LOGIN
Required for transactions other than test transactions. This is the assigned
Authorize.Net login id.
PASSWORD
Required for Credit or Post Authorization transactions. For details on the use of
transaction types, see the Authorize.Net User's Guide.
TYPE
May be one of: NA (means Normal Authorization)
AO (means Authorization Only)
CR (means Credit)
PA (means Post Authorization)
EMAILCUSTOMER
Set this value to "TRUE" if you want an email sent to the Buyer's E-mail(the
value specified in the EMAIL field) notifying him of the transaction details.(The fields
INVOICE AMOUNT METHOD DESCRIPTION CUSTID NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP COUNTRY PHONE FAX
EMAIL and their values will be included in the email)
ECHODATA
If this field is not provided with a value of "TRUE", only the first 5 RESPONSE
fields (see below) will be returned, otherwise all allowed fields provided in the request
will be returned in the response.
REJECTAVSMISMATCH
If this field is not provided with a value of "TRUE", the transaction will be
accepted if it is authorized by FDC, even if the AVS response is a mismatch.
Otherwise, the transaction must pass the "AVS test" with either a matching zip
code, address, or both.
TESTREQUEST
If this field is provided with a value of "TRUE" the script will perform all
validation functions except actually authorizing the transaction and storing it in the
merchant's batch, regardless of whether the merchant's configuration is set to LIVE or
TEST mode. In other words, the response would be equivalent to the merchant being in TEST
mode
DELIMCHARACTER
If you want the RESPONSE FIELDS delimited by something other than the default (comma),
provide the DELIMCHARACTER here.
ENCAPSULATE
If you want the response fields encapsulated in double quotes (ex. "response
data"), provide this request field set to "TRUE"; otherwise, the response
fields will not be encapsulated.
The fields used by authorize.net are
described at the TOP of each database. Please see
authorize.net documentation for any confusion regarding the structure/syntax of the
form fields and their required values.
You have two options. You
can create a database from scratch or upload an existing flatfile database from your
desktop. Note - the UPLOAD does not actually upload the database across the
internet. Rather it uploads directly into your web browser. There is a DEMO
database file containing 3 records included in the tarfile. Use this to play around
and test the software.
Click on the BROWSE button to
locate your flatfile billing database. The database must be created in a field
delimited, flat file format using the PIPE | character to separate fields. The
fields must be arranged EXACTLY in the following order:
$NAME|$ADDRESS|$CITY|$STATE|$ZIP|$COUNTRY|$PHONE|$EMAIL|$ACCTNO|$ABACODE|$BANKNAME|
$CARDNUM|$EXPDATE|$AMOUNT|$REBILL|$CYCLE|$METHOD|$STATUS|
$RESPONSE
Each field is described below
FIELD |
Description |
$NAME |
The
cardholders name (first and last) |
$ADDRESS |
Billing
address |
$CITY |
Billing city |
$STATE |
billing
state |
$ZIP |
billing
zipcode |
$COUNTRY |
billing
country (optional) |
$PHONE |
billing
phone number |
$EMAIL |
billing
email address |
$ACCTNO |
checking
account number (if billing by check) |
$ABACODE |
checking
routing number (if billing by check) |
$BANKNAME |
checking
bank name (if billing by check) |
$CARDNUM |
credit card
number (if billing by credit card) |
$EXPDATE |
expiration
date (if billing by credit card) format is monthyear (eg: 0202) |
$AMOUNT |
amount to
bill. must be followed by 2 decimal places. eg: 10.00 |
$REBILL |
days between
billing periods. eg: 30 for every 30 days |
$CYCLE |
days since
last billing. when this value exceeds the REBILL value billing may occur |
$METHOD |
method of
billing. values must equal one of the following: ACH (for checking), Visa,
MasterCard, Discover,Amex, Diners Club, JCB. This field is case sensitive. |
$STATUS |
values equal
passed, failed or testing. If the last billing attempt failed this will cause the
entry to be highlighted in red. This value can be re-initialized in the edit
menu. This field value is generated by the billing software. |
$RESPONSE |
this field
contains error messages returned by authorize.net. The problem must be corrected in
the edit menu in order to bill successfully. |
View Clients
Allows you to see your current billing database clients. You can
edit, delete, or bill individual records by using the PROCESS buttons. Note that
entries highlighted in YELLOW are ready for billing. These accounts have been active
for longer than their normal billing cycle (CYCLE > REBILL). Accounts highlighted
in RED have experienced problems with billing (card bounced, bad expiration date, card
rejected, etc). If you click on EDIT you can find out the specific problem with the
account and correct it by switching the STATUS drop down menu to CLEAR STATUS.
DIFFERENT HIGHLIGHT
COLORS MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS
HIGHLIGHTED YELLOW = CLIENT
SCHEDULED TO BE BILLED |
NO HIGHLIGHT = CLIENT NOT DUE FOR BILLING |
HIGHLIGHTED RED = THERE IS A
PROBLEM WITH THIS CLIENTS BILLING INFORMATION |
Download
Dumps the current billing database to your browser as a flat file
database. You can then save the updated database to your desktop for future use.
Make sure that you DO NOT DIRECTLY SAVE the browser output from the DOWNLOAD
feature. CLICK DOWNLOAD, then VIEW SOURCE, then save the text file that your browser
opens up. Save as a txt file and not html.
Add Client
Allows you to manually add a new client to your billing database.
Edit
The edit radio box causes the process button for that client to pull up an edit
form. You can make changes to the individual client records and make them permanent
by clicking on the submit button inside the edit menu. It will also bring up any
BILLING ERRORS previously experienced with the account being edited which can be corrected
by the STATUS pull down menu by selecting "CLEAR STATUS".
Delete
The delete radio box causes the corresponding process button to delete the record from
your billing database. This is not reversible. To delete ALL of the accounts
and start over simply quit your browser.
Bill
The BILL radio box when checked causes the corresponding process button for that client to
bill their credit card through your authorize.net account. The billing will only
occur when the billing CYCLE exceeds the REBILL time. CYCLE is the number of days
since the last billing occurred. REBILL is the number of days between billing
cycles. Thus if CYCLE > REBILL the account will be highlighted in yellow unless
there was a previous billing failure and it will be highlighted in red. If you wish
to alter the billing CYCLE use the edit menu to bump up the CYCLE value. Also note
that when you bill a client the CYCLE value will be reset to zero. The CYCLE value
will increment by 1 each day thereafter. Accounts that are not highlighted in YELLOW
(eg white or red) cannot be billed.
Notify
Clicking on the notify button will email billing messages to all the clients with bad
billing data informing them that they need to submit corrected billing information.
It will send the error message contained in the $RESPONSE field so your clients will know
what they need to do to correct their billing information.
If you want to start
over If, for whatever reason, you want to completely start
over and clear out all the data simply quit your browser. This will dump all of the
information out of your browser.
Help Link
This pulls up the help menu.