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Paypal

Syncs every payment, subscription, and invoice event into your backend systems and automates the recovery of failed payments or the creation of draft invoices.

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Why use Ceven?

  1. AI native Paypal integration

    • Describe the outcome and Ceven picks the right Paypal calls, fills the parameters, and checks the result.
    • Structured, agent friendly tool schemas so each call runs reliably instead of by guesswork.
    • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your Paypal data, across all 74 of its actions.

  2. Managed auth

    • Built in OAuth with automatic token refresh and rotation.
    • One place to manage, scope, and revoke Paypal access.
    • Per user and per environment credentials instead of shared keys.

  3. Agent optimized design

    • Actions are tuned from real success and error rates so reliability climbs over time.
    • Full execution logs so you always know what ran in Paypal, when, and on whose behalf.
    • The agent pauses and asks when Paypal is unclear instead of plowing ahead.

  4. Enterprise grade security

    • Fine grained access so you control which agents and people can reach Paypal.
    • Least privilege by default, read scopes first and only the writes a workflow needs.
    • A full audit trail of every Paypal action to support review and sign off.

Supported tools

Every action Ceven's agents can run on Paypal, and when to use it.

Create invoice
Use this when you need to generate a draft invoice for a customer to pay for a one off service or product.
Create subscription
Use this to start a recurring billing agreement for a customer based on an existing billing plan ID.
Create billing plan
Use this to set up a new subscription pricing structure including trial periods and billing cycles.
Capture subscription payment
Use this to charge a subscriber for an outstanding balance or capture a previously authorized payment.
Get subscription details
Pull the current status, billing info, and subscriber details for a specific subscription ID.
Get invoice
Retrieve the status, line items, and payment history for a specific invoice.
List billing subscriptions
Pull a paginated list of all subscriptions filtered by status or plan ID.
Add batch tracking
Update tracking information for multiple PayPal transactions in one request to notify customers.
Create product
Add a new item to the PayPal catalog to be used for subscriptions or standard payments.
Cancel invoice reminders
Stop the automatic reminder emails from being sent to a payer for a specific invoice.
Delete invoice
Permanently remove an invoice from the system when it is no longer needed.
Get refund details
Pull the status and amount of a specific refund to verify it was processed.
Activate billing plan
Activates a billing plan in PayPal, making it available for subscription signups. Use this action when you have a billing plan in inactive state that you want to make available for new subscriptions. A successful activation returns HTTP 204
Add Batch Tracking Information
Add tracking information for multiple PayPal transactions in a single request. Use this action when you need to add or update tracking information for one or more PayPal transactions. This is particularly useful for batch processing shippin
Charge Payment Method
Charges a payment method and captures funds immediately using Braintree GraphQL API. Use this action when you need to charge a customer's stored payment method (credit card, PayPal account, Venmo account, etc.) and immediately capture the f
Create PayPal payment
Creates a PayPal payment using the v1 Payments API. Use this action when you need to create a payment to be processed through PayPal. This action is for the deprecated v1 API - consider using the v2 Payments API for new integrations. The ac
Create billing plan (legacy)
Creates a PayPal billing plan using the legacy payments API (POST /v1/payments/billing plans). Use this action when setting up a new billing plan for PayPal billing agreements, including plans with trial periods, regular billing cycles, and
Create a billing plan
Creates a PayPal billing plan for subscription billing. Use this action when setting up new subscription pricing plans in PayPal, including plans with trial periods, regular billing cycles, and custom payment preferences. The plan must be a
Create template
Creates a PayPal invoice template. Use this action when you need to create a reusable invoice template that can be used to generate invoices with consistent settings. Templates are useful for businesses that regularly send similar invoices.
Create a webhook
Creates a PayPal webhook endpoint to receive notifications about events. Use this action when you need to set up a webhook to receive real time notifications about PayPal events such as payment completions, refunds, disputes, or subscriptio
Create a webhook lookup
Creates a new PayPal webhook lookup to verify a webhook signature. Use this action when you need to initiate a webhook lookup to validate that a webhook endpoint is correctly receiving and processing PayPal event notifications. This is usef
Create a web experience profile
Creates a PayPal web experience profile for customizing checkout. Use this action when you need to set up a branded, customized checkout experience for PayPal payments. This includes configuring the landing page, branding elements like logo
Deactivate Plan
Deactivates a PayPal billing plan, making it unavailable for new subscriptions while preserving existing subscriptions. Use this action when you need to stop offering a particular billing plan without deleting it. Existing subscriptions wil
Delete Invoice External Payment
Permanently deletes an external payment from a specified PayPal invoice. Use when you need to remove a specific external payment transaction that was incorrectly recorded on an invoice. This action is irreversible, once deleted, the payment
Delete invoice payment record
Deletes a payment record from a PayPal invoice. Use this action when you need to remove a specific payment transaction record that was incorrectly applied to an invoice. This action permanently removes the payment record from the invoice. T
Delete Invoice Refund Record
Permanently deletes a refund record from a specified PayPal invoice. This action is irreversible - once deleted, the refund record cannot be recovered. Use when correcting invoice payment records, removing erroneous refunds, or cleaning up
Delete Payment Resource
Deletes a PayPal payment resource. Use when you need to permanently remove a payment resource that is no longer needed. This action is irreversible, the payment resource cannot be recovered once deleted. Note: Only payment resources in a va
Delete Template
Deletes a PayPal invoice template by its ID. Use this action when you need to permanently remove an invoice template that is no longer needed. This action is irreversible, once deleted, the template cannot be recovered and will need to be r
Delete Webhook
Deletes a PayPal webhook by its ID. Use this action when you need to permanently remove a webhook endpoint that is no longer needed. This action is irreversible, once deleted, the webhook cannot be recovered and will stop receiving event no
Delete Web Experience Profile
Deletes a PayPal web experience profile by its ID. Use this action when you need to permanently remove a web experience profile that is no longer needed. This action is irreversible, the web experience profile cannot be recovered once delet

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Frequently asked questions

Ceven primarily uses the PayPal v2 API for all modern checkout and subscription flows to ensure the highest security and feature set. However, some legacy account types still require v1 for specific payment resources. The agent is designed to detect the account capabilities and route the request to the correct endpoint. If a workflow calls a deprecated v1 action, Ceven will execute it but will also log a suggestion to migrate that specific step to a v2 equivalent to prevent future breakage when PayPal eventually retires the older endpoints.
Yes. You can use the Create billing plan action to define the frequency, amount, and trial period for your subscriptions. Once the plan is created, the agent can then use that plan ID to enroll customers via the Create subscription action. This allows you to change your pricing dynamically from your own admin panel without having to log into the PayPal dashboard every time you want to launch a new promotional price or a limited time offer for your customers.
PayPal has a built in retry logic for webhooks, but Ceven adds an extra layer of resilience. The agent periodically polls the PayPal API for recent transaction updates to fill any gaps caused by missed webhooks. If a critical event like a subscription cancellation is missed, the next time the agent checks the subscription details for that user, it will detect the state change and trigger the corresponding workflow. This ensures your system stays in sync even during intermittent network outages.
Yes. Instead of making a separate API call for every single package shipped, the agent can use the Add Batch Tracking Information action. This allows you to group dozens of transaction IDs and their corresponding tracking numbers into a single request. This is especially useful for e commerce stores that ship orders in bulk once a day. The agent can pull the tracking numbers from your shipping software and push them to PayPal in one go to trigger customer notifications.
Ceven uses the standard PayPal OAuth flow. When you connect your account, you are redirected to PayPal to authorize specific scopes. These scopes determine whether the agent can only read your transactions or if it has the authority to create invoices and issue refunds. You can manage these permissions at any time within your PayPal developer portal. If you remove a permission, any workflow step that requires that specific scope will return an error until access is restored.
PayPal imposes rate limits on their API endpoints to prevent abuse. While these limits are generous for most businesses, high frequency polling or massive batch updates can occasionally trigger a 429 Too Many Requests error. Ceven handles this by implementing an exponential backoff strategy. If the agent hits a rate limit, it will pause for a few seconds and retry the request automatically. You will not lose data, but you might notice a slight delay in workflow execution during peak traffic.
Ceven can monitor for dispute notifications via webhooks and pull the relevant transaction history to help you prepare a response. While the final submission of evidence often requires a human review for legal reasons, the agent can gather all the necessary data, such as shipping confirmation and customer communication, and draft the response in your CRM. This reduces the time spent hunting for data across different platforms when a customer opens a claim.
Yes. The agent can create and retrieve invoice templates. This means you can maintain different visual styles or default settings for different types of clients. For example, you can have a professional template for corporate clients and a more casual one for individual freelancers. The agent can then apply the correct template ID whenever it generates a new draft invoice, ensuring your branding remains consistent across all your different customer segments.

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