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# How to obtain your API credentials in PayPal (Client ID and Secret)

### ** How to get your API credentials in PayPal (Client ID and Secret)**
1. **Log in in** your PayPal Business account from your browser.
 👉 https://www.paypal.com


2. In the upper right corner, click on your photo/name and selec t**"Application and Credentials Panel" **or go directly to:
 👉 https://developer.paypal.com/


3. Within the *dashboard *From the developers, select the menu **“Apps & Credentials”**.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/5/5/d/6/55d6689d85507000/image_f1g9zy.png)


4. You will see two environments:


    * **Sandbox** (evidence)


    * **Live** (production)


5. Select **Live **if you want to use real payments.


6. Click the button **"Create App"**.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/5/5/d/6/55d6689d85507000/image_6jjbxq.png)


7. Assign a **name **to your application (for example:*Valle del Sol Web*) and press **Create App**.


8. Once created, a screen will open where you can see:


    * **Client ID**


    * **Secret**


✅ **That's the data you need to copy **and paste within the Aloha payment methods to activate the PayPal gateway on your website.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/5/5/d/6/55d6689d85507000/image_nm7vn6.png)



### **📌 Prerequisites:**
* Your PayPal account must be type **Business**.


* It must be **verified **(with a bank account or loaded card).