Disable shipping address option in PayPal Express Checkout

Question

Working with the PayPal API and using the Name-Value Pair Interface PHP source codes from SDKs and Downloads: Simplify Integrations with Downloads and SDKs.

My question is similar to "Removing (or prefilling) the address details for PayPal Express Checkout" but I don't want shipping cost/address or anything related about shipping at all.

I keep all shipping details on my system (even sometimes shipping doesn't even apply and there is no charge for it) and I just want user to pay through PayPal without shipping address and shipping cost.

How can I disable shipping part of checkout?

Charie

Answer 1

If you're using the newer API, you could also pass NOSHIPPING=1 (not no_shipping)

Further details about all possible parameters to the SetExpressCheckout here:

https://developer.paypal.com/docs/nvp-soap-api/nvp/

Or lookup for Payment experience in new REST API

Schaal

I've added here full request examples to start a transaction, commit and read payment details, with item details be displayed on paypal site and merchant transaction history. https://mcmap.net/q/454048/-missing-amount-and-order-summary-in-paypal-express-checkout – Jealous

It appears that this works also with the old api, at least it behaves so in the sandbox. – Tarton

Answer 2

For others looking for this, because PayPals documentation is so GREAT (cough, cough).

NO web experience profile REQUIRED!

Using REST API V2 with Javascript/JQuery and turning "Ship To" off for an ORDER, here is the correct code example:

    createOrder: function(data, actions) {
        $('#paypalmsg').html('<b>' + 'WAITING ON AUTHORIZATION TO RETURN...' + '</b>');
        $('#chkoutmsg').hide()
        return actions.order.create({
            purchase_units: [{
                description: 'GnG Order',
                amount: {
                    value: cartTotal
                }
            }],
            application_context: {
              shipping_preference: 'NO_SHIPPING'
            }

        });
    },

Neogothic

Thank you oh soo much for this! saved my day! any chance you could point me to where you got this? – Demibastion

I wrote it, gleaming it from their horrible docs – Neogothic

Thank you for sharing! I was stuck on this for a good while. It is almost impossible not to land on docs labelled 'Legacy' , which do not work. I certainly did not spot application_context. Saved my day. – Reginareginald

Used to create an order for client-side integrations. Accepts the same options as the request body of the /v2/checkout/orders api. – Blighter

Answer 3

Hey Ergec, just pass along the no_shipping parameter with a value of 1.

From PayPal's documentation:

no_shipping

Do not prompt payers for shipping address. Allowable values:
0 – prompt for an address, but do not require one
1 – do not prompt for an address
2 – prompt for an address, and require one
The default is 0.

Whap

I put no_shipping=1 into $nvpstr but still it asks for shipping. And I just noticed that it's adding tax too. All prices include tax already so I need to get rid of tax field too. Please help!! – Charie

ok here is what I did and worked. It's not adding shipping cost and tax anymore. Just commented out current $nvpstr variable in ReviewOrder and put this line $nvpstr = "&AMT=" . $amount . "&ReturnUrl=".$returnURL."&CANCELURL=".$cancelURL ."&CURRENCYCODE=" . $currencyCodeType; $amount is sent from modified SetExpressCheckout.php . Removed all input boxes and left paymentType, currencyCodeType and amount only. – Charie

Yes. 7 years later, tried the new NOSHIPPING =1 didn't work. Tried no_shipping = 1, it worked. August 2017. – Himeji

Sept 2017, something changed this month at paypal, some of my payments started failing saying invalid address, but the address was fine, so I tried &address_override=1&no_shipping=1, it worked! yes i am using the older API at paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr? – Diapedesis

Provided link is absolete – Thant

Answer 4

The current right answer is depracated. To fix the issue in new API we should create Payment web experience profile resource with needed parameters and attach it to request Payment .

Example in PHP:

/** Note: Define some variables yourself. */

$inputFields = new InputFields();
$inputFields->setAllowNote(true)
    ->setNoShipping(1) // Important step
    ->setAddressOverride(0);

$webProfile = new WebProfile();
$webProfile->setName(uniqid())
    ->setInputFields($inputFields)
    ->setTemporary(true);

$createProfile = $webProfile->create($apiContext);

$payment = new Payment();

$payment->setPayer($payer);
$payment->setIntent($intent);
$payment->setRedirectUrls($redirectUrls)
$payment->setTransactions(array($transaction));
$payment->setExperienceProfileId($createProfile->getId()); // Important step.

$payment->create($apiContext);

if ($payment->getState() === "created") {
    $approvalLink = $payment->getApprovalLink()

    header("Location: $approvalLink"); // Redirects user to PayPal page.
}

Note: You can find all above used classes by link: https://github.com/paypal/PayPal-PHP-SDK/tree/master/lib/PayPal/Api

Squall

Yes, it works perfectly fine. FYI, you can also create a web profile once and use the same id for future payments: #32735409 – Unaneled

Answer 5

To solve for this from current (2019) web client .JS, add the application_context block to the request body.

Below is an example for createSubscription() call; and I'm thinking this will work with createOrder() as well

paypal.Buttons({
          createSubscription: function (data, actions) {

              return actions.subscription.create({

                  'plan_id'            : 'P-123',
                  'application_context': {
                      'shipping_preference': 'NO_SHIPPING'
                  }
              });
          },

          onApprove: function (data, actions) {

              // ...
          }
      })
      .render('#paypal-button-container');

Thanks to the example code here:

• https://developer.paypal.com/docs/subscriptions/integrate/#4-create-a-subscription

Here's where the field enums are listed:

• https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/api/merchant/SetExpressCheckout-API-Operation-NVP/

Danseuse

for createOrder() it is not showing the address fields but the transaction is getting failed – Frigid

I did not actually try this with createOrder(), so do not have any insight on an implementation with that call; or if it is in fact possible with the solution I describe here. I would share your issue via a new post, where you can provide the code snippet(s) you are attempting to implement along with any relevant notes. stackoverflow.com/help/minimal-reproducible-example – Danseuse

I am attempting to write a code for paypal smart button implementation with address disabled. developer.paypal.com/demo/checkout/#/pattern/client here is the extact code where I am trying to disable the address on click of credit card – Frigid

same solution is give here: #55632279 but again the issue is payment is rejected without address. – Frigid

Answer 6

Create a web profile based on the example found in the API: CreateWebProfile.php.

$createProfileResponse = require  __DIR__ . '/CreateWebProfile.php';
$payment = new Payment(); 
$payment->setExperienceProfileId($createProfileResponse->getId());

File path: paypal/rest-api-sdk-php/sample/payment-experience/CreateWebProfile.php

Exception

Answer 7

2022 and beyond

The documentation for V2 of the PayPal API, currently the latest version, and which seems to have been cleaned up a lot over the past year or so, states the following:

shipping_preference

Displays the shipping address to the customer. Enables the customer to choose an address on the PayPal site. Restricts the customer from changing the address during the payment-approval process.

The possible values are:

GET_FROM_FILE. Use the customer-provided shipping address on the PayPal site.
NO_SHIPPING. Redact the shipping address from the PayPal site. Recommended for digital goods.
SET_PROVIDED_ADDRESS. Use the merchant-provided address. The customer cannot change this address on the PayPal site.

Therefore, simply adding:

"application_context" => [
    "shipping_preference" => "NO_SHIPPING"
]

or if using JavaScript:

"application_context": {
    "shipping_preference" => "NO_SHIPPING"
}

...to your order creation should disable any shipping options.

As an example, my PHP code to create an order using PayPal's Standard Checkout Integration (which in turn makes use of the Smart Buttons) now looks like this:

$order = $paypal->createOrder([
    "intent"=> "CAPTURE",
    "purchase_units"=> [
         [
            "amount"=> [
                "currency_code" => "GBP",
                "value"=> 4.99
            ],
             'description' => 'My product description',
        ],            
    ],               
    "application_context" => [
        "shipping_preference" => "NO_SHIPPING"
    ]
]);

Pali

And... apparently now in Feb 2023 they are changing the API yet again. Now it says "application_context" is DEPRECATED, and we should use the "experience_context" instead. However, for the record, "application_context...shipping_preference...NO_SHIPPING" still seems to work, at least for now. – Ragan

Answer 8

@Ergec : I tried this:

$nvpstr = "&ADDRESSOVERRIDE=1".$shiptoAddress."&L_NAME0=".$L_NAME0."&L_NAME1=".$L_NAME1."&L_AMT0=".$L_AMT0."&L_AMT1=".$L_AMT1."&L_QTY0=".$L_QTY0."&L_QTY1=".$L_QTY1."&MAXAMT=".(string)$maxamt."&ITEMAMT=".(string)$itemamt."&AMT=".$itemamt."&ReturnUrl=".$returnURL."&CANCELURL=".$cancelURL."&CURRENCYCODE=".$currencyCodeType;

It works. Here we can also use shipping address even though we are not charging any amount.

Bamako

i think it will be ok if we are not setting the paymentType argument – Bamako