Paypal HTTP OAuth 2 - Account Verify Failed

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Hey all, would love to know if anyone has successfully setup Paypal Authorization using an HTTP OAuth 2 module.

Everything looks correct, but it always ends in account verify failed. It seems like a lot of Make’s modules have depreciated due to Paypal’s V2 of the api. So not sure if i’m just chasing an impossibility?

I’m using this setup for Oauth 2.0 https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/transaction-search/v1/#search_get

here’s how I set up the connection that keeps resulting in an error. I have added the correct Client ID and secret, I’ve just left them blank in the screenshot.

I would greatly appreciate any help!

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Hi @yazzi,

The API documentation of PayPal* (https://developer.paypal.com/api/rest/authentication/), does not mention the authorization code flow. I have scanned through it, but as far as I can see, there is no authorization code to be requested in order to retrieve the tokens. It is a straight-up request for tokens.

Try to use the flow type ‘Implicit Grant’ and use the https://api-m.paypal.com/v1/oauth2/token url. (Implicit Grant)

It is not the same, so there is a small chance it will work. But worth a try. The default HTTP module in Make strictly adheres to the RFC-6749 framework. If an external API has their own twist on the framework, it leads to issues sometimes.

Alternatives would be:

  1. Build out the full authorization with basic requests in the HTTP module, saving the tokens in a data store for use.
  2. Build a Custom App.

Cheers,
Henk

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Thanks Henk. I appreciate your response.

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