PayPal

Send Money, Pay Online or Set Up a Merchant Account

Integrate the PayPal API with the Twilio API

Setup the PayPal API trigger to run a workflow which integrates with the Twilio API. Pipedream's integration platform allows you to integrate PayPal and Twilio remarkably fast. Free for developers.

Send SMS with Twilio API on New Payment Event (Instant) from PayPal API
PayPal + Twilio
 
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Make a Phone Call with Twilio API on New Payment Event (Instant) from PayPal API
PayPal + Twilio
 
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Send MMS with Twilio API on New Payment Event (Instant) from PayPal API
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Get user info with Paypal API on New Incoming SMS (Instant) from Twilio API
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Get User Info with PayPal API on New Incoming SMS (Instant) from Twilio API
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New Payment Event (Instant) from the PayPal API

Emits a new event on a new payment webhook event. See webhooks docs here and Events Types docs here

 
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New Incoming SMS (Instant) from the Twilio API

Emit new event every time an SMS is sent to the phone number set. Configures a webhook in Twilio, tied to an incoming phone number.

 
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New Call (Instant) from the Twilio API

Emit new event each time a call to the phone number is completed. Configures a webhook in Twilio, tied to a phone number.

 
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New Phone Number from the Twilio API

Emit new event when you add a new phone number to your account

 
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New Recording from the Twilio API

Emit new event when a new call recording is created

 
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Get User Info with the PayPal API

Shows user profile information. See docs here

 
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Send SMS with the Twilio API

Send a simple text-only SMS. See the docs for more information

 
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Get user info with the PayPal API

Shows user profile information. Filters the response by a schema.

 
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Make a Phone Call with the Twilio API

Make a phone call, passing text that Twilio will speak to the recipient of the call. See the docs for more information

 
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Send MMS with the Twilio API

Send an SMS with text and media files. See the docs for more information

 
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Overview of PayPal

The PayPal API is an incredibly powerful tool for developers and businesses to
manage payments, subscriptions, and money transfers securely without having to
write lengthy integration code. With the PayPal API, you can rapidly integrate
payment, billing, and money transfer operations into any website or app,
enabling businesses to accept payments from customers around the world.

As such, you can use the PayPal API to build many different types of
applications, such as:

  • eCommerce payment processing
  • Billing and invoicing tools
  • Online marketplace integrations
  • Subscription management
  • Peer-to-peer money transfers
  • Automated clearance of payments
  • Crowdfunding platforms
  • Multi-currency transaction support
  • Payment fraud detection and prevention systems
  • Mobile app monetization

Connect PayPal

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import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    paypal: {
      type: "app",
      app: "paypal",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    return await axios($, {
      url: `${this.paypal.$auth.app_type}.paypal.com/v1/identity/oauth2/userinfo`,
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${this.paypal.$auth.oauth_access_token}`,
      },
      params: {
        schema: `paypalv1.1`,
      },
    })
  },
})

Overview of Twilio

With the Twilio API, you can build telephone applications that make and receive
phone calls, as well astext messaging applications that send and receive text
messages.

Some examples of applications you could build include:

  • A phone call application that allows you to make and receive phone calls over
    the internet
  • A text messaging application that allows you to send and receive text
    messages over the internet
  • A voicemail application that allows you to leave and receive voicemails over
    the internet

Connect Twilio

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import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    twilio: {
      type: "app",
      app: "twilio",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    return await axios($, {
      url: `https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts.json`,
      auth: {
        username: `${this.twilio.$auth.AccountSid}`,
        password: `${this.twilio.$auth.AuthToken}`,
      },
    })
  },
})

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How Our Family Uses SMS and Smart Picture Frames to Connect During Remote Holidays
How Our Family Uses SMS and Smart Picture Frames to Connect During Remote Holidays
Two days before Thanksgiving, I decided to put together a simple way for our family to share pictures, because we couldn’t be together in person. The idea: smart photo frames that everyone could text pictures to. Here’s how I got it working. tldr; A Pipedream workflow parses SMS messages sent to a Twilio phone number, extracting the pictures and then using SendGrid to email them to the dedicated email addresses used by our Pix-Star photo frames.