Get PayPal Express Checkout Payer Profile

This server behavior retrieves the information specific to a customer once they have authenticated on the PayPal site. The authentication process is initiated by the PayPal Express Checkout Authentication server behavior, which is configured to redirect to a location where the payer profile server behavior is applied to continue the checkout process.

To access the Get PayPal Express Checkout Payer Profile server behavior

The Insert Checkout Form feature is accessible in the following locations in Dreamweaver:
  • Server Behaviors > eCart > Checkout > PayPal Express Checkout > Get Payer Profile

To configure the Get PayPal Express Checkout Payer Profile server behavior:

  1. Open the page that will initiate the checkout process.
  2. In the Server Behaviors panel, click the Plus (+) icon and select eCart > Checkout > PayPal Express Checkout > Get Payer Profile

    The Get PayPal Express Checkout Payer Profile dialog opens:
  3. Username: The email address associated to your PayPal merchant account.

    Password: The password for your PayPal merchant account.

    Signature: The API Signature associated to your account that identifies you to the gateway.
  4. If you are testing your configuration using PayPal's sandbox and the account is not live, you may specify this within your configuration by checking Use PayPal sandbox server for testing.
  5. Click Finish to apply the server behavior to the page.
Note: The sandbox server testing environment will not work for ASP configurations if you do not have your SSL certificate installed on your website. Please refer to PayPal's developer center for more information.