In order to create a test PayPal "Buy Now" button, follow these steps.
Create a real PayPal account.https://www.paypal.com
Login to PayPal's developer platform with credentials from step 1. https://www.developer.paypal.com
Click through Dashboard | Sandbox->Accts and you should see a similar screen.
The facilitator account is a test merchant that is automatically generated.
Create a fictitious personal account for testing.
Click on the facilitator merchant account to view the profile, which has login credentials.
Click "Enter Sandbox site" and login with the facilitator credentials. https://www.sandbox.paypal.com
Click Merchant Services tab and then My Saved Buttons.
You will notice that the link takes you to PayPal production.
Change the URL in the browser address field to include "Sandbox" qualifier, e.g. www.sandbox.paypal.com/c2/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_button-management
This could fail several times before working.
Make sure that your browser is pointing to sandbox when you finally get a "My Saved Buttons" screen.
Click on create buttons, make sure the browser is pointing to sandbox and follow instructions.
Eventually paste the HTML code into your website and pay with the personal sandbox account.
I suppose I can make a cURL or a Python script to do all this.
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