2013
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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Payflow Header Parameters
Posting Transactions Directly Without the Payflow SDK
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Standard HTTP Headers Required
Transaction Message
The transaction message communicates the initial transaction data to the server. It is made up
of the transaction request and response.
URLs for Sending Messages
Use the following URLs for sending transactions to PayPal’s Payflow Production servers:
Production (Live):
https://payflowpro.paypal.com/
Pilot (Test):
https://pilot-payflowpro.paypal.com/
Transaction Request
The transaction request consists of a transaction request header and body.
Name-Value Pair Transaction Request Header
Content-Type: text/name value
Content-Length: 233
Connection: close
Host: payflowpro.verisign.com
X-VPS-REQUEST-ID: [See Required Payflow Parameters above]
X-VPS-CLIENT-TIMEOUT: 45
X-VPS-VIT-[See Integrator-Provided Data below]
X-VPS-VIT-[See Integrator-Provided Data below]
The following is an example of a transaction request header associated with a message in
name-value format. For XMLPay, it would follow the same format except the content-type
would be text/xml and the body of the request and response would contain the XML
document.
Header Name Description
Connection State of the connection. The server returns the value close to close the
connection after the response is sent.
Content-Length (Required) Size of message body.
Content-Type (Required) Provide one of the following values:
text/name value, transaction request body is in name-value pair format.
text/xml, transaction request body is in XMLPay 2.0 format.
Host (Required) Provide one of the two host URLs:
Production: payflowpro.paypal.com
Pilot: pilot-payflowpro.paypal.com










