AIM - how to test recurring transactions?

[burzum]

How can I issue a recurring transaction that would otherwise just happen at the end of the next month manually? I need to test recurring transactions that were created with AIM.

[Joy]

Hi burzum,

It isn't actually possible to create a recurring transaction using the Advanced Integration Method (AIM). You will need to check ARB API for subscription based transactions. Once a subscription is created and active it is not possible to modify the date so you cannot force it to run at a different time, you would just have to run a second independent transaction for that.

Thanks,

Joy

[burzum]

Yes, you're right, it is ARB, But however, if I get you right right I'll receive only one silent post immediatly after the ARB API call was made and then the next one would appear after X when the card gets charged the next time and I can not issue it manually before the card would gets charged again?

But to get this tested I should be able to mock a post in my unit tests that would come back from the API to test it, right?

[Trevor]

There simply is no way to cause either our test or production systems to arbitrarily simulate a silent post.  For the purposes of your unit tests, I would recommend recording a post at the time that it is sent and echoing it to yourself whenever you are looking to test.  I also want to point out that there is no silent post sent at the time of subscription creation, it is only sent when the first transaction is processed as a part of that subscription.