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Using a fake CC number in test mode

ohioconnect — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:30:19 GMT

I just recently used authorize.net for the first time. I really love how easy authorize.net was to implement and test. My only wish is that there would be a way to send through a fake credit card number that validates and approves the transaction. I don't like having to send through a real CC number for all my testing. I know about the 4222222222222222 number, but i don't like how the dollar amount affects the response code. I'd like to be able to use a real dollar amount and optionally send through another field that will force a certain response.

Other than that little deal, I think authorize.net offers a great service and I will recommend it to future customers.

Re: Using a fake CC number in test mode

stymiee — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:37:04 GMT

What do you mean by, "i don't like how the dollar amount affects the response code"?

I agree that it would be nice to able able to force different responses other then approved and different AVS and CVV responses.

Re: Using a fake CC number in test mode

itdevworks — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:42:09 GMT

Have you applied for a test account? With a test account you submit to a completely different server set up for tesing purposes only, so you can do everything as if it were a live account, but nothing is ever processed on the back-end. You can read more details about it in a blog post I wrote on the topic:

http://drp.itdevworks.com/index.php/2009/10/authorize-net-terminology-overload-test-vs-live/