topic Re: Simplest way to create ARB subscriptions using .NET SDK? in Integration and Testing

Simplest way to create ARB subscriptions using .NET SDK?

crile — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:52:40 GMT

Hello,

What is the easiest way to create an ARB subscription using the .NET SDK? I cannot find any SDK documentation.

I see some sample code that calls a web service, which is fine if it works but I would like something even simpler. For AIM, the SDK's AuthorizationRequest object is beautifully straightforward - is there anything similar for creating ARB subscriptions?

Thanks, Crile

Re: Simplest way to create ARB subscriptions using .NET SDK?

TJPride — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:58:11 GMT

Well, there is documentation for XML and SOAP:

http://developer.authorize.net/api/arb/

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 
<ARBCreateSubscriptionRequest xmlns="AnetApi/xml/v1/schema/ 
AnetApiSchema.xsd"> 
  <merchantAuthentication> 
    <name>mytestacct</name> 
    <transactionKey>112223344</transactionKey> 
  </merchantAuthentication> 
  <refId>Sample</refId> 
  <subscription> 
    <name>Sample subscription</name> 
    <paymentSchedule> 
      <interval> 
        <length>1</length> 
        <unit>months</unit> 
      </interval> 
      <startDate>2007-03-15</startDate> 
      <totalOccurrences>12</totalOccurrences> 
      <trialOccurrences>1</trialOccurrences> 
    </paymentSchedule> 
    <amount>10.29</amount> 
    <trialAmount>0.00</trialAmount> 
    <payment> 
      <creditCard> 
        <cardNumber>4111111111111111</cardNumber> 
        <expirationDate>2008-08</expirationDate> 
      </creditCard> 
    </payment> 
    <billTo> 
      <firstName>John</firstName> 
      <lastName>Smith</lastName> 
    </billTo> 
  </subscription> 
</ARBCreateSubscriptionRequest>

Also, I don't know how simple it is, since I don't program in .NET, but there is sample code for VB.NET and ARB here:

http://developer.authorize.net/resources/files/samplecode/vbnet_arb.zip

Re: Simplest way to create ARB subscriptions using .NET SDK?

crile — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:14:54 GMT

Thanks. I did see the SOAP / XML way of doing things but am looking for a wrapper around that.

I finally found the SDK docs in the form of a help file "Authorize.NET .NET SDK Documentation.chm" that gets extracted with the SDK. Looks like I can use the SubscriptionGateway and SubscriptionRequest classes to do this quite elegantly. Now to see if works...

Crile