PayPal Integration

Payments, invoices, payouts, and subscriptions — create and capture orders, send invoices, run batch payouts, and watch PayPal events. Keep PayPal financial workflows accurate without repetitive manual updates. Start from Watch Invoices and send the resulting data through Find Eligible Payment Methods or Get Authorized Payment.

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Supported triggers and actions for PayPal integration

Triggers can detect changes in PayPal and run actions that can create, search or modify data inside PayPal automatically [3] — exactly how you set them.

Watch InvoicesTriggers when invoices appear or change after the last poll time.
Watch PayPal EventsTriggers when a subscribed PayPal event is delivered.
Watch SubscriptionsTriggers when subscriptions appear after the last poll time.
Find Eligible Payment MethodsRetrieves eligible payment methods for the given payer context.
Get Authorized PaymentReturns an authorized payment by ID.
Get Captured PaymentReturns a captured payment by ID.
Get InvoiceReturns a single invoice by ID.
Get Invoice Connection StatusReturns accounting-connection status for an invoice.
Get Invoice TemplateReturns an invoice template by ID.
Get OrderReturns a single order by ID.
Get Payout BatchReturns a payout batch by ID.
Get Payout ItemReturns a payout item by ID.
Get PlanReturns a billing plan by ID.
Get ProductReturns a catalog product by ID.
Get RefundReturns a refund by ID.
Get SubscriptionReturns a subscription by ID.
List Accounting ConnectionsRetrieves accounting-platform connections.
List InvoicesRetrieves invoices in the merchant account.
List Invoice TemplatesRetrieves invoice templates.
List PlansRetrieves billing plans.
List ProductsRetrieves catalog products.
List SubscriptionsRetrieves subscriptions in the merchant account.
List Subscription TransactionsRetrieves transactions for a subscription.
Search InvoicesSearches invoices that match the given criteria.
Activate PlanActivates a billing plan.
Activate SubscriptionActivates a subscription.
Add Order TrackingAdds shipment tracking to an order.
Authorize Order PaymentAuthorizes payment for an order.
Cancel Sent InvoiceCancels a sent invoice.
Cancel SubscriptionCancels a subscription.
Cancel Unclaimed Payout ItemCancels an unclaimed payout item.
Capture Authorized PaymentCaptures an authorized payment.
Capture Order PaymentCaptures payment for an order.
Capture Subscription PaymentCaptures an authorized payment on a subscription.
Confirm OrderConfirms the payer payment source on an order.
Create Batch PayoutCreates a batch payout.
Create Draft InvoiceCreates a draft invoice.
Create Invoice TemplateCreates an invoice template.
Create OrderCreates a PayPal checkout order.
Create PlanCreates a subscription billing plan.
Create ProductCreates a catalog product.
Create SubscriptionCreates a subscription.
Deactivate PlanDeactivates a billing plan.
Delete External Invoice PaymentDeletes an external payment from an invoice.
Delete External Invoice RefundDeletes an external refund from an invoice.
Delete InvoiceDeletes a draft or scheduled invoice.
Delete Invoice TemplateDeletes an invoice template.
Generate Invoice NumberGenerates the next invoice number.
Generate Invoice QR CodeGenerates a QR code for an invoice.
Make an API CallPerforms an arbitrary authorized API call.
Reauthorize Authorized PaymentReauthorizes an authorized payment.
Record Invoice PaymentRecords an external payment on an invoice.
Record Invoice RefundRecords an external refund on an invoice.
Refund Captured PaymentRefunds a captured payment.
Revise SubscriptionRevises the plan or quantity on a subscription.
Send InvoiceSends a draft invoice to the recipient.
Send Invoice ReminderSends a reminder for an unpaid invoice.
Suspend SubscriptionSuspends a subscription.
Update InvoiceFully updates an invoice.
Update Invoice TemplateFully updates an invoice template.
Update OrderUpdates an order that is still created or approved.
Update Order TrackingUpdates or cancels tracking on an order.
Update PlanUpdates a billing plan.
Update Plan PricingUpdates pricing schemes on a plan.
Update ProductUpdates a catalog product.
Update SubscriptionUpdates a subscription.
Void Authorized PaymentVoids an authorized payment.

How to integrate PayPal in automation workflow?

3 simple steps to make your PayPal connected with other apps in automation workflows on WEXTL. Up to 10 minutes integration set up.

STEP 1

Select PayPal in workflow

Pick PayPal app in the workflow builder [4] - just one click to select the app.

STEP 2

Connect PayPal

When prompted, authorize access to PayPal in WEXTL once. PayPal credentials are encrypted and never shared with WEXTL. Authorization will be reused in any future API calls [3].

WEXTL wants to integrate with your PayPal account. Approve?

STEP 3

Build a workflow

Build your workflow with PayPal yourself or with WEXTL® AI Builder. Connect PayPal to any available integrations [5], or use HTTP node to go beyond them.

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How PayPal connects and integrates with WEXTL

Save and approve your credentials once — WEXTL® stores authorization information encrypted and reuses the authentication whenever PayPal app is called in workflows. That allows your finance automations to run without your attention, per defined schedule [7]. Explore documentation [6] for a detailed list of fields that PayPal supports.

Full PayPal API documentation

The following table illustrates what fields PayPal integration require during authorization flow inside our workflow builder [4].

Demonstration of PayPal connection step inside WEXTL Workflow Builder [4].

Field	Type	Help
Client IDRequired	text	Apps & Credentials → REST API app → Client ID.
Client SecretRequired	password	Same app → Secret. Treat it like a password.
EnvironmentRequired	select	Sandbox host api-m.sandbox.paypal.com; live api-m.paypal.com. Separate credentials per environment.

Connect PayPal to popular apps on WEXTL

Enter a name of the other app you want to sync with PayPal below. Click on selected app to explore integration options with PayPal. If the app you search for is not available in WEXTL yet, you can use HTTP node [10] instead to integrate it directly.

Example automation with PayPal integration

Select Watch Invoices trigger from PayPal - this will be a starting point in your automation. Whenever event happens in PayPal, workflow will start [7] from Watch Invoices node.

Search for Create Draft Invoice, connect it as the next step of integration sequence. You can use filters between Watch Invoices and Create Draft Invoice, so only important data pass from Watch Invoices to the next step. WEXTL gives you full control over the process of PayPal automation. All parts of workflow are visible on the canvas [4].

PayPal on WEXTL has 67 modules for building finance automations. Explore PayPal documentation for more.

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Watch Invoices

Bling

Performs action

Bling

Triggers

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Create Draft Invoice

Demonstration of how visual PayPal automation [6] looks in WEXTL.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about automating PayPal in your workflows.

PayPal has 3 triggers, including "Watch Invoices", "Watch PayPal Events", and "Watch Subscriptions". Triggers are start points of the workflow, and automations may start from them.

Integration has 64 actions, including "Find Eligible Payment Methods", "Get Authorized Payment", and "Get Captured Payment", and more. Refer to our PayPal Documentation for detailed inputs and outputs.

No. Most automations are built visually on the canvas by picking triggers, actions, and mapping fields. You can add custom JavaScript with Functions when advanced logic is needed — but our customers do that in rare cases [4].

Yes. Connections are authenticated per account, credentials are encrypted at rest, and you can enforce approvals and team-level access controls on any automation.

The PayPal integration on WEXTL runs directly on its vendor public API — every field name, authentication method, and rate limit is controlled by PayPal official API and covered in documentation [3]. WEXTL handles the request signing and pagination for you.

Absolutely. Where PayPal provides native webhooks, you can use instant triggers to eliminate polling delay. For custom webhooks, WEXTL offers Custom Webhook node, so you can start automation whenever PayPal or any other service sends event to webhook URL.

WEXTL is an AI-first visual canvas. The platform allows you to describe automation in plain text — and AI will wire nodes for PayPal inside the workflow builder [4]. You can also use built-in workflow nodes (AI Agent, Human in the Loop, Condition, Aggregate Results) in pair with PayPal modules to craft complex integration flows with branches, filtering, and conditional logic. There are absolutely no limits of what you can build.

References

List of sources used to gather information about the PayPal integration.

PayPal integration source code, module specs and credentials implementation.
Internal PayPal integration documentation, structured input and output parameters, scopes, and authentication methods.
Official PayPal vendor API documentation — used to verify field meanings, authentication flows, and anything our own specs don't fully capture.
WEXTL® Visual Workflow Builder, anonymized data from our technical support team.
WEXTL® Apps Library
WEXTL® PayPal App Documentation
WEXTL® Workflow Scheduler
WEXTL® HTTP node documentation

PayPal Integration

Supported triggers and actions for PayPal integration