# Accept E-Commerce Payments Easily with PayPal's Buttons Component

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Author: Arit Developer

Published: 2023-10-24T16:07:59Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [PayPal Technology](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/paypal-technology.md>)

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## AI overview

A tutorial for integrating PayPal Standard Checkout and its Payment Buttons component into a simple HTML and NodeJS shopping application. It covers prerequisites, sandbox credentials, backend and frontend setup, checkout flow, and custom integration guidance.

## Source excerpt

Accepting online payments is now a universal must-have, catering to everyone from solo entrepreneurs to massive global corporations. PayPal's Standard Checkout allows for seamless integration of PayPal's Payment Buttons component into your e-commerce app, granting you the power to accept online payments. In this guide, I am going to show how to add Standard Checkout to a simple shopping app, built with HTML and NodeJS. Guide Overview Part 1. Prerequisites Part 2a. Basic Integration -- Code Setup Part 2b. Basic Integration -- Checkout Flow Part 3a. Custom Integration -- Code Setup Part 3b. Custom Integration -- Checkout Flow Part 4. Conclusion Part 5. Additional PayPal Payment Integrations Part 1. Prerequisites To complete this integration, you will need the following information: API Credentials (Client ID and Secret) for a PayPal REST app: paste these from your Developer Dashboard. Since we are working in a development environment in this demo, ensure that the Sandbox Toggle is on. Obtain Test API Credentials The username and password for a Personal Sandbox account: you will need this to complete the checkout process. Navigate to Sandbox Accounts under Testing ToolsObtain Personal Sandbox Account login details You can grab the code for our completed Checkout Integration demo from the PayPal Developer GitHub repository. Part 2a. Basic Integration -- Code Setup Navigate to PayPal's Integrate Checkout documentation. The documentation shows you how to set your development environment up: installing npm, verifying your package.json file, and setting up your .env file. Next, you will set up your back-end server and front-end code. The documentation presents the contents of three files: server.js (for the back-end server), app.js (for the client-side logic) and checkout.html (for the user interface). Copy the Backend CodeCopy the Frontend Code Grab these code snippets and paste them into your IDE (Integrated Development Environment). I strongly recommend that you implement the