---
name: "Business::PayPal::API::AuthorizationRequest"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libbusiness-paypal-api-perl"
version: "0.77-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Business::PayPal::API::AuthorizationRequest"
---

# Business::PayPal::API::AuthorizationRequest(3pm)

PayPal AuthorizationRequest API

## NAME

Business::PayPal::API::AuthorizationRequest - PayPal AuthorizationRequest API

## VERSION

version 0.77

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use Business::PayPal::API::AuthorizationRequest;
  ## see Business::PayPal::API documentation for parameters
  my $pp = new Business::PayPal::API::DoAuthorizationRequest ( ... );
  my %response = $pp->DoAuthorizationRequest (
                                         TransactionID => $transid,
                                         CurrencyID    => $currencyID,
                                         Amount         => $amout,
                                         );
```

## DESCRIPTION

**Business::PayPal::API::AuthorizationRequest** implements PayPal's **AuthorizationRequest** API using SOAP::Lite to make direct API calls to PayPal's SOAP API server. It also implements support for testing via PayPal's *sandbox*. Please see Business::PayPal::API for details on using the PayPal sandbox. This request is only used with "Order" type Authorizations. An "Order" must first be placed using the ExpressCheckout module. DirectPayment authorizations can only be used for "Basic" authorizations.

### AuthorizationRequest

Implements PayPal's **AuthorizationRequest** API call. Supported parameters include:

```
  TransactionID
  Amount
  currencyID (defaults to 'USD' if not supplied)
```

as described in the PayPal "Web Services API Reference" document. The default **currencyID** setting is 'USD' if not otherwise specified.

Returns a hash containing the results of the transaction.

Example:

```
  my %resp = $pp->DoAuthorizationRequest (
                                          TransactionID => $trans_id,
                                          Amount        => '15.00',
                                          );
  unless( $resp{Ack} ne 'Success' ) {
      for my $error ( @{$response{Errors}} ) {
          warn "Error: " . $error->{LongMessage} . "\n";
      }
  }
```

### ERROR HANDLING

See the **ERROR HANDLING** section of **Business::PayPal::API** for information on handling errors.

### EXPORT

None by default.

## SEE ALSO

\<https://developer.paypal.com/en\_US/pdf/PP\_APIReference.pdf\>

## AUTHORS

- •

  Scott Wiersdorf \<scott@perlcode.org\>

- •

  Danny Hembree \<danny@dynamical.org\>

- •

  Bradley M. Kuhn \<bkuhn@ebb.org\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2006-2017 by Scott Wiersdorf, Danny Hembree, Bradley M. Kuhn.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.