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I set up an IPN inside Paypal to hit every time a Recurring Payment using Payflow Pro is set to go through. How can I make it send back the variable for the custom ID I need to make sure that I can use to extend the membership?

So far I have tried ProfileID, payer_business_name, option_name1, rp_invoice_id, invoice, and custom, none are sent back when it goes through.

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The custom variable should certainly work, if it was included in the POST. Alternatively you can add any variable name=value pair you like to the notify_url, as long as they don't conflict with PayPal's IPN variables.

user207421
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    This is for the Recurring Payments, the IPN is set inside of Paypal and cannot be set on the fly with this, so the variables in the URL will not work. – user2352040 Jan 06 '14 at 01:15
  • I've read that URL arguments in the `notify_url` are honoured wherever set. Are you sure that this doesn't work? – user207421 Jan 06 '14 at 09:46
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rp_invoice_id is returned in both recurring_payments_profile_created and regular recurring_payment IPN's. Here's a sample of both.

Array
(
    [payment_cycle] => Monthly
    [txn_type] => recurring_payment_profile_created
    [last_name] => Parr
    [next_payment_date] => 02:00:00 Jan 02, 2014 PST
    [residence_country] => US
    [initial_payment_amount] => 0.00
    [rp_invoice_id] => 5416
    [currency_code] => USD
    [time_created] => 11:40:24 Jan 02, 2014 PST
    [verify_sign] => A0AUpo6gn8Mp.jtr-HUe-oSqCFb6A0LWR7wKLHmMMUUwszTktyPfL8DU
    [period_type] =>  Regular
    [payer_status] => verified
    [tax] => 0.00
    [payer_email] => blahblah@aol.com
    [first_name] => Don
    [receiver_email] => blahblah@usbswiper.com
    [payer_id] => F5T99998MN
    [product_type] => 1
    [payer_business_name] => Testers, LLC
    [shipping] => 0.00
    [amount_per_cycle] => 1.95
    [profile_status] => Active
    [charset] => windows-1252
    [notify_version] => 3.7
    [amount] => 1.95
    [outstanding_balance] => 0.00
    [recurring_payment_id] => I-WK69LR0DU8DU
    [product_name] => USBSwiper Monthly Subscription
    [ipn_track_id] => 6ddc294dddb3f
)

Array
(
    [mc_gross] => 1.95
    [period_type] =>  Regular
    [outstanding_balance] => 0.00
    [next_payment_date] => 02:00:00 Feb 02, 2014 PST
    [protection_eligibility] => Ineligible
    [payment_cycle] => Monthly
    [address_status] => confirmed
    [tax] => 0.00
    [payer_id] => F59999MN
    [address_street] => 96 east granada drive
    [payment_date] => 11:41:08 Jan 02, 2014 PST
    [payment_status] => Completed
    [product_name] => USBSwiper Monthly Subscription
    [charset] => windows-1252
    [rp_invoice_id] => 5416
    [recurring_payment_id] => I-WK69LR0DU8DU
    [address_zip] => 08723
    [first_name] => Blah
    [mc_fee] => 0.34
    [address_country_code] => US
    [address_name] => Testers, LLC
    [notify_version] => 3.7
    [amount_per_cycle] => 1.95
    [payer_status] => verified
    [currency_code] => USD
    [business] => blah@usbswiper.com
    [address_country] => United States
    [address_city] => brick
    [verify_sign] => AoumLIHoQx0AdOelHJVEVpKjHTDiArY--xdOStWxP3msX12oC3zHxpWw
    [payer_email] => blahblah@aol.com
    [initial_payment_amount] => 0.00
    [profile_status] => Active
    [amount] => 1.95
    [txn_id] => 5DL77590UR008354X
    [payment_type] => instant
    [payer_business_name] => Testers, LLC
    [last_name] => Blah
    [address_state] => NJ
    [receiver_email] => blahblah@usbswiper.com
    [payment_fee] => 0.34
    [receiver_id] => M5VRAQYEFCSK6
    [txn_type] => recurring_payment
    [mc_currency] => USD
    [residence_country] => US
    [transaction_subject] => USBSwiper Monthly Subscription
    [payment_gross] => 1.95
    [shipping] => 0.00
    [product_type] => 1
    [time_created] => 11:40:24 Jan 02, 2014 PST
    [ipn_track_id] => 8e2c922895e5c
)

If you're not getting rp_invoice_id in your IPN's then it must not be getting included in your API request correctly.

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