DUPLICATE_REQUEST_ID while accepting payment from paypal using credit card - php

Question

I am getting this error when I try to use my sandbox account on my local server to get credit card payments. I have no idea how to handle this any help will be appreciated. Here is the error I received:
int(400)
string(212) "{"name":"DUPLICATE_REQUEST_ID","message":"PayPal-Request-Id header was already used.","information_link":"https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/docs/api/#DUPLICATE_REQUEST_ID","debug_id":"2845e6fe9b1b5"}"
exception 'PayPal\Exception\PayPalConnectionException' with message 'Got Http response code 400 when accessing https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/payments/payment.' in D:\xampp\htdocs\paypal1\lib\PayPal\Core\PayPalHttpConnection.php:177
Stack trace:
#0 D:\xampp\htdocs\paypal1\lib\PayPal\Transport\PayPalRestCall.php(73): PayPal\Core\PayPalHttpConnection->execute('{"intent":"sale...')
#1 D:\xampp\htdocs\paypal1\lib\PayPal\Common\PayPalResourceModel.php(102): PayPal\Transport\PayPalRestCall->execute(Array, '/v1/payments/pa...', 'POST', '{"intent":"sale...', NULL)
#2 D:\xampp\htdocs\paypal1\lib\PayPal\Api\Payment.php(579): PayPal\Common\PayPalResourceModel::executeCall('/v1/payments/pa...', 'POST', '{"intent":"sale...', NULL, Object(PayPal\Rest\ApiContext), NULL)
#3 D:\xampp\htdocs\paypal1\sample\index.php(66): PayPal\Api\Payment->create(Object(PayPal\Rest\ApiContext))
#4 {main}
Here is my index file:
<?php
require 'bootstrap.php';
use PayPal\Api\Amount;
use PayPal\Api\CreditCard;
use PayPal\Api\Details;
use PayPal\Api\FundingInstrument;
use PayPal\Api\Item;
use PayPal\Api\ItemList;
use PayPal\Api\Payer;
use PayPal\Api\Payment;
use PayPal\Api\Transaction;
$card = new CreditCard();
$card->setType("visa")
->setNumber("43111*******44663")
->setExpireMonth("09")
->setExpireYear("2021")
->setCvv2("012")
->setFirstName("My")
->setLastName("Name");
$fi = new FundingInstrument();
$fi->setCreditCard($card);
$payer = new Payer();
$payer->setPaymentMethod("credit_card")
->setFundingInstruments(array($fi));
$product = "rambo dfdf";
$price = 305;
$shipping = 2.00;
$total = $price + $shipping;
$item = new Item();
$item->setName($product)
->setCurrency('USD')
->setQuantity(1)
->setPrice($price);
$itemList = new ItemList();
$itemList->setItems([$item]);
$details = new Details();
$details->setShipping($shipping)
->setSubtotal($price);
$amount = new Amount();
$amount->setCurrency('USD')
->setTotal($total)
->setDetails($details);
$transaction = new Transaction();
$transaction->setAmount($amount)
->setItemList($itemList)
->setDescription("Payment description")
->setInvoiceNumber(uniqid());
$payment = new Payment();
$payment->setIntent("sale")
->setPayer($payer)
->setTransactions(array($transaction));
$request = clone $payment;
try {
$payment->create($apiContext);
} catch (PayPal\Exception\PayPalConnectionException $ex) {
echo "<pre>";
var_dump($ex->getCode()); // Prints the Error Code
var_dump( $ex->getData()); // Prints the detailed error message
die($ex);
echo "</pre>";
} catch (Exception $ex) {
echo "<pre>";
die($ex);
echo "</pre>";
}
return $payment;
Here is my bootstrap.php file:
<?php
/*
* Sample bootstrap file.
*/
// Include the composer Autoloader
// The location of your project's vendor autoloader.
$composerAutoload = dirname(dirname(dirname(__DIR__))) . '/autoload.php';
if (!file_exists($composerAutoload)) {
//If the project is used as its own project, it would use rest-api-sdk-php composer autoloader.
$composerAutoload = dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';
if (!file_exists($composerAutoload)) {
echo "The 'vendor' folder is missing. You must run 'composer update' to resolve application dependencies.\nPlease see the README for more information.\n";
exit(1);
}
}
require $composerAutoload;
require __DIR__ . '/common.php';
use PayPal\Auth\OAuthTokenCredential;
use PayPal\Rest\ApiContext;
// Suppress DateTime warnings, if not set already
date_default_timezone_set(#date_default_timezone_get());
// Adding Error Reporting for understanding errors properly
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', '1');
// Replace these values by entering your own ClientId and Secret by visiting https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/applications/myapps
$clientId = '*******************************';
$clientSecret = '****************************';
/**
* All default curl options are stored in the array inside the PayPalHttpConfig class. To make changes to those settings
* for your specific environments, feel free to add them using the code shown below
* Uncomment below line to override any default curl options.
*/
//PayPalHttpConfig::$defaultCurlOptions[CURLOPT_SSLVERSION] = CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_2;
/** #var \Paypal\Rest\ApiContext $apiContext */
$apiContext = getApiContext($clientId, $clientSecret);
return $apiContext;
/**
* Helper method for getting an APIContext for all calls
* #param string $clientId Client ID
* #param string $clientSecret Client Secret
* #return PayPal\Rest\ApiContext
*/
function getApiContext($clientId, $clientSecret)
{
// #### SDK configuration
// Register the sdk_config.ini file in current directory
// as the configuration source.
/*
if(!defined("PP_CONFIG_PATH")) {
define("PP_CONFIG_PATH", __DIR__);
}
*/
// ### Api context
// Use an ApiContext object to authenticate
// API calls. The clientId and clientSecret for the
// OAuthTokenCredential class can be retrieved from
// developer.paypal.com
$apiContext = new ApiContext(
new OAuthTokenCredential(
$clientId,
$clientSecret
)
);
// Comment this line out and uncomment the PP_CONFIG_PATH
// 'define' block if you want to use static file
// based configuration
$apiContext->setConfig(
array(
'mode' => 'sandbox',
'log.LogEnabled' => true,
'log.FileName' => '../PayPal.log',
'log.LogLevel' => 'DEBUG', // PLEASE USE `INFO` LEVEL FOR LOGGING IN LIVE ENVIRONMENTS
'cache.enabled' => true,
// 'http.CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT' => 30
// 'http.headers.PayPal-Partner-Attribution-Id' => '123123123'
//'log.AdapterFactory' => '\PayPal\Log\DefaultLogFactory' // Factory class implementing \PayPal\Log\PayPalLogFactory
)
);
// Partner Attribution Id
// Use this header if you are a PayPal partner. Specify a unique BN Code to receive revenue attribution.
// To learn more or to request a BN Code, contact your Partner Manager or visit the PayPal Partner Portal
// $apiContext->addRequestHeader('PayPal-Partner-Attribution-Id', '123123123');
return $apiContext;
}

Answer 1

Try resetting the request id by replacing
$payment->create($apiContext);
With
$apiContext->resetRequestId();
$payment->create($apiContext);