Android™

CardConnect Authorization

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Demonstrates how to send an Authorization request.

Authorization is the initial step in accepting payment from a cardholder. This action "authorizes" or requests permission from the bank to transfer money from the cardholder to the merchant.

See https://developer.cardconnect.com/cardconnect-api#authorization

Android™

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    http.put_BasicAuth(true);
    http.put_Login("API_USERNAME");
    http.put_Password("API_PASSWORD");

    // Build and send the following JSON:

    // Note: The CardConnect online documentation might use an expiry that is in the past, such as "1218".
    // This causes the request to fail.  Use a month/year that is in the future..
    // (Likewise, this example will have an invalid month/year after Dec 2021)

    // {
    //   "merchid": "MERCHANT_ID",
    //   "accttype": "VISA",
    //   "orderid": "AB-11-9876",
    //   "account": "4111111111111111",
    //   "expiry": "1221",
    //   "amount": "0",
    //   "currency": "USD",
    //   "name": "TOM JONES",
    //   "address": "123 MAIN STREET",
    //   "city": "anytown",
    //   "region": "NY",
    //   "country": "US",
    //   "postal": "55555",
    //   "profile": "Y",
    //   "ecomind": "E",
    //   "cvv2": "123",
    //   "track": null,
    //   "capture": "Y"
    // }

    // Use this online tool to generate the code from sample JSON: 
    // Generate Code to Create JSON
    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("merchid","MERCHANT_ID");
    json.UpdateString("accttype","VISA");
    json.UpdateString("orderid","AB-11-9876");
    json.UpdateString("account","4111111111111111");
    json.UpdateString("expiry","1221");
    json.UpdateString("amount","20");
    json.UpdateString("currency","USD");
    json.UpdateString("name","TOM JONES");
    json.UpdateString("address","123 MAIN STREET");
    json.UpdateString("city","anytown");
    json.UpdateString("region","NY");
    json.UpdateString("country","US");
    json.UpdateString("postal","55555");
    json.UpdateString("profile","Y");
    json.UpdateString("ecomind","E");
    json.UpdateString("cvv2","123");
    json.UpdateNull("track");
    json.UpdateString("capture","Y");

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

    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpStr("PUT",url,json.emit(),"utf-8","application/json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // A response status of 200 indicates potential success.  The JSON response body
    // must be examined to determine if it was truly successful or an error.
    Log.i(TAG, "response status code = " + String.valueOf(resp.get_StatusCode()));

    CkJsonObject jsonResp = new CkJsonObject();
    jsonResp.Load(resp.bodyStr());
    jsonResp.put_EmitCompact(false);

    Log.i(TAG, "response JSON:");
    Log.i(TAG, jsonResp.emit());

    // Sample error:

    // {
    //   "respproc": "PPS",
    //   "amount": "0.00",
    //   "resptext": "Invalid amount",
    //   "cardproc": "FNOR",
    //   "acctid": "1",
    //   "retref": "112804260418",
    //   "respstat": "C",
    //   "respcode": "43",
    //   "account": "41XXXXXXXXXX1111",
    //   "defaultacct": "Y",
    //   "merchid": "MERCHANT_ID",
    //   "token": "9418594164541111"
    // }

    // A successful response looks like this:

    // {
    //   "amount": "0.20",
    //   "resptext": "Approval",
    //   "acctid": "1",
    //   "commcard": " C ",
    //   "cvvresp": "M",
    //   "respcode": "00",
    //   "batchid": "1900942291",
    //   "avsresp": "Z",
    //   "entrymode": "ECommerce",
    //   "defaultacct": "Y",
    //   "merchid": "MERCHANT_ID",
    //   "token": "9418594164541111",
    //   "authcode": "PPS158",
    //   "respproc": "FNOR",
    //   "bintype": "",
    //   "profileid": "16618402968441604028",
    //   "retref": "112989260941",
    //   "respstat": "A",
    //   "account": "41XXXXXXXXXX1111"
    // }

    // Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
    // Generate Parsing Code from JSON

    String amount = jsonResp.stringOf("amount");
    String resptext = jsonResp.stringOf("resptext");
    String acctid = jsonResp.stringOf("acctid");
    String commcard = jsonResp.stringOf("commcard");
    String cvvresp = jsonResp.stringOf("cvvresp");
    String respcode = jsonResp.stringOf("respcode");
    String batchid = jsonResp.stringOf("batchid");
    String avsresp = jsonResp.stringOf("avsresp");
    String entrymode = jsonResp.stringOf("entrymode");
    String defaultacct = jsonResp.stringOf("defaultacct");
    String merchid = jsonResp.stringOf("merchid");
    String token = jsonResp.stringOf("token");
    String authcode = jsonResp.stringOf("authcode");
    String respproc = jsonResp.stringOf("respproc");
    String bintype = jsonResp.stringOf("bintype");
    String profileid = jsonResp.stringOf("profileid");
    String retref = jsonResp.stringOf("retref");
    String respstat = jsonResp.stringOf("respstat");
    String account = jsonResp.stringOf("account");

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}