topic Re: AIM: AVS With Zip Code Only in Integration and Testing

AIM: AVS With Zip Code Only

mryckman — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:55:23 GMT

Hello,

Is it possible to run an AVS check with only the zip code? I'm hoping to find an expedited way to avoid having to enter full billing addresses, but we'd still like to have some validation. It seems like Authorize is requiring the address line to be entered to do AVS. Would I have to send fake data? If so, is there any problem sending "000 Not Specified" as the address? I feel like there should be a better way to do that... and I'm not sure the fake address will work anyway.

Thanks,

Mike

Re: AIM: AVS With Zip Code Only

RaynorC1emen7 — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 19:43:30 GMT

what error are you getting? should be able to use just the zip code.

Re: AIM: AVS With Zip Code Only

mryckman — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 21:01:18 GMT

It looks like it was saying that the address wasn't supplied when I sent only the zip code... then I feel like I read that the address and the zip code were both required fields for AVS.

Re: AIM: AVS With Zip Code Only

RaynorC1emen7 — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 22:23:29 GMT

There are different settings for AVS, maybe the one that was selected required the address?

Re: AIM: AVS With Zip Code Only

mryckman — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 22:53:59 GMT

Thanks Raynor... Here's where I was seeing that: http://www.authorize.net/support/AIM_guide.pdf

Page 8 mentions, under AVS requirements, that you have to supply the address and zip code. When I didn't supply an address (just the zip), the AVS response was that the billing address was not supplied.

Is there some setting I'm missing? Is it OK to submit fake data? How do gas stations and stuff do this?

Mike

Re: AIM: AVS With Zip Code Only

RaynorC1emen7 — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 23:10:33 GMT

Page 42

B? pass in a char or a string in the billing address.