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 |