topic Re: Testing ARB Suspended subscriptions in Integration and Testing

Testing ARB Suspended subscriptions

codekaizen — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 08:10:27 GMT

I want to test our systems response to a subscription which has been put into suspended mode due to payment failure. I can't find any way to create or modify a subscription to be in a suspended state in Sandbox, either via API or web interface. Is this possible?

Re: Testing ARB Suspended subscriptions

RaynorC1emen7 — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 11:25:33 GMT

Since it usually mean the CC is invalid.

You can use the ARBUpdateSubscription to update the CC card info

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

Re: Testing ARB Suspended subscriptions

codekaizen — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 18:42:07 GMT

Cool that sounds like a reasonable approach. By 'invalid' this covers the case of CC cancellation as well as expiration? That's what we ultimately want to test.

Re: Testing ARB Suspended subscriptions

codekaizen — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 18:44:58 GMT

Also, since we are using Authorize.Net test card numbers, how do I update to be an invalid card number? I only see cards which the system considers valid.

Re: Testing ARB Suspended subscriptions

RaynorC1emen7 — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 18:56:15 GMT

On the test server, ARB do not create transaction for testing, so it will never go to suspended

http://community.developer.authorize.net/t5/Integration-and-Testing/ARB-subscription-problem/td-p/1681/highlight/true

Re: Testing ARB Suspended subscriptions

codekaizen — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 17:49:57 GMT

But then how can we test the API fully if we can't test response to a suspended result?

Re: Testing ARB Suspended subscriptions

tempoconsulting — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 03:59:28 GMT

Bump +1 for this old thread. Has anyone determined a method for testing the update / reactivation of suspended ARB subscriptions via the API? This seems like a pretty glaring omission...

Re: Testing ARB Suspended subscriptions

itaydr — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 13:26:05 GMT

Has anyone found a solution?

Is the only way to test this feature is to actually create a suspended subscription on production?

Thanks.

Re: Testing ARB Suspended subscriptions

ray_wi1d — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 15:25:45 GMT

Bumping again, we really need to be able to run tests for suspended subscription scenarios. Is there any good way of doing this?