How to resend PayPal ipn data?

Question

Because of some reason, I lost a PayPal IPN data log. Does PayPal have an option to resend the ipn data or what can I do? Is it possible at all?

Answer 1

Yes, as long as it's been less than 28 days since the IPN was generated. Log in to your PayPal account; then, depending on what your account layout is, do one of the following:

• (Most business accounts in the live environment) Click on Profile >> Profile and settings >> My selling tools. Find Instant payment notifications and click the Update link directly to the right of it. Then, find the link that says IPN History page and click on it.
• (Older Website Payments Pro accounts) Click on Profile, then click Instant Payment Notification preferences (under the Selling preferences heading). Find the link that says IPN History page and click on it.
• (Most business accounts in the sandbox, some business accounts in the live environment) Go to History >> IPN History.

This will bring you to a page that will let you search for any IPNs that were generated for your account within the last 28 days. Once you find the IPN in question, click the checkbox to the left of it, then click "Resend Selected".

A couple of things to note:

• PayPal will only resend the IPNs to the same endpoint they were originally sent to. If you screwed up the URL, too bad.
• The IPN may not be sent instantly. The resend request is placed into a queue (like all other IPNs) and processed later. In most cases, you should see the IPN sent within a few seconds to a few minutes.