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Testing eCheck transactions?

Caspian — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:53:17 GMT

Hi All,

First time poster, long-time lurker.

I'm writing my first integration to the test sandbox and can successfully process CC transactions, but having trouble with eChecks.

Can't seem to get anything to go through successfully.

I've looked for test ABA/Account numbers, but can't seem to find anything in the eCheck Developer Guide. I've been using:

"x_bank_aba_code", "411111111"

"x_bank_acct_num", "411111111"

But get the following (partial) response back:

3
2
33
Bank account number is required.

Are there specific test account numbers/ABA numbers I should be using?

Have searched the forums but not finding anything regarding this...

Any help IS appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Caspian

Re: Testing eCheck transactions?

Mimi — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:32:47 GMT

Hey Caspian,

Even though you've been a long-time lurker, let me still officially welcome you to our community. :smileyhappy: Good to have you here!

To answer your question, we don't have any eCheck.Net test numbers to use for testing. Instead, what you should use is any bank's valid routing number, and then a random, fake number for the account number. That should work for you.

Hope that helps.

Thanks,

Mimi

Re: Testing eCheck transactions?

Caspian — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:58:04 GMT

Works perfectly...and thanks Mimi!

I had "googled" this over the weekend and found a post on some random newsgroup alluding to the same...tried this morning and woila! Was just coming back to update my question with the proper answer and see you beat me to it.

Thanks Again!

-C

Re: Testing eCheck transactions?

praveenzx — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:13:51 GMT

Hey.. mimi and caspian,

Can you please provide a x_bank_aba_code and x_bank_acct_num for testing.

thanks,
Praveenzx~

Re: Testing eCheck transactions?

stymiee — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:52:02 GMT

Just do as Mimi said, use any valid ABA number and make up a bank account number. Valid ABA numbers are easy to find on the Internet, especially if you use Google.

Re: Testing eCheck transactions?

ekkis — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 22:32:24 GMT

guys, for me this does not work. when I try to make a charge I get the message "This transaction has been declined" - what to do?

Re: Testing eCheck transactions?

Trevor — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:17:25 GMT

ECheck transactions only decline for a very small number of reasons such as the account you are using being over limit. I would recommend emailing developer@authorize.net with your test account ID and the amount that you are trying to charge. Theyw ill be able to check and see if the limits on the test account need raised.

Re: Testing eCheck transactions?

ekkis — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:40:44 GMT

hmm... ok, thank. I appreciate the reply.

Re: Testing eCheck transactions?

BridgetAshley — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:12:41 GMT

I was unable to find a random account number and bank aba code that successfully processes...

Do you have any testing numbers, yet?

Thanks,

Bridget

Re: Testing eCheck transactions?

TJPride — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:39:37 GMT

Can't you just use yours? Should be right at the bottom of your checks.

Re: Testing eCheck transactions?

josh_alj — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:57:55 GMT

For those still looking for routing/account numbers, I found some in the AuthorizeNetAIM_Test.php file of the SDK.

Re: Testing eCheck transactions?

magalh — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:08:46 GMT

This was available in the SDK:

'bank_aba_code' => '121042882',

'bank_acct_num' => '123456789123',

'bank_acct_type' => 'CHECKING',

'bank_name' => 'Bank of Earth',

'bank_acct_name' => 'Jane Doe',

Re: Testing eCheck transactions?

apearlstein — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:06:10 GMT

Howdy All,

Having had banged my head against the wall as well with this completely silly issue as well, I thought I'd share my findings. You can see the complete govt list of ABA numbers here;

fedwire directory

As far as I can tell it is 100% uptodate, and is updated on a daily basis.

I hope that this helps you all save a bit of time.

Re: Testing eCheck transactions?

GlobalDMSACH1 — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 19:28:47 GMT

Mimi,

I don't have a problem with the Routing number but with the process overall in the sand box. Every echeck transaction always comes back as response code = 1 which, from what I understand, will almost never happen in production. Production will respond with a response code = 4 (pending) for echeck requests because they are never approved at the time of request. If this is the case then why is there not a process in the sand box to allow you to simulate this? I have no practical way to accurately test my code and workflow under this setup.

This leads to my second gripe, batches - there is no way to simulate settling batches in the sand box and therefore no way to test the full workflow of checking for settled batches at night and marking a transaction as successful or failure based on the settlement process. How are you supposed to test this without going into a real production account and just winging it?

Jim Fee

Re: Testing eCheck transactions?

kdubious — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 21:40:12 GMT

Any update on this? I have to agree, it's quite difficult to test things as thay seem to be.