topic Re: AIM response is not in correct order in Integration and Testing

AIM response is not in correct order

tn77 — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:20:01 GMT

Start off with some basics here:

1) This software is an authorize.net certified solution

2) The software works on everyone's site

3) But not this one.

The site in question gets a response back, but the elements are not in the correct order. As such, the software does not know how to process the response. Example: the transaction type "auth_capture" should be returned in position 12. Instead, it is in position 35. How is the software supposed to guess where the correct elements are??

Below, please see the raw pipe-separated string and also a numbered layout with the order of elements.

Any help you can provide would be wonderful; it seems insane that one of dozens of customers would get the wrong information back. AIM ref guide: http://www.authorize.net/support/AIM_guide.pdf

|3|||2|||33|||Description is required.||||||P|||0|||||||||11.84|||CC|||auth_capture||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||1AF41A8E114224FF1A5C15E5F09FFCEE|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||XXXX1111|||Visa|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3
2
33
Description is required.
P
0
11.84
CC
auth_capture
1AF41A8E114224FF1A5C15E5F09FFCEE
XXXX1111
Visa

Re: AIM response is not in correct order

RaynorC1emen7 — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:06:46 GMT

Look like the x_encap_char is set as a pipe'|' either in code

or in the merchant account(since you say it working on other site, this is probably it)

Account - Settings - Transaction Format Settings - Transaction Response Settings - Direct Response

Re: AIM response is not in correct order

tn77 — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:38:16 GMT

Yes, pipe is the separator. But what does that have to do with the order of the elements in the array? The element order is the problem here.

Re: AIM response is not in correct order

TJPride — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:15:25 GMT

http://developer.authorize.net/faqs/#diffdelim

If both the delim character and the encap character are set to pipe, every field will be separated by 3 pipes instead of 1, leading to field padding. This will produce the results you're seeing.

Re: AIM response is not in correct order

tn77 — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:06:29 GMT

Oh, I see... the "encap" character. Gotcha... perfect sense. I missed that or misunderstood that in your previous post.

I will have the merchant check this.