Our goal is to empower developers and we've undertaken initiatives in the past year to equip you with the essential tools and resources, streamlining your integration journey and enabling success in your projects.
This edition provides key highlights of the year.
Recent updates
OpenAPI specifications
We announced the public release of PayPal APIs in OpenAPI 3.0 format. Transitioning to OpenAPI facilitates easier adoption, enables interoperability, automates client code generation, and unlocks seamless integration with existing tools currently used in the industry.
Postman Flows
This release brings a visual workflow executed directly from Postman workflows, offering a streamlined and visual representation of the API workflow. The result? Faster integration times and Time-to-First API Call (TTFC) of less than 1 minute.
VS Code Extensions
Meet the PayPal VS Code Extension—an open-source tool developers can use to integrate with PayPal within the Visual Studio Code Editor. This tool accelerates coding tasks, simplifies integration with tailored code snippets, and enhances the overall developer experience.
GitHub Codespaces with PayPal Checkout
The integration of GitHub Codespaces with PayPal Checkout solutions marks a significant advancement in empowering developers with enhanced tooling capabilities. This integration allows developers to swiftly launch a pre-configured environment from a web browser in less than 2 minutes.
Helpful resources
Low-code/no-code tool
Check out the Integration Builder, your go-to low-code engagement and discovery tool with comprehensive checkout capabilities simplifying the exploration of PayPal’s checkout options. You can explore both the Standard and Advanced checkout options with real code examples covering everything from the frontend to the backend in different languages.
New video library
Introduced our brand-new video library on the developer portal, purpose-built to accelerate developer learning journey with PayPal products and features.
Community updates
Developer Meetups
We took our developer meetups global by hosting events in Berlin, London and Paris. We closed out the year with our 5th San Jose meetup event in December.
PayPal Champions
We introduced PayPal Champions, a global program dedicated to celebrating and rewarding external PayPal experts and advocates. Developers and advocates play a crucial role in shaping our products and tools and helping us evolve as a developer-focused company.
Stay connected
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