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Standard Button Input Reference

The input parameters for the standard button are a mix of required parameters, as listed in the following table.

Parameter

Description

Required

abandonUrl

Optionally enter the URL where senders should be redirected if they cancel their transaction

No

accessKey

Your AWS Access Key

Yes

amazonPaymentsAccountIdYour Amazon Payments account ID. This parameter is not used and should not be present if you sign the button using your secret key. For more information, see Using Access Identifiers).Yes

amount

Enter the amount you want to collect for the item

Yes

cobrandingStyle

Optionally, set to a cobranding style. Valid values are "logo" or "banner". ("logo" is preferred)

No

collectShippingAddress

Optionally set to 1 if you want Amazon Payments to return the buyer's shipping address as part of the transaction information

No

description

Enter a description of the item

Yes

immediateReturn

Optionally set to 1 to skip the final status page in Amazon Payments. Default is 0.

No

ipnUrl

Optionally type the URL of your host page to which Amazon Payments should send the IPN transaction information

No

processImmediate

Optionally set to 1 to settle the transaction, otherwise set processImmediate to 0. Default value is 1

No

referenceId

Optionally provide a unique identifies of this transaction for your records.

No

returnUrl

Optionally enter the URL where buyers should be redirected after they complete the transaction

No

signatureA value calculated using the form parameters.Yes
signatureMethodThe signing algorithm, either HmacSHA1 or HmacSHA256.Yes
signatureVersionA value that specifies the signature format. Currently, the only valid value is 2.Yes

For information on using the Amazon Simple Pay to create buttons, see Understanding the Amazon Simple Pay Button Samples.

Standard Button Well-formed HTML

Example HTML for a standard Pay Now button, signed using the signature version 2 method.

<form 
  action ="https://authorize.payments.amazon.com/pba/paypipeline"
  method ="POST">
  <input type ="hidden" name ="immediateReturn"
    value ="1">
  <input type ="hidden" name ="collectShippingAddress"
    value ="0">
  <input type ="hidden" name ="accessKey"
    value ="YourAccessKeyId">
  <input type ="hidden" name ="referenceId"
    value ="MyTransaction-001">
  <input type ="hidden" name ="amount"
    value ="USD 10">
  <input type ="hidden" name ="signature"
    value ="K2ryWe7s/0AHI0/PbuAveuUPksTefhmNCzDTold2VYA=">
  <input type ="hidden" name ="description"
    value ="pay for dinner">
  <input type ="hidden" name ="ipnUrl"
    value ="http://yourwebsite.com/instantpaymentnotification">
  <input type ="hidden" name ="returnUrl"
    value ="http://yourwebsite.com/success">
  <input type ="hidden" name ="processImmediate"
    value ="1">
  <input type ="hidden" name ="cobrandingStyle"
    value ="logo">
  <input type ="hidden" name ="abandonUrl"
    value ="http://yourwebsite.com/abandon">
  <input type ="image" 
    src ="https://authorize.payments.amazon.com/pba/images/SLPayNowWithLogo.png"
    border ="0">
  <input type ="hidden" name ="signatureVersion"
    value ="2">
  <input type ="hidden" name ="signatureMethod"
    value ="HmacSHA256">
</form>