I'm working on a project where we need to transition from using PayPal's SFTP service to their API for retrieving dispute data. Previously, we received a transformed report from the SFTP server in CSV format, with filenames like:DisputeC_##############_##############D##-product_name.CSV
The CSV file contains the following columns: buyer_comments, buyer_email_address, buyer_first_name, buyer_last_name, case_filing_date, case_id, case_reason, case_status, case_type, chargeback_reason_code, disputed_amount, disputed_currency, disputed_transaction_id, final_outcome_reason, invoice_id, money_movement, response_due_date, seller_protection, seller_protection_currency, seller_protection_payout_amount, settlement_type, transaction_id, transaction_initiation_date, outcome
Now, I need to replicate this report using the PayPal API. The challenges I’m facing are:
- Mapping API Data to CSV Columns: How can I identify the specific tables and fields in the API that correspond to these CSV columns?
- Understanding Transformations: How can I know what transformations PayPal applied to the data in the SFTP report so that I can apply the same logic in our API-based report?
I tried to use disputes, diputes_info and transactions tables, but i still see that in sftp report some columns have more types and etc