# PayPal

Redirect-based wallet payment. The customer is redirected to PayPal to authenticate and approve the payment, then returned to your `return_url`.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Node.js" %}

```typescript
const paymentClient = new PaymentClient(config);

const response = await paymentClient.authorize({
    merchantTransactionId: "txn_001",
    amount: { minorAmount: 1000, currency: Currency.USD },
    paymentMethod: {
        paypalRedirect: {
            email: { value: "customer@example.com" },
        },
    },
    captureMethod: CaptureMethod.AUTOMATIC,
    address: { billingAddress: {} },
    authType: AuthenticationType.NO_THREE_DS,
    returnUrl: "https://example.com/return",
});
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
from payments import (
    PaymentClient, PaymentServiceAuthorizeRequest, Money, Currency,
    CaptureMethod, AuthenticationType, PaymentAddress, Address,
    PaymentMethod, PaypalRedirectWallet, SecretString,
)

response = await payment_client.authorize(
    PaymentServiceAuthorizeRequest(
        merchant_transaction_id="txn_001",
        amount=Money(minor_amount=1000, currency=Currency.USD),
        payment_method=PaymentMethod(
            paypal_redirect=PaypalRedirectWallet(
                email=SecretString(value="customer@example.com"),
            )
        ),
        capture_method=CaptureMethod.AUTOMATIC,
        address=PaymentAddress(billing_address=Address()),
        auth_type=AuthenticationType.NO_THREE_DS,
        return_url="https://example.com/return",
    )
)
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Kotlin" %}

```kotlin
val client = PaymentClient(config)

val request = PaymentServiceAuthorizeRequest.newBuilder().apply {
    merchantTransactionId = "txn_001"
    amountBuilder.apply {
        minorAmount = 1000L
        currency = Currency.USD
    }
    paymentMethodBuilder.paypalRedirectBuilder.apply {
        emailBuilder.value = "customer@example.com"
    }
    captureMethod = CaptureMethod.AUTOMATIC
    addressBuilder.billingAddressBuilder.apply {}
    authType = AuthenticationType.NO_THREE_DS
    returnUrl = "https://example.com/return"
}.build()

val response = client.authorize(request)
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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