Developer's Guide
Table Of Contents
- Content
- Preface
- Introducing the Gateway Checkout Solutions
- Secure Token
- Configuring Hosted Checkout Pages
- Payflow SDK
- Sending a Simple Transaction to the Server
- Submitting Credit Card Transactions
- Obtaining an Internet Merchant Account
- About Credit Card Processing
- Credit Card Features
- Planning Your Gateway Integration
- Core Credit Card Parameters
- Submitting Account Verifications
- Submitting Authorization/Delayed Capture Transactions
- Submitting Balance Inquiry Transactions
- Submitting Card Present (SWIPE) Transactions
- Submitting Credit Transactions
- Submitting Inquiry Transactions
- When To Use an Inquiry Transaction
- Required Parameters When Using the PNREF
- Inquiry Transaction Parameter String Using the PNREF
- Required Parameters When Using the CUSTREF
- Inquiry Transaction Parameter String Using the CUSTREF
- Required Parameters When Using the Secure Token
- Inquiry Parameter String Using the Secure Token
- Submitting Partial Authorizations
- Submitting Purchasing Card Transactions
- Submitting Reference Transactions (Tokenization)
- Submitting Sale Transactions
- Submitting Soft Merchant Information
- Submitting Voice Authorization Transactions
- Submitting Void Transactions
- Using Address Verification Service
- Using Card Security Code
- Testing Transactions
- Transaction Responses
- Processors Requiring Additional Transaction Parameters
- American Express Additional Credit Card Parameters
- Elavon Additional Credit Card Parameters
- First Data Merchant Services Nashville, Additional Credit Card Parameters
- First Data Merchant Services North, Additional Credit Card Parameters
- Heartland, Additional Credit Card Parameters
- Litle Additional Credit Card Parameters
- Merchant e-Solutions, Additional Credit Card Parameters
- Paymentech Salem (New Hampshire) Additional Credit Card Parameters for American Express
- PayPal Credit Card Transaction Request Parameters
- SecureNet Additional Credit Card Parameters for American Express
- Vantiv Additional Credit Card Parameters
- WorldPay Additional Credit Card Parameters
- TeleCheck Electronic Check Processing
- Submitting Purchasing Card Level 2 and 3 Transactions
- About Purchasing Cards
- About Program Levels
- About American Express Purchasing Card Transactions
- American Express Purchasing Card Transaction Processing
- Elavon (Formerly Nova) Purchasing Card Transaction Processing
- First Data Merchant Services (FDMS) Nashville Purchasing Card Transaction Processing
- First Data Merchant Services (FDMS) North Purchasing Card Transaction Processing
- First Data Merchant Services South (FDMS) Purchasing Card Transaction Processing
- Global Payments - Central Purchasing Card Transaction Processing
- Global Payments - East Purchasing Card Transaction Processing
- Heartland Purchasing Card Transaction Processing
- Litle Purchasing Card Transaction Processing
- Merchant e-Solutions Purchasing Card Transaction Processing
- Paymentech Salem (New Hampshire) Purchasing Card Transaction Processing
- Paymentech Tampa Level 2 Purchasing Card Transaction Processing
- SecureNet Purchasing Card Transaction Processing
- TSYS Acquiring Solutions Purchasing Card Transaction Processing
- Vantiv Purchasing Card Transaction Processing
- WorldPay Purchasing Cards Transaction Processing
- Payflow Header Parameters
- VERBOSITY: Processor-Specific Transaction Results
- ISO Country Codes
- Codes Used by FDMS South Only
- PayPal Acquirer
- Additional Processor Information
- Payflow Link Migration
- Payflow Gateway MagTek Parameters
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Submitting Credit Card Transactions
Submitting Card Present (SWIPE) Transactions
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Processing Platforms Supporting Balance Inquiry Transactions
The following processing platforms currently support pre-paid card balance inquiry
transactions. This feature will be added for more processors in the near future. As more
processors are added, this list will be updated accordingly.
Required Balance Inquiry Parameters
To perform a balance inquiry on a pre-paid card, pass the following parameters:
Example Balance Inquiry Transaction String
The following is an example of a balance inquiry transaction:
TRXTYPE=B&TENDER=C&PARTNER=PayPal&VENDOR=SuperMerchant&USER=SuperUser&PWD=S
uperUserPassword&ACCT=5555555555554444&EXPDATE=1215&VERBOSITY=HIGH
This is the response:
RESULT=0&PNREF=ERRV0A005933&RESPMSG=Approved&AUTHCODE=467PNI&HOSTCODE=000&T
RANSTIME=2012-02-
16 18:41:25&AMT=0.00&BALAMT=10.00&ACCT=4444&EXPDATE=1215&CARDTYPE=0
Submitting Card Present (SWIPE) Transactions
The Payflow SDK supports card present transactions (face-to-face purchases).
NOTE: The PayPal processor does not support SWIPE (card-present) transactions.
Follow these guidelines to take advantage of the lower card-present transaction rate:
Contact your merchant account provider to make sure that they support card-present
transactions.
WorldPay
Parameter Description
TRXTYPE (Required) Set to B.
Limitations: 1 alphanumeric character.
EXPDATE (Required) Expiration date of the pre-paid card in the format MMYY. For
example, 1215 represents December 2015.
VERBOSITY (Required) Set to HIGH to obtain information about a balance inquriy in the
response.