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 (Refund) 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
- Information for the PayPal Acquirer
- 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
- Cielo Payments, 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
- Payflow Header Parameters
- 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
- Cielo Payments 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
- VERBOSITY: Processor-Specific Transaction Results
- Country Codes
- Codes Used by FDMS South Only
- Additional Processor Information
- Payflow Link Migration
- Payflow Gateway MagTek Parameters
- Payflow Gateway FAQs
Gateway Developer Guide and Reference 07 January 2014 105
Transaction Responses
RESULT Values and RESPMSG Text
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The response message (RESPMSG) provides a brief description for decline or error results.
To obtain the raw response code and message returned by the processor set VERBOSITY to
HIGH in your request and capture the response values of the HOSTCODE and RESPTEXT
parameters.
For PayPal Processor Only:
When interpreting RESULT values for the PayPal processor, note the following:
When RESULT=0, warning information may be returned that is useful to the request
application. See the
PayPal API documentation for detailed information on corrective actions.
When RESULT=104, log in to the PayPal website to determine whether the transaction
actually went through. If the transaction does not appear in the History section, retry it.
RESULT RESPMSG and Explanation
0 Approved
NOTE: PayPal processor: Warning information may be returned that may be useful to
the request applicaton. See the
PayPal API error codes documentationon the
PayPal developer website for information on corrective actions.
1 User authentication failed. Error is caused by one or more of the following:
Login information is incorrect. Verify that USER, VENDOR, PARTNER, and
PASSWORD have been entered correctly. VENDOR is your merchant ID and USER is
the same as VENDOR unless you created a Payflow Pro user. All fields are case
sensitive.
Invalid Processor information entered. Contact merchant bank to verify.
"Allowed IP Address" security feature implemented. The transaction is coming
from an unknown IP address. See PayPal Manager online help for details on how to
update the allowed IP addresses.
You are using a test (not active) account to submit a transaction to the live PayPal
servers. Change the host address from the test server URL to the live server URL
2 Invalid tender type. Your merchant bank account does not support the following credit
card type that was submitted.
3 Invalid transaction type. Transaction type is not appropriate for this transaction. For
example, you cannot credit an authorization-only transaction
4 Invalid amount format. Use the format: “#####.##” Do not include currency
symbols or commas.
5 Invalid merchant information. Processor does not recognize your merchant account
information. Contact your bank account acquirer to resolve this problem.
6 Invalid or unsupported currency code
7 Field format error. Invalid information entered. See RESPMSG.
8 Not a transaction server
9 Too many parameters or invalid stream