Developer's Guide
Table Of Contents
- Payflow Pro Developer’s Guide
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Installing and Configuring the Payflow APIs
- Performing Credit Card Transactions
- About Credit Card Processing
- Contents of a Transaction Request
- How To Format a Transaction
- Parameters Used in Credit Card Transactions
- Values Required by All Transaction Types
- Submitting Sale Transactions
- Submitting Authorisation/Delayed Capture Transactions
- When To Use Authorisation/Delayed Capture Transactions
- Required Authorisation Transaction Parameters
- Typical Authorisation Transaction Parameter String
- Required Delayed Capture Transaction Parameters
- Delayed Capture Transaction: Capturing Transactions for Lower Amounts
- Delayed Capture Transaction: Capturing Transactions for Higher Amounts
- Delayed Capture Transaction: Error Handling and Retransmittal
- Submitting Voice Authorisation Transactions
- Submitting Credit Transactions
- Submitting Void Transactions
- Submitting Inquiry Transactions
- Recharging to the Same Credit Card (Reference Transactions)
- Submitting Card-Present (SWIPE) Transactions
- Card Security Code Validation
- Responses to Credit Card Transaction Requests
- Testing Payflow Pro Credit Card Transactions
- Activating Your Payflow Pro Account
- Processor Details
- Verbosity: Viewing Processor- Specific Transaction Results
- Additional Reporting Parameters
- XMLPay
- Index
Introduction
Supported Processing Platforms
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3. The response (approved/declined, and so on) is received from the financial network and is
returned in the same session to the Payflow client.
4. The Payflow client completes each transaction session by transparently sending a
transaction receipt to the server before disconnecting the session.
The entire process is a real-time synchronous transaction. Once connected, the transaction is
immediately processed and the answer returned in about three seconds. Processing
transactions through the Payflow service does not affect or define the time periods of
authorisations, nor does it influence the approval or denial of a transaction by the issuer.
When integrating with Payflow Pro, you need only be concerned with passing all the required
data for transaction authorisation.
Payflow Pro Advantages
z Configurable to any e-commerce application. Payflow Pro is ideal for enterprise
merchants who require complete customizability for a controlled buyer experience.
z Downloadable from PayPal Manager Downloads page, the Payflow SDK can be easily
integrated into a customized e-commerce solution in a matter of hours.
z Integration versatility. Payflow Pro can be integrated as an application library or can be
run using CGI scripts.
Supported Processing Platforms
Payflow Pro supports the following processing platforms:
American Express Asia Pacific (APA)
Citibank Singapore (CSIN)
First Data Resources International (FDI)
See Appendix A, “Processor Details,” for more information.
Payflow Pro Recurring Billing Service
The Recurring Billing Service is a scheduled payment solution that enables you to
automatically bill your customers at regular intervals—for example, a monthly fee of $42 for
36 months with an initial fee of $129.
You enroll separately for the Payflow Pro Recurring Billing Service. Using Payflow Pro to
define and manage recurring transactions is described in Payflow Pro – Recurring Billing
Service User’s Guide and in PayPal Manager online help.