2023 08:07 AM
Hi,   I am not able to validate the IPN I am getting after completing a sale in the sandbox environment.   The URL I'm using is: https://ipnpb.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr  I have also tried what I think is the old one: https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr   It throws a 404 error code. Is there something wrong with the url?   Thank you ... View more

Re: IPN History is empty - Notifications not worki...

by davegolfer_22 Contributor in Sandbox Environment
‎May-16-2022 06:07 AM
‎May-16-2022 06:07 AM
Has this issue been resolved yet? I am still having the exact same problem. ... View more
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