PayPal Simulate-Event API
Use the `/simulate-event` resource to use a sample payload to simulate a webhook event. The events that this call generates only serve to validate the connection to the listener URL and to show how webhook events look. Note: You can also use the Webhooks simulator to simulate webhook events.
PayPal Simulate-Event API is one of 37 APIs that PayPal publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.
Tagged areas include Simulate-Event. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an AsyncAPI specification.
This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.6.
Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com, https://api-m.paypal.com.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
PayPal Simulate-Event API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
It supports OAuth 2.0 (Oauth2) using the clientCredentials flow, exposing 1 scope.
Oauth2— Oauth 2.0 authentication
Paths & Operations 1
Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Use the /simulate-event resource to use a sample payload to simulate a webhook event. The events that this call generates only serve to validate the connection to the listener URL…
Schemas 7
The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are event (9 properties), error (6 properties), error_details-2 (5 properties), simulate_event (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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