I've looked all over paypal's website and can't find any info on creating a simple text link for a donation.
Anyone have any info?
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A:
Updating the button code from paypal:
<form name="_xclick" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="[email protected]">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Team In Training">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="25.00">
<a href="javascript:document._xclick.submit();">Donate</a>
</form>
Gavin Miller
2010-10-20 15:18:23
So there is no way to do this with just a hyperlink? I want to avoid using a form if at all possible.
kylex
2010-10-20 15:31:09
@kylex What do you want to avoid using a form?
Gavin Miller
2010-10-20 17:54:47
@Gavin Because the user is entering code through a CMS which strips out the form tag.
kylex
2010-10-20 18:22:45
A:
According to this link, you can use HTTP GET, meaning you can build a URL for a simple link. Note that this link is written in C#, so you can't actually use this as code reference.
You'll probably need something like
<a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&[email protected]&item_name=...">
Make sure to use '&' to separate fields and to encode them properly if they include special characters (such as '&').
Asaf
2010-10-20 15:44:58