Is PayPal issuance NVP / SOAP Express supported?
I provide support for a website using Express Checkout. The website sends a couple of name values, to this endpoint: api-3t.paypal.com/nvp
I am confused about whether this is already deprecated or not and whether it will continue to work in the future.
This page about NVP / SOAP integration in Express Checkout says this method has been deprecated since January 2017: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/express-checkout/ p>
However, this page about the NVP / SOAP API says nothing about deprecation: https://developer.paypal.com/reference/
The website uses these methods: doDirectPayment, SetExpressCheckout, GetExpressCheckoutDetails, and DoExpressCheckoutPayment.
Is the NVP / SOAP integration for express check the same or different from the NVP / SOAP API?
Thank.
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They are not out of date. They are just trying to get people involved with REST APIs, but there are still too many people using NVP / SOAP to kill them. Also, the NVP / SOAP API still has more features available than REST, so they won't be able to completely kill it until REST is fully grasped, which might take another couple of years. Even at this time, if they decide to kill NVP / SOAP, they will give you a year or two of advance notice for your stuff to move to REST.
If you don't want to worry about it at all, and if REST has everything you need, you might just want to go ahead and use that.
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