topic Re: Use Testing Guide for Specific Transaction Responses in Integration and Testing

Use Testing Guide for Specific Transaction Responses

RichardH — Sat, 28 Nov 2015 20:13:28 GMT

Using the Testing Guide, developers can trigger specific transaction responses in the sandbox including approvals, declines, errors, as well as AVS and Card Code responses.

If you have questions or comments, please use this thread.

Re: Triggering Specific Transaction Responses

jaredsmark1 — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 09:19:41 GMT

I'm using the CIM API and i'm having trouble generating errors. I've got my sandbox account in Live Mode but every time I use a zip code that matches what's listed here - http://developer.authorize.net/tools/errorgenerationguide/ - the transaction goes through OK.

I've used the test cards supplied by Authorize and I've also made up my own card numbers and all of the transactions are going through OK. Do the AVS settings in the sandbox actually matter here, or am I supposed to get errors regardless of what that's set to? I've tried changing the settings there but no luck.

There's got to be something I'm missing.

Re: Triggering Specific Transaction Responses

RaynorC1emen7 — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 12:17:21 GMT

It created the payment profile?

Re: Triggering Specific Transaction Responses

jaredsmark1 — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 07:00:31 GMT

It created the payment profile and it also displays the correct error-zip-code in the profile as well. I'm not sure why it's not triggering an error response.

Re: Triggering Specific Transaction Responses

RaynorC1emen7 — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 16:19:06 GMT

which validation modes did you use to create paymentprofile?

Re: Triggering Specific Transaction Responses

jaredsmark1 — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 20:51:10 GMT

I currently have it set to None since I didn't think that would matter.

I just contacted tech support and they said to use the pricing to generate errors. I thought that was phased out.

Re: Triggering Specific Transaction Responses

RaynorC1emen7 — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 21:34:46 GMT

I think it need to be live. or it will run it like a test transaction which doesn't do any.

Re: Triggering Specific Transaction Responses

omegaitech — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 04:55:21 GMT

why system always returns P in AVS response and approve my transaction even if i enter any of the zip code listed here : http://developer.authorize.net/tools/errorgenerationguide/.

i am sending my transactions to here : https://test.authorize.net/gateway/transact.dll

String i am posting is:x_solution_ID=A1000006&x_currency_code=USD&x_version=3.1&x_delim_data=TRUE&x_delim_char=%7C&x_relay_response=FALSE&x_type=AUTH_CAPTURE&x_method=CC&x_invoice_num=20140221213924_1393043964&x_amount=70.44&cardType=American+Express&x_exp_date=0120&x_card_code=002&x_card_num=370000000000002&x_address=SM+Road&x_zip=46208&x_login=XXXXXXXX&x_tran_key=XXXXXXXXXXXXX

Response i am getting is :
Array ( [0] => 1 [1] => 1 [2] => 1 [3] => (TESTMODE) This transaction has been approved. [4] => 000000 [5] => P [6] => 0 [7] => 20140221213954_13930 [8] => [9] => 70.44 [10] => CC [11] => auth_capture [12] => [13] => [14] => [15] => [16] => SM Road [17] => [18] => [19] => 46208 [20] => [21] => [22] => [23] => [24] => [25] => [26] => [27] => [28] => [29] => [30] => [31] => [32] => [33] => [34] => [35] => [36] => [37] => 6EC09CA04E07A0AD04B8ADB43D5ACE46 [38] => [39] => [40] => [41] => [42] => [43] => [44] => [45] => [46] => [47] => [48] => [49] => [50] => XXXX0002 [51] => American Express [52] => [53] => [54] => [55] => [56] => [57] => [58] => [59] => [60] => [61] => [62] => [63] => [64] => [65] => [66] => [67] => [68] => American Express )

So, whatever i enter in zip or whatever amount is, it always approve my transaction and always returns P in AVS response.

Can anybody please help me to know that where i am doing wrong? and why its not working as per : http://developer.authorize.net/tools/errorgenerationguide/

Hope to have solution ASAP.

Thanks

dilip

Re: Triggering Specific Transaction Responses

RichardH — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 05:37:11 GMT

Using Test Mode only confirms that your API Login and Transaction Key are correct and return OK. IT will not actually perform a transaction which is why there is no transaction ID and it says TESTMODE in the response.

Richard

Re: Triggering Specific Transaction Responses

omegaitech — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 04:08:52 GMT

Hi,

Thanks a lot for reply, but may i know that how can i test AVS functions in test mode as it always returns P in AVS error code?

Thanks,

Dilip

Re: Triggering Specific Transaction Responses

RichardH — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 04:22:26 GMT

Using the Sandbox Account Error Generation Guide, you can trigger specific transaction responses in the sandbox including approvals, declines, errors, as well as AVS and Card Code responses.

Richard

Re: Triggering Specific Transaction Responses

EddieLascu88CNP — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:39:09 GMT

So did anyone figured this one yet? How to generate the errors? I am trying to do the same thing, but failed since all transactions I send are getting approved. I am using the "4222222222222" credit card number, as suggested here:

http://developer.authorize.net/guides/AIM/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm#href=5_TestTrans.html

I placed my sandbox account in Test Mode, as suggested in the article above and sent Auth&Caption transactions with a variety of amounts. They all got approved. I created Shipping Profiles and added fake addresses, but used the ZIP Codes suggested in this article:

http://developer.authorize.net/tools/errorgenerationguide/

and yet, all transactions are still approved.

Has anyone made any progress with this issue? I would love to know the steps that are required to take in order to simulate various errors of the host, by receiving responses with all kinds of Response Reason Codes. BTW, I am using the CIM API, but I guess it should work the same for all APIs.

TIA,

Eddie

Re: Triggering Specific Transaction Responses

RaynorC1emen7 — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:45:07 GMT

testmode need to be OFF.

Re: Triggering Specific Transaction Responses

EddieLascu88CNP — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:57:47 GMT

I tried in both ways, Test Mode On and Test Mode Off, and I got the same result: approved transaction.

Re: Triggering Specific Transaction Responses

EddieLascu88CNP — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 15:00:55 GMT

The ZIP codes must be used in the billing address or the shipping address?

Re: Triggering Specific Transaction Responses

EddieLascu88CNP — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 15:09:41 GMT

Ok, I made some progress. It's the billing address that needs to have that ZIP code, not the shipping address.

Re: Triggering Specific Transaction Responses

EddieLascu88CNP — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 15:43:37 GMT

So for everyone following this thread, set the Billing Address' ZIP code (not the Shippind Address associated with the Payment Profile, but the Billing Address - you may have to use the Sandbox Web Interface for that) to one of the values in the Sandbox Account Error Generation Guide (http://developer.authorize.net/tools/errorgenerationguide/) while the Sandbox Account Test Mode is set to OFF and it should work. It did for me.

Re: Triggering Specific Transaction Responses

mdc — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 19:25:08 GMT

I am using the AIM API. I would like to test a timeout. I would like for the Server to "seem" to be accepting requests but not sending a response. Is there any way I can do this? In production this might happen as follows:

1) Request sent from client

2) Request received by Server

3) Server goes down before it has a chance to send a response.

Re: Triggering Specific Transaction Responses

rjrsinc — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 17:40:30 GMT

Hi,

I'm unable to test declined transactions also. I tried using the zipcode 46282 however it is not declined and instead the transaction is approved. I only have one address. My form does not have any shipping fields. Is anyone else running into this issue? My particular instance is a payment form leveraging a Joomla plugin ChronoForms. I have posted on that board also. Anyone else have this issue?

Also can "On Held" transactions be tested? Has anyone seen any reference to that?

Thanks

Re: Triggering Specific Transaction Responses

RichardH — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 18:00:48 GMT

@rjrsinc

When you submitted a transaction using zipcode 46282, what was returned for the transaction ID?

Richard