Getting Your PayPal API Credentials for the Funds module

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Getting Your PayPal API Credentials for the Funds module

<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;">Getting your PayPal API credentials for
the Funds module
 

This guide will walk you through the
process of obtaining the API credential information necessary to
create a campaign using <a href="using-the-funds-module" rel="nofollow" title="Using the Funds Module">th</a><a href="using-the-funds-module" rel="nofollow" title="Using the Funds Module" target="_blank">e Funds module</a>.
 

</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;"><ol><li>Sign in to your <a href="http://www.paypal.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PayPal</a>
	account, or sign up for a new account. </li><li style="color:rgb(51,51,51);">If you have a personal account,
	you're going to need to upgrade – don't worry, it's free!     <img src="http://grou.ps/includes/file.php?group_name=groudotps&function=editor&id=345173" align="none" /> </li><li style="color:rgb(51,51,51);">After reading the fine print,
	click the necessary confirmation buttons to continue:     <img src="http://grou.ps/includes/file.php?group_name=groudotps&function=editor&id=345174" align="none" />  <img src="http://grou.ps/includes/file.php?group_name=groudotps&function=editor&id=345175" align="none" /> </li><li style="color:rgb(51,51,51);">Click on User Profile.     <img src="http://grou.ps/includes/file.php?group_name=groudotps&function=editor&id=345176" align="none" /> </li><li style="color:rgb(51,51,51);">Navigate to the 'My Selling Tools'
	section – this is where you'll find API info:     <img src="http://grou.ps/includes/file.php?group_name=groudotps&function=editor&id=345177" align="none" /> </li><li style="color:rgb(51,51,51);">Click on 'Update' next to API
	access:     <img src="http://grou.ps/includes/file.php?group_name=groudotps&function=editor&id=345178" align="none" /> </li><li style="color:rgb(51,51,51);">Click on 'Request API Credentials':     <img src="http://grou.ps/includes/file.php?group_name=groudotps&function=editor&id=345179" align="none" /> </li><li style="color:rgb(51,51,51);">The option you'll want to use for
	GROU.PS is 'Request API Signature':     <img src="http://grou.ps/includes/file.php?group_name=groudotps&function=editor&id=345180" align="none" /> </li><li>After this, you'll be shown your
	new API credential information; use it in <a href="javascript:nicTemp();">th</a><a href="javascript:nicTemp();">e Funds
	module</a>:     <img src="http://grou.ps/includes/file.php?group_name=groudotps&function=editor&id=345181" align="none" /> </li></ol></div>

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Getting your PayPal API credentials for the Funds module

This guide will walk you through the process of obtaining the API credential information necessary to create a campaign using the Funds module.

Sign in to your PayPal account, or sign up for a new account.
If you have a personal account, you're going to need to upgrade – don't worry, it's free!
After reading the fine print, click the necessary confirmation buttons to continue:
Click on User Profile.
Navigate to the 'My Selling Tools' section – this is where you'll find API info:
Click on 'Update' next to API access:
Click on 'Request API Credentials':
The option you'll want to use for GROU.PS is 'Request API Signature':
After this, you'll be shown your new API credential information; use it in the Funds module: