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Re: Invoicing API: Attach invoice PDF to email?

by Eleven41 Contributor in REST APIs
‎Aug-30-2022 08:16 AM
‎Aug-30-2022 08:16 AM
Hi there,   Has there been any progress in this ability? I'm encountering more and more customers who want to auto-process a PDF attached to the invoice emails. So I cannot use PayPal for these customers. ... View more

Re: Invoicing API: Attach invoice PDF to email?

by Eleven41 Contributor in REST APIs
‎Nov-01-2020 09:03 AM
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‎Nov-01-2020 09:03 AM
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@JackieDaytona wrote: Why not send it to the printer via PHP and have the default printer set to PDF ? Unfortunately, that won't solve my problem. I don't need the PDF myself. My customer needs it. The problem is getting that PDF to the customer in a way their automated Accounts Payable systems can process it.   If I generate a PDF, the best I can do is attach that to the PayPal invoice. So it's a PDF attached to itself. The recipient still needs to click the link in the email to view the invoice and download that PDF. The automated A/P systems won't do that.   So I need the PDF attached to the actual email that PayPal sends. There's no way to do that using PayPal APIs.   ... View more

Re: Invoicing API: Attach invoice PDF to email?

by Eleven41 Contributor in REST APIs
‎Sep-08-2020 11:18 AM
‎Sep-08-2020 11:18 AM
Wonderful, thank you very much. ... View more

Re: Invoicing API: Attach invoice PDF to email?

by Eleven41 Contributor in REST APIs
‎Sep-08-2020 09:57 AM
‎Sep-08-2020 09:57 AM
Hi Stephan,   Thanks for responding, but that solution does not help.   I'm using 100% automation to send my PayPal invoices. Manually turning them into a PDF breaks that automation.   Basically, I need a flag on the "Send" API method like "include attached pdf" where PayPal will attach a PDF copy to the email.   If it doesn't exist (or functional equivalent), please add it to your internal feature request system so it may be added in the future.   Otherwise, I need to find an alternative to PayPal invoices for these customers since it does not meet my requirements. ... View more

Invoicing API: Attach invoice PDF to email?

by Eleven41 Contributor in REST APIs
‎Sep-02-2020 05:23 PM
‎Sep-02-2020 05:23 PM
Hello,   I am using the PayPal Invoicing API to send invoices to my customers.   I have some customers whose A/P teams use automated invoice processing software that'll read an attached PDF to an invoice email. They have requested that a PDF copy of the invoice be attached to the email that PayPal sends them otherwise the PayPal email gets rejected by their automated system.   I know that you can attach files to the invoice. However, this is not that. I need a PDF copy of the invoice attached to the sent email.   Is there an option to do this? ... View more
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Bug: REST API does not support proper ISO8601 form...

by Eleven41 Contributor in SDKs
‎Sep-02-2017 10:29 AM
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‎Sep-02-2017 10:29 AM
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I am attempting to record an invoice payment as per   https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/invoicing/#invoices_record-payment   In the documentation, the "date" is mentioned as being ISO8601 format, as per    https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339#section-5.6   However, no correctly formatted ISO8601 formatted date is accepted.   Any attempt to use an ISO8601 formatted date receives the following error message: only date-time value with 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss z' format is allowed. Atleast that clues me in that spaces are preferred over a "T" between the date and time.   However, using "Z" to indicate UTC timezone is not accepted.   Basically, the only date format accepted is a PST/PDT timezone offsetted date. A UTC date is not accepted. Not only that, the time zone portion must be either "PST" or "PDT", not "-7", "-8", etc. This does not adhere to the ISO8601 format which does not support timezone names, only offset values, according to the very docs your documentation links to.   Please update your REST API to support ISO8601 dates.   OR   Properly document the format of your accepted dates. ... View more
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Re: Invoice API: How to get PayPal fee of paid inv...

by Eleven41 Contributor in About Business (Archive)
‎Dec-23-2013 12:19 PM
‎Dec-23-2013 12:19 PM
Been there, done that.  No response.   http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20672423/invoice-api-how-to-get-payment-fee ... View more

Invoice API: How to get PayPal fee of paid invoice

by Eleven41 Contributor in About Business (Archive)
‎Dec-23-2013 11:13 AM
‎Dec-23-2013 11:13 AM
I am using the Invoice API (classic SOAP).   I want to get the PayPal fee deducted from a paid invoice payment.  How can I get it? ... View more
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