Developer's Guide

Table Of Contents
Payflow Pro Developer’s Guide 5
Contents
Recharging to the Same Credit Card (Reference Transactions). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
When To Use a Reference Transaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Transaction Types that Can Be Used as the Original Transaction . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Fields Copied From Reference Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Example Reference Transaction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Submitting Card-Present (SWIPE) Transactions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Supported Processing Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Card-present Transaction Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Submitting Purchasing Card Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Using Address Verification Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Processing Platforms Supporting Address Verification Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Example Address Verification Service Request Parameter List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Example Address Verification Service Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Card Security Code Validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Processing Platforms and Credit Cards Supporting Card Security Code . . . . . . . . 46
Chapter 5 Credit Card Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Testing Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Credit Card Numbers Used for Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Result Values in Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Testing Result Values in Responses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
RESULT Values Returned Based on Transaction Amount. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Alternative Methods for Generating Specific RESULT Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Testing Address Verification Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Testing Card Security Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Chapter 6 Responses to Transaction Requests . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Contents of a Response to a Credit Card Transaction Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
BALAMT Response Parameter and Stored Value Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
American Express CAPN Stored Value Card Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
PNREF Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
PNREF Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
RESULT Values and RESPMSG Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
RESULT Values for Transaction Declines or Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
RESULT Values for Communications Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Appendix A Processors Requiring Additional Transaction Parameters .67