PayPal - Enable API Access

This article is for whoever connects a PayPal account inside DropStream — a fulfillment provider (3PL) or a merchant who manages their own DropStream account. You’ll add the store through DropStream’s Add Connection wizard.

Before you start, make sure you’ve granted DropStream third-party API permission in PayPal — see Authorize API Access in PayPal. Without that grant, the connection can’t read your orders.

What you’ll need

• A DropStream account you can sign in to.
• The email address of the PayPal account that receives your orders.
• The PayPal third-party API permission already granted to DropStream (see Authorize API Access).

How DropStream connects to PayPal

Every store connects through the same Add Connection wizard. For the full walkthrough of the wizard’s four steps, see Add a Connection. This article covers only the Store Setup step, where you enter the PayPal-specific details.

Unlike most platforms, PayPal doesn’t use OAuth or an API token here. DropStream connects with its own API credentials — the ones you authorized in the previous step — so the only thing you enter is your PayPal email.

Enter your PayPal details

1. In the Add Connection wizard, work through to the Store Setup step. Choose Create new store, give the store a Name, and select PayPal as the Platform. The PayPal credential field appears below.

2. Enter your credential:

   Field	What it is	Example
   PayPal Email Address	The email of the PayPal account that receives orders	store@example.com

3. Click Add connection.

Notes

• The email must match the PayPal account that granted DropStream third-party API permission. If orders aren’t importing, re-check the permission grant in Authorize API Access.