How can I get credit card CVV in PayPal test account?

Question

It looks like PayPal was purblind on this. After I create a test account with a credit card, PayPal provide everything but not CVV for a card. So it is not possible to test credit card payments, because PayPal requires CVV when payment is conducted with a credit card.

How may I get CVV?

Beni

Answer 1

You can use any CVV code on Sanbox credit cards :) So just type in something like 997 and you're good to go. It also stands true for expiry date, just set some date in the future.

More info can be found here: https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/vhelp/paypalmanager_help/credit_card_numbers.htm

Nullity

BTW, I have not managed to pay with those test credit cards via Sandbox. Console log shows just message 'Payment not possible' or something like that. With PayPal sandbox accounts payment works. – Nullity

The link is dead btw. – Clearcut

Answer 2

You can go to http://www.getcreditcardnumbers.com/ to generate fake credit card numbers for testing purposes. And You can use any Expiry date (in the future) and any numeric CCV (123 works).

I got the url above from PayPal's tech support.

Or you can follow below url

https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/docs/classic/payflow/integration-guide/

And search for cvv as well as credit card to get valid cvv and credit card numbers for paypal sandbox(test) account. Hope this help you.

Breadroot

Answer 3

The current answers are no longer true.

The latest documentation on this can be found here

It says:

Because test credit cards don't include a card verification code (CVV), you can use 123 as the CVV for Visa, MasterCard, Discover and Diners Club or 1234 as the CVV for American Express.

Use only those else the payment gets rejected.

Rosiarosicrucian

Link dont work. Tested with cvv 111 and works. – Convertiplane

Answer 4

To add a CVV number for your buyer sandbox account. You need to log in to your Buyer account. https://www.sandbox.paypal.com

After logging in you just need to scroll down a bit and to your left you will get the Heading "Banks & Cards" (For me a Visa Card was already made there as I selected card type as visa while making my buyer sandbox account in the developer dashboard.). You may even create/link a new dummy card here.

Just click on the card and then click on edit. This will let you add any random CVV number to that card. Then you can use this to test payment between your merchant and buyer sandbox accounts.

Wheen