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title: Paypal
description: Retrieve transaction-related data from your PayPal account using OAuth-based integration.
category: Application
tags: [paypal, transactions, payments, integration]
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# Paypal

## **Description**

The **PayPal** activity enables integration with your PayPal account to retrieve financial data such as **transactions**, **payment details**, and other objects supported by the PayPal API.

This activity uses **OAuth authentication** to securely connect to PayPal and extract data via their REST API. It's useful for workflows involving payment reconciliation, reporting, or compliance audits.

> **Use case**:  
> In a finance reconciliation workflow, use this activity to pull PayPal **Transactions** for the last 7 days. The results can be filtered by **payment status**, formatted with **TransformFields**, and uploaded to **Google Sheet** for reporting.

## **Input**

_Not Applicable_

## **Output**

| Output Type | Format | Description                             |
| ----------- | ------ | --------------------------------------- |
| **Data**    | JSON   | PayPal object data such as transactions |

## **Configuration Fields**

| Field Name     | Description                                                                              |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Connection** | Select a PayPal OAuth connection. Used for authenticating API requests.                  |
| **Object**     | The type of PayPal object to retrieve. Example values: `Transactions`, `PaymentDetails`. |

## **Sample Input**

_Not applicable_  
This activity is triggered via configuration, not from upstream input.

## **Sample Configuration**

| Field             | Value                    |
| ----------------- | ------------------------ |
| `connection.id`   | `paypal-oauth`           |
| `connection.name` | `PayPal Prod Connection` |
| `object`          | `Transactions`           |

## **Sample Output**

| Transaction ID | Amount | Currency | Status    | Date       |
| -------------- | ------ | -------- | --------- | ---------- |
| 9XE03414A287   | 250.00 | USD      | Completed | 2025-06-01 |
| 2KD49281J114   | 100.00 | USD      | Pending   | 2025-06-03 |

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