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I have created response for recurring payments using ipnsimulator. ipnsimulator send transaction details without subscr_id. How can I get subscr_id for recurring payments using ipnsimulator?

vijesh
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Unfortunately, the IPN Simulator is not yet setup to include subscriptions or recurring payments. You'll need to find a sample of what IPN's look like for a given transaction (which you can find with Google, of course) and then you can create your own simulator. Samples are provided at http://developer.paypal.com in the docs, but they're kind of buried so Google really is faster.

You can build your own simulator by creating a basic HTML form with the action set to your IPN URL. Include hidden fields in the form with names/values that you would expect to get from an actual PayPal IPN based on samples you find. Then you can load this in a browser and submit it manually to trigger the simulated IPN. This can help with troubleshooting script problems, too, because you can see the result on screen.

Keep in mind that when testing this way the IPN data is not coming from PayPal's server. Therefore, the verification will come back as INVALID. Just make sure you remember that if you're building logic around VERIFIED or INVALID IPN results, and adjust accordingly.

Drew Angell
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