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# PayPal
Receive payments on your Medusa commerce application using PayPal.
[PayPal Plugin Documentation](https://docs.medusajs.com/plugins/payment/paypal) | [Medusa Website](https://medusajs.com/) | [Medusa Repository](https://github.com/medusajs/medusa)
## Features
- Authorize payments on orders from any sales channel.
- Capture payments from the admin dashboard.
- View payment analytics through PayPal's dashboard.
- Ready-integration with [Medusa's Next.js starter storefront](https://docs.medusajs.com/starters/nextjs-medusa-starter).
- Support for Webhooks.
---
## Prerequisites
- [Medusa backend](https://docs.medusajs.com/development/backend/install)
- [PayPal account](https://www.paypal.com)
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## How to Install
1\. Run the following command in the directory of the Medusa backend:
```bash
npm install medusa-payment-paypal
```
2\. Set the following environment variables in `.env`:
```bash
PAYPAL_SANDBOX=true
PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID=<CLIENT_ID>
PAYPAL_CLIENT_SECRET=<CLIENT_SECRET>
PAYPAL_AUTH_WEBHOOK_ID=<WEBHOOK_ID>
```
3\. In `medusa-config.js` add the following at the end of the `plugins` array:
```js
const plugins = [
// ...
{
resolve: `medusa-payment-paypal`,
options: {
sandbox: process.env.PAYPAL_SANDBOX,
client_id: process.env.PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID,
client_secret: process.env.PAYPAL_CLIENT_SECRET,
auth_webhook_id: process.env.PAYPAL_AUTH_WEBHOOK_ID,
},
},
]
```
---
## Test the Plugin
1\. Run the following command in the directory of the Medusa backend to run the backend:
```bash
npm run start
```
2\. Enable PayPal in a region in the admin. You can refer to [this User Guide](https://docs.medusajs.com/user-guide/regions/providers) to learn how to do that. Alternatively, you can use the [Admin APIs](https://docs.medusajs.com/api/admin#tag/Region/operation/PostRegionsRegion).
3\. Place an order using a storefront or the [Store APIs](https://docs.medusajs.com/api/store). You should be able to use Stripe as a payment method.
---
## Additional Resources
- [PayPal Plugin Documentation](https://docs.medusajs.com/plugins/payment/paypal)