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PayPal's mySavedButtons.js that is a 404 90% of the time
MySavedButtons = {
savedRows: null,
deleteLightbox: null,
dontToggle: false,
init: function() {
if ( MySavedButtons.deleteLightbox == null ) {
MySavedButtons.deleteLightbox = new PAYPAL.util.Lightbox("deleteLightbox");
}
var rows = YAHOO.util.Dom.getElementsByClassName("saved-row");
MySavedButtons.savedRows = rows;
YAHOO.util.Event.addListener(rows, 'click', MySavedButtons.toggleRow);
var deleteButtons = YAHOO.util.Dom.getElementsByClassName("deleteButton");
YAHOO.util.Event.addListener(deleteButtons, 'click', MySavedButtons.deleteConfirm);
var closeButton = document.getElementById('deleteNo');
YAHOO.util.Event.addListener(closeButton, 'click', MySavedButtons.deleteLightbox.close);
var closeButton = document.getElementById('deleteYes');
YAHOO.util.Event.addListener(closeButton, 'click', MySavedButtons.deleteSubmit);
var links = YAHOO.util.Dom.getElementsByClassName('linkSubmit');
for ( var i=0; i < links.length; i++ ) {
YAHOO.util.Event.addListener(links[i], 'click', MySavedButtons.submitLink);
}
},
deleteSubmit: function(e) {
YAHOO.util.Event.preventDefault(e);
var form = document.getElementById('mySavedButtonsForm');
var fakeField = document.getElementById('fakeSubmit');
fakeField.setAttribute('name', 'deletesavedbutton.confirm');
form.submit();
},
submitLink: function(e) {
MySavedButtons.dontToggle = true;
YAHOO.util.Event.preventDefault(e);
var form = document.getElementById('mySavedButtonsForm');
var fakeField = document.getElementById('fakeSubmit');
var idField = document.getElementById('currentButtonId');
var cmdVar = MySavedButtons.getUrlVar(this.href, 'cmd');
var idVar = MySavedButtons.getUrlVar(this.href, 'buttonid');
var btnType= MySavedButtons.getUrlVar(this.href, 'button_type');
if ( cmdVar ) {
fakeField.name = cmdVar;
fakeField.value = 'true';
if ( idVar && idVar != null ) {
idField.value = idVar;
}
if ( btnType && btnType != null ) {
var hiddenVar = document.createElement('input');
hiddenVar.type = "hidden";
hiddenVar.name = "button_type";
hiddenVar.value = "donate"
form.appendChild(hiddenVar);
}
form.submit();
}
},
deleteConfirm: function(e) {
YAHOO.util.Event.preventDefault(e);
var fakeField = document.getElementById('fakeSubmit');
var idField = document.getElementById('currentButtonId');
var cmdVar = MySavedButtons.getUrlVar(this.href, 'cmd');
var idVar = MySavedButtons.getUrlVar(this.href, 'buttonid');
document.getElementById('lightBoxButtonId').innerHTML = idVar;
// Fix for PPSCR01108971
document.getElementById('lightBoxButtonName').innerHTML = this.nextSibling.innerHTML;
MySavedButtons.deleteLightbox.show();
if ( cmdVar ) {
fakeField.name = cmdVar;
fakeField.value = 'true';
if ( idVar && idVar != null ) {
idField.value = idVar;
}
}
},
getUrlVar: function(href, str) {
if ( href.match(str) != null ) {
href = href.split('?')[1].split('&');
for ( var i=0; i < href.length; i++ ) {
if ( href[i].match(str) != null ) {
return href[i].split('=')[1];
}
}
}
return false;
},
toggleRow: function() {
if ( MySavedButtons.dontToggle ) {
MySavedButtons.dontToggle = false;
}
else if ( !MySavedButtons.deleteLightbox.showing ) {
var ddwp = YAHOO.util.Dom.getElementsByClassName('dd-with-price', 'ul', this);
var ddwop = YAHOO.util.Dom.getElementsByClassName('dd-without-price', 'ul', this);
var actions = YAHOO.util.Dom.getElementsByClassName('open-actions', 'div', this);
if ( YAHOO.util.Dom.hasClass(this, 'open-row') ) {
YAHOO.util.Dom.addClass(ddwp[0], 'accessAid');
YAHOO.util.Dom.addClass(ddwop[0], 'accessAid');
YAHOO.util.Dom.addClass(actions[0], 'accessAid');
YAHOO.util.Dom.removeClass(this, 'open-row');
for ( var i=0; i < MySavedButtons.savedRows.length; i++ ) {
if ( MySavedButtons.savedRows[i] == this && i != (MySavedButtons.savedRows.length-1) ) {
YAHOO.util.Dom.removeClass(MySavedButtons.savedRows[i+1], 'after-open');
}
}
}
else {
YAHOO.util.Dom.addClass(this, 'open-row');
YAHOO.util.Dom.removeClass(this, 'after-open');
YAHOO.util.Dom.removeClass(ddwp[0], 'accessAid');
YAHOO.util.Dom.removeClass(ddwop[0], 'accessAid');
YAHOO.util.Dom.removeClass(actions[0], 'accessAid');
var afterRow = null;
for ( var i=0; i < MySavedButtons.savedRows.length; i++ ) {
if ( MySavedButtons.savedRows[i] == this && i != (MySavedButtons.savedRows.length-1) ) {
YAHOO.util.Dom.addClass(MySavedButtons.savedRows[i+1], 'after-open');
afterRow = MySavedButtons.savedRows[i+1];
}
}
for ( var i=0; i < MySavedButtons.savedRows.length; i++ ) {
if ( MySavedButtons.savedRows[i] != this ) {
if ( YAHOO.util.Dom.hasClass(MySavedButtons.savedRows[i], 'after-open') && MySavedButtons.savedRows[i] != afterRow ) {
YAHOO.util.Dom.removeClass(MySavedButtons.savedRows[i], 'after-open');
}
if ( YAHOO.util.Dom.hasClass(MySavedButtons.savedRows[i], 'open-row') ) {
YAHOO.util.Dom.removeClass(MySavedButtons.savedRows[i], 'open-row');
var kids = [];
kids.push(YAHOO.util.Dom.getElementsByClassName('dd-with-price', 'ul', MySavedButtons.savedRows[i]),
YAHOO.util.Dom.getElementsByClassName('dd-without-price', 'ul', MySavedButtons.savedRows[i]),
YAHOO.util.Dom.getElementsByClassName('open-actions', 'div', MySavedButtons.savedRows[i]) );
for ( var j=0; j < kids.length; j++ ) {
YAHOO.util.Dom.addClass(kids[j], 'accessAid');
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
YAHOO.util.Event.onDOMReady(MySavedButtons.init);
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ivan commented Oct 27, 2020

If PayPal's "My Saved Buttons" page doesn't work at https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_button-management because none of the Action menus respond, it's because PayPal's JavaScript at https://www.paypalobjects.com/WEBSCR-640-20180225-1/js/Merchant/buttondesigner/mySavedButtons.js is a 404 or not depending on which backend PayPal has arbitrarily routes your request to. In some cases, you can keep doing ctrl-shift-r reload until PayPal decides the serve the JavaScript (copied above). It may take a minute or two or reloading until PayPal decides to route your request to a working backend.

If PayPal still refuses to give you a working My Saved Buttons page after force-reloading 10+ times, copy the JavaScript above into the browser devtools (F12 / ctrl-shift-c) Console tab and press Enter. That should activate the Action menus.

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ivan commented Nov 11, 2020

It looks like PayPal finally fixed this yesterday or earlier. They were using two CDNs at the time I tested, both akamai (one IP) and fastly (4 IPs). Their fastly servers also seem to sometimes hang forever, but no 404s from either CDN now.

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