topic Re: Basic CIM workflow in java in Integration and Testing

Basic CIM workflow in java

romanlutsk37 — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 18:08:53 GMT

Dear all,

I'm trying to implement the functionality to store the credit card details, charge a credit card and refund the charges, but cannot get a good overview of the process.

From what I was able to deduct from code samples and forums, the approximate steps are (I'm using XML):

1) Create a customer profile (name, email, etc) with createCustomerProfileRequest

2) Get back the "customerProfileId" and create paymentProfile (createCustomerPaymentProfileRequest, updateCustomerPaymentProfileRequest) - only CC number and expiration - what about the card type (MC, Visa, etc)?

3) Get back the "customerPaymentProfileId" and use it to charge the stored credit card with createCustomerProfileTransactionRequest (profileTransAuthCapture)

4) refund with createCustomerProfileTransactionRequest (profileTransRefund)

Are the above steps correct and is there a simpler/faster/better way?

Could somebody point me in the direction of some simple java/jsp code for the above features?

Thanks a lot,

Roman

Re: Basic CIM workflow in java

TJPride — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 23:17:00 GMT

Sounds accurate. There is no credit card type, by the way, because card numbers have the type encoded inside them, so a type field is superfluous. I'm afraid I can't help with Java sample code, but the following -may- help:

http://developer.authorize.net/downloads/samplecode/

Re: Basic CIM workflow in java

romanlutsk37 — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 18:46:47 GMT

Thanks for the quick reply. I was finally able to integrate the code from XML samples (java_cim/XML/CreateProfilesTest.java) into our system.

When I try to create the customerProfile, I get the "The merchant login ID or password is invalid or the account is inactive." error.

I'm posting to https://apitest.authorize.net/xml/v1/request.api and have double-checked the "name" and "transactionKey" in "merchantAuthentication below, everything is correct:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<createCustomerProfileRequest xmlns="AnetApi/xml/v1/schema/AnetApiSchema.xsd">
<merchantAuthentication>
<name>***</name>
<transactionKey>***</transactionKey>
</merchantAuthentication>
<profile>
<merchantCustomerId>custId1</merchantCustomerId>
<description>test</description>
<email>***</email>
</profile>
</createCustomerProfileRequest>

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Any ideas what else could be wrong?

BTW, there is also a parsing error in the HTML they return:

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<HTML><BODY><H3>The following errors have occurred.</H3>(13) The merchant login
ID or password is invalid or the account is inactive.<BR></BODY></HTML>

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So, it causes the "sendRequest()" method in "java_cim/XML/APIUtilities.java to return the following error:

[Fatal Error] :1:140: The element type "BR" must be terminated by the matching e
nd-tag "</BR>".
sendRequest: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The element type "BR" must be termin
ated by the matching end-tag "</BR>".

Should I bring this to their attention somehow?

Thanks,

Roman

Re: Basic CIM workflow in java

RaynorC1emen7 — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 22:18:33 GMT

It this a test account or production account?

Re: Basic CIM workflow in java

romanlutsk37 — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 04:39:22 GMT

The account is in test mode currently, but I should still be able to use CIM features, right?

Re: Basic CIM workflow in java

romanlutsk37 — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 05:18:17 GMT

I turned the test mode off, but still getting the same error.

Re: Basic CIM workflow in java

RichardH — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 05:20:59 GMT

If you are testing in the sandbox, then be certain that you are using the API Login ID and Transaction Key from your sandbox account and not your live production credentials.

You can obtain a new transaction key by logging into the sandbox at https://sandbox.authorize.net

Richard

Re: Basic CIM workflow in java

romanlutsk37 — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 05:57:07 GMT

Thanks, but I've tried with a live URL (https://api.authorize.net/xml/v1/request.api), still the same error.

Any other ideas?

Re: Basic CIM workflow in java

RaynorC1emen7 — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 09:56:54 GMT

So it is a production account? have you try regenerating the transaction Key?

Re: Basic CIM workflow in java

RaynorC1emen7 — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 10:02:45 GMT

copy the link and replace the loginID and transactionKey, if you are using production account change the url to secure.authorize.net .

https://test.authorize.net/gateway/transact.dll?x_version=3.1&x_type=AUTH_ONLY&x_amount=1.23&x_delim_char=|&&x_card_num=4222222222222&x_exp_date=0615&x_delim_data=TRUE&x_relay_response=FALSE&x_login=[YourLoginID]&x_tran_key=[YourTranKey]

Re: Basic CIM workflow in java

romanlutsk37 — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 11:34:19 GMT

Yes, I did

Re: Basic CIM workflow in java

romanlutsk37 — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 11:36:50 GMT

It seems to work when I post to https://test.authorize.net/gateway/transact.dll :

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2|4|37|The credit card number is invalid.||P|5505041257|||1.23|CC|auth_only||||||||||||||||||||||||||C0F4C840CFC67DE4F613B9EE6B911C90|||||||||||||XXXX2222|Visa||||||||||||||||

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However, as I'm using XML, I need to post to "https://api.authorize.net/xml/v1/request.api", right?

Re: Basic CIM workflow in java

RaynorC1emen7 — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 12:43:52 GMT

That a test credit card should work for test.authorize.net/ . Did you change it to secure.authorize.net ?

However, as I'm using XML, I need to post to "https://api.authorize.net/xml/v1/request.api", right?

Yes, for xml, just using AIM to see if your loginID, transactionKey is correct.

Re: Basic CIM workflow in java

romanlutsk37 — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 19:34:12 GMT

> That a test credit card should work for test.authorize.net/ . Did you change it to secure.authorize.net ?

Yes, I posted it to https://secure.authorize.net/gateway/transact.dll

> Yes, for xml, just using AIM to see if your loginID, transactionKey is correct.

Thanks for the hint. It turns out the URL was being overwritten half way in another method before a connection was made. So it was printing out correct URL, but was connecting to a different one. The call to create a customerProfile works great now.

However, I'm getting the following error when trying to add a new account in that customerProfile:

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[E00027] There is one or more missing or invalid required fields.

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Any ideas what those missing/invalid fields might be? (I'm keeping the address fields empty - could this be a problem?)

Here's my xml:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<createCustomerPaymentProfileRequest xmlns="AnetApi/xml/v1/schema/AnetApiSchema.xsd">
<merchantAuthentication>
<name>****</name>
<transactionKey>****</transactionKey>
</merchantAuthentication>
<customerProfileId>***</customerProfileId>
<paymentProfile>
<billTo>
<firstName>John</firstName>
<lastName>Doe</lastName>
<address></address>
<city></city>
<state></state>
<zip></zip>
<country></country>
<phoneNumber></phoneNumber>
<faxNumber></faxNumber>
</billTo>
<payment>
<creditCard>
<cardNumber>4111111111111111</cardNumber>
<expirationDate>2023-12</expirationDate>
</creditCard>
</payment>
</paymentProfile>
<validationMode>liveMode</validationMode>

</createCustomerPaymentProfileRequest>

**************

Thanks a lot,

Roman

Re: Basic CIM workflow in java

RaynorC1emen7 — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 21:46:29 GMT

You can check that if you can login to the merchant account -

under Settings, Payment Form, Form Fields

Or just populate the bill to address.

Re: Basic CIM workflow in java

romanlutsk37 — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:04:02 GMT

Thanks. I checked the Form Fields under Settings, Payment Form and none of them are set to "required".

However, it only works if I fill out a correct billing address for the card.

Is there any way to store the card without the billing address?

Thanks again,

Roman

Re: Basic CIM workflow in java

RaynorC1emen7 — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 11:10:42 GMT

You could set validationMode to testMode <validationMode>testMode</validationMode>

But if you do that, it will not validate(run a auth_only transaction) the card before saving.

Re: Basic CIM workflow in java

romanlutsk37 — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 04:23:19 GMT

Thanks. I guess it doesn't make much sense to store the card that's not valid.

On the other hand, there is a 1 cent charge the card - any way to avoid it and still authenticate?

Re: Basic CIM workflow in java

RaynorC1emen7 — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 11:34:47 GMT

It an auth_only transaction, it get void right after the validation. It depend of the card type that some required the $.01 to get process correctly. FYI, every validation create a transaction, that mean a transaction fee.

Re: Basic CIM workflow in java

romanlutsk37 — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 17:38:23 GMT

Thanks for the quick reply. It turns out it's possible to store a credit card without a billing address when the "validationMode" is set to "testOnly" and then charging that card (profileTransAuthCapture) without a problem.

This seems odd, since it doesn't let adding a card without a billing address when validationMode is set to "liveMode".

A few specific questions:

1) What is the point of using validationMode "testOnly" (vs "none")? From what I understand, it only checks if the CC number is not mistyped (which I can do with JavaScript on the front end)

2) Are there any disadvantages of storing the credit card without a billing address (using CIM)? Will it affect the transaction fees or make it difficult to protect oneself in a potential charge dispute?

3) What is the value of providing a CVC code when storing a credit card (with CIM)?

4) How do I change the "from" name/email on the receipt emails that get sent to the customer when their credit card gets charged using the API?

Thanks again,

Roman