PayPal

Menu path: Configuration > Policies and Access Control > Authentication Sources > Billing > PayPal.

This form of authentication works with billing sites to obtain payment from users before allowing them access. The fields in the PayPal source authentication are shown below. The several API values are obtained from the PayPal web site during your site's registration. The registration process is described in the "A3 Installation and Usage Guide".

Note

NOTE: PayPal requires that the A3 server is accessible on the public domain via its DNS name using the https: protocol.

Field Name	Usage	Example
Name	The name of the authentication source.	PayPal
Description	A description of the purpose of the authentication source.	PayPal Billing
Currency	The type of currency that the billing will use. One of USD or CAD.	USD
Send Billing Confirmation	If enabled, billing information will be sent to the user.
Test Mode	If enabled, this authentication will not charge the user.
Identity Token	A value provided by PayPal during registration with the PayPal API. See PayPal API Registration for more details.
Certificate ID	The path to the Certificate ID of the certificate submitted to PayPal during the registration process.
Certificate File	The path to the Certificate file of the certificate submitted to PayPal during the registration process.
Key File	The path to the associated key for the certificate submitted to PayPal during the registration process.
PayPal Certificate File	The path to the PayPal certificate downloaded during the registration process.
Email Address	The email address associated with the PayPal account.	user@corp.net
Payment Type	One of Buy Now or Donations.	Buy Now
Authorized Domains	A comma separated list of domains that A3 will resolve during authentication, despite any networking restrictions. It should include: *.paypal.com, *.paypalobjects.com.	*.paypal.com, *.paypalobjects.com
Create Local Account	If enabled, when a user completes an email authentication a local A3 account will be created for the username provided if one does not already exist
Password Hashing Method	The algorithm used to hash passwords in the database. Only new or reset passwords are affected. One of Bcrypt, Plaintext, or NTLM.
Password Length	The length of generated passwords.	8
Number of Logins for Local Account	If Create Local Account is enabled, then this field designates the number of times that the user can login. A value of 0 means an infinite number of times.	0