Showing posts with label environment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label environment. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

The security header is not valid

Regarding Paypal API credentials, here's a summary to avoid confusion:

* If you're using SANDBOX mode, you need to use a SANDBOX account API credentials.
* If you're using LIVE mode, you need to use a LIVE account API credentials.

If you use a LIVE account to test in Paypal's SANDBOX environment, Paypal will respond with "The security header is not valid" and vice versa.

There must be a good reason why the returned message is so vague.