Add Tracking Info to a PayPal Transaction

example.js

/**
Possible Carrier Codes:
- UPS
- USPS
- FEDEX
- AIRBORNE_EXPRESS
- DHL
- DHL_GLOBAL_ECOMMERCE
- US_ASCENDIA
- US_DTDC
- US_ENSENDA
- US_FASTWAY
- US_GLOBEGISTICS
- US_ONTRAC
- US_PUROLATOR
- US_RL
- RRDONNELLEY
- SENDLE
- US_STARTRACK
- OTHER
*/

// This the V2 of the PayPal Node SDK
const paypal = require('paypal-rest-sdk');
const _ = require('lodash');

class TrackersCreateRequest {
  constructor() {
    this.path = '/v1/shipping/trackers';
    this.verb = 'POST';
    this.body = null;
    this.headers = {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    };
  }

  requestBody(tracker) {
    this.body = tracker;
    return this;
  }
}

/**
 * Add tracking info to a PayPal Transaction
 *
 * @async
 * @param {String} transactionId - The ID of the PayPal Transaction
 * @param {String?} trackingId - The Tracking Number for the transaction if their is 
 * 	one
 * @param {String} trackingStatus - The Tracking Status, it can be "SHIPPED",  
 * 	"IN_PROCESS", "ON_HOLD", "CANCELLED", "RETURNED", or "PROCESSED"
 * @param {String} carrier - The Carrier Code, it can be any of the carrier codes listed 
 *	above, if it is "OTHER" and the status is not "PROCESSED" you should supply the 
 *	"carrierName" argument.
 * @param {String?} carrierName - The name of the carrier if the carrier code was 
 *	specified as "OTHER"
 * @param {PayPalHttpClient} client - The PayPal client to use to send the request
 * @return {Promise<Object>} The Create Tracker response
 */
async addTrackingInfo (transactionId, trackingId, trackingStatus, carrier, carrierName, client) {
  try {
      let createTrackerRequest = new TrackersCreateRequest();
      createTrackerRequest.requestBody({
          trackers: [
              _.omitBy({
                  carrier: carrier,
                  carrier_name_other: carrierName || undefined,
                  status: trackingStatus,
                  tracking_number: trackingId || undefined,
                  transaction_id: transactionId
              }, _.isNil)
          ]
      });
      let createTrackerResponse = await client.execute(createTrackerRequest);
      return createTrackerResponse;
  } catch (err) {
      return Promise.reject(err);
  }
}

@ismailalabou

PayPal has made an official API for this now so you do not need this anymore.

okey thanks 👍