topic Re: Response Reason Code 13 on sandbox account. in Integration and Testing

Response Reason Code 13 on sandbox account.

ricomoss81 — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:20:39 GMT

I've read several posts here and I can't find a solution to my problem.

I am writing an open source library to connect to several gateways. I signed up for a developer account and have access through the sandbox.authorize.net site.

I was given an API ID and a Transaction Key. I've triple checked them.

I am posting to https://test.authorize.net/gateway/transact.dll with x_test_request = TRUE and am getting the following error:

Response Code: 3

Response Reason Code: 13

Response Reason Text: (TESTMODE) The merchant login ID or password is invalid or the account is inactive.

I've toggled my sandbox account in and out of test mode. I've set the x_test_request to true, false and omitted. I've tried posting to the test URL and the production. No matter what I do I get the same error.

Thoughts?

Re: Response Reason Code 13 on sandbox account.

RaynorC1emen7 — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:32:36 GMT

Since it is a test account, no need to have testmode on.

Try getting a new transactionKey.

Re: Response Reason Code 13 on sandbox account.

ricomoss81 — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:40:00 GMT

I've updated my transaction key twice. I've tested this with every permutation of URL, x_test_request (including omitted) and defining my sandbox account to be in test mode and not in test mode. I always get the same response with or without the "(TESTMODE)" in the Response Reason Text depending on x_test_request.

Re: Response Reason Code 13 on sandbox account.

RaynorC1emen7 — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:40:53 GMT

https://test.authorize.net/gateway/transact.dll?x_version=3.1&x_type=AUTH_ONLY&x_amount=1.99&x_card_num=4111111111111111&x_exp_date=0615&x_delim_data=TRUE&x_relay_response=FALSE&x_login=[yourloginID]&x_tran_key=[yourkey]

see if the above work. just change it with your loginID and transactionKey. and run it in a browser

Re: Response Reason Code 13 on sandbox account.

ricomoss81 — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:43:25 GMT

Interesting...that worked just fine. Clearly my post is getting a malformed creation. I'll look into it further. Thank you.

Re: Response Reason Code 13 on sandbox account.

ricomoss81 — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:49:35 GMT

I was able to track down the problem. It was an error in a kwarg on my end. Sorry about the confusion. Thank you for the help.