Java Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

CardConnect Validate Merchant-Level Credentials

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To test and validate merchant-level credentials, you can make a PUT request, including the merchant ID in the body of the request, to the base URL. The Gateway verifies that the MID matches the credentials provided in the header. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Http;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.HttpResponse;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.JsonObject;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        Http http = new Http();

        http.setBasicAuth(true);
        http.setLogin("API_USERNAME");
        http.setPassword("API_PASSWORD");

        JsonObject json = new JsonObject();
        json.updateString("merchid", "MERCHANT_ID");

        String url = "https://<site>.cardconnect.com:<port>/cardconnect/rest/";

        HttpResponse resp = new HttpResponse();
        try {
            http.httpStr("PUT", url, json.emit(), "utf-8", "application/json", resp);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // If we get a 200 response status and an HTML response saying "CardConnect REST Servlet", then our credentials are correct.
        System.out.println("response status code = " + resp.getStatusCode());

        System.out.println("response string:");
        System.out.println(resp.getBodyStr());

        // Sample output:

        // response status code = 200
        // response string:
        // <html lang="en"><body><h1>CardConnect REST Servlet</h1></body></html>
    }
}