Does Test Mode affect Simple Checkout if I want to test an AIM transaction?

[kaya]

Hi, I'm hope someone can clear things up for me about Test Mode concerning both Simple Checkout and AIM.

My client has a website that uses simple checkout (which I've never used). I am updating their website to use AIM. My Sandbox account works fine in development but I want to test their merchant account with a test transaction on production before it is live.

So my question is: If they're currently still using simple checkout on their merchant account, and I want to test if their api_login_id and api_transaction_key will work, will turning on Test Mode affect the transaction that happens in simple checkout?

Thanks in advance!

[RichardH · Accepted solution]

Hello @kaya

I would recommend using authenticateTestRequest to validate the API Login and Transaction key.  You can see it working in our API Reference: http://developer.authorize.net/api/reference/#authentication

If you set the production gateway to test mode in the Merchant Interface, it will stop processing.  If you set test mode in your api request it will work just like authenticateTestRequest but it won't attempt a transaction.

Richard