Check Paypal account balance and transactions via C# API

How to use Paypal-API in CsharpAfter we had a look at how to sent push notifications via C# recently, there are plans for the next C# article today. This time it’s about how to read account balance, sales and transactions and other things of a Paypal account.
First some basic information. Although Paypal is an “online account”, in many ways it differs from an online (giro) account of a “classic” bank. For example, Paypal does not support the Homebanking Computer Interface (HBCI) to retrieve account information or send payments. Instead, Paypal offers different APIs (REST, SOAP, + SDKs, …), which differ not only in structure and technology, but especially in the range of functions. For our purposes we will use the so-called “NVP / SOAP API” and connect to it […]