Cannot parse *.config file - AdaptivePayments SDK (PayPal)

Hey everyone,

Just working on a small project that uses PayPal’s C# AdaptivePayments SDK. I hit an error while attempting to make the following payment:

var service = new AdaptivePaymentsService();
payResponse = service.Pay(payRequest);

“Cannot parse *.config file. Ensure you have configured the ‘paypal’ section correctly.”

at PayPal.Manager.ConfigManager..ctor()
at PayPal.Manager.ConfigManager.get_Instance()
at PayPal.BasePayPalService..ctor()
at PayPal.AdaptivePayments.AdaptivePaymentsService..ctor()

It turns out that you need to add the following entries to your Web.config:

<!-- Under configuration > configSections. Add the following entry -->
<section></section>

<!-- Under configuration. Add the following entry and modify to suit your app -->
    
    
      
      
      
      
      <!-- May need to change this depending on your configuration -->
    
    
      
    
  

To get the account information you’ll need to do the following:
– Go to developer.paypal.com
– Login to your sandbox account
– Go to the dashboard
– Select accounts (from the list of all your sandbox accounts)
– Create a new one or select an existing business account
– Click profile
– Click API Credentials

Note that the steps required to get this configuration seem to change all the time. Hopefully this will be enough to get you on the right track.