title: Direct web URL to PayPal transaction
body: <p>Having implemented PayPal's Website Payments Standard, I'd like to link to the details view of a transaction from my site's back end - just a simple direct web URL to the PayPal side.</p>
  
  <p>I don't know why this is tricky but when I try to get it from being logged in to the PayPal system it seems very obfuscated, in this form:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>history.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_history-details&amp;info=[looks like some kind of GUID]&amp;ptype=4&amp;history_cache=[huge encoded string]</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I'm guessing it's by design but it's not very helpful if you want a quick way to jump to a transaction's details. I've tried the <code>https://www.paypal.com/vst/id=1234</code> form (also with co.uk as I am UK-based) recommended on a few sites I saw in my search, but I am told that:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>The transaction ID in your link is invalid.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>This happens even when copying the transaction ID directly from PayPal's back-end order listing.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a reliable way to directly link to an order / transaction details page in PayPal?</p>