Developer's Guide

Website Payments Pro Payflow Edition Developer’s Guide 21
Simple Payflow Transaction
Sale Transaction Example
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NAME=Ruff & Johnson
COMMENT1=Level=5
To use special characters in the value of a name-value pair, use a length tag. The length tag
specifies the exact number of characters and spaces that appear in the value. The following
name-value pairs are valid.
NAME[14]=Ruff & Johnson
COMMENT1[7]=Level=5
NOTE: Quotation marks (“ ”) are not allowed even if you use a length tag.
User Parameters
All Payflow Pro transactions require the user parameters described below.
Sale Transaction Example
In addition to the connection and user parameters, each transaction type has additional
parameter requirements and can include a number of optional parameters as well. The
transaction parameters common to all processors are described in detail in Table 4.1 on
page 26.
To perform a credit card Sale transaction, you are required to pass the following parameters:
z TRXTYPE - The type of the transaction, such as S for Sale
z TENDER - The method of payment, such as C for credit card
z ACCT - The buyer’s credit card number
z AMT - The amount of the sale
TABLE 3.2 User parameters
Parameter Description
USER (Required) If you set up one or more additional users on the account, this value is the ID
of the user authorized to process transactions. If, however, you have not set up additional
users on the account, USER has the same value as VENDOR.
Limitations: Sixty-four alphanumeric, case-sensitive characters.
VENDOR (Required) Your merchant login ID that you created when you registered for the account.
Limitations: Sixty-four alphanumeric, case-sensitive characters.
PARTNER (Required) The ID provided to you by the authorized PayPal Reseller who registered you
for the Payflow SDK. If you purchased your account directly from PayPal, use PayPal.
Limitations: Sixty-four alphanumeric, case-sensitive characters.
PWD (Required) The password that you defined while registering for the account.
Limitations: Six- to thirty-two alphanumeric, case-sensitive characters.