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Global Payments Card Authorization

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Demonstrates how to send a card payments authorization request.

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

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    // if you don't have a Client ID yet you can still quickly test some basic request types using the following URL and credentials:

    // Test URL - https://test.realexpayments.com/epage-remote.cgi
    // Client ID: realexsandbox
    // Shared Secret: Po8lRRT67a
    String testUrl = "https://test.realexpayments.com/epage-remote.cgi";
    String clientID = "realexsandbox";
    String sharedSecret = "Po8lRRT67a";

    String amount = "1001";
    String currency = "EUR";
    String cardNumber = "4263970000005262";

    // We'll be sending the following XML in the body of the request:

    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    // <request type="auth" timestamp="20180613141207">
    //   <merchantid>MerchantId</merchantid>
    //   <account>internet</account>
    //   <channel>ECOM</channel>
    //   <orderid>N6qsk4kYRZihmPrTXWYS6g</orderid>
    //   <amount currency="EUR">1001</amount>
    //   <card>
    //     <number>4263970000005262</number>
    //     <expdate>0425</expdate>
    //     <chname>James Mason</chname>
    //     <type>VISA</type>
    //     <cvn>
    //       <number>123</number>
    //       <presind>1</presind>
    //     </cvn>
    //   </card>
    //   <autosettle flag="1"/>
    //   <sha1hash>87707637a34ba651b6185718c863abc64b673f20</sha1hash>
    // </request>

    // Use this online tool to generate code from sample XML: 
    // Generate Code to Create XML

    // Get the current date/time in this format:  20180613141207
    CkDateTime dt = new CkDateTime();
    dt.SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
    String dtStr = dt.getAsIso8601("YYYYMMDDhhmmss",true);

    // Generate a unique order ID
    CkPrng prng = new CkPrng();
    String orderId = prng.genRandom(32,"base64url");

    // Compute the sha1hash
    CkCrypt2 crypt = new CkCrypt2();
    crypt.put_HashAlgorithm("sha1");
    crypt.put_EncodingMode("hexlower");

    CkStringBuilder sbA = new CkStringBuilder();
    sbA.Append("timestamp.merchantid.orderid.amount.currency.cardnumber");
    int numReplaced = sbA.Replace("timestamp",dtStr);
    numReplaced = sbA.Replace("merchantid",clientID);
    numReplaced = sbA.Replace("orderid",orderId);
    numReplaced = sbA.Replace("amount",amount);
    numReplaced = sbA.Replace("currency",currency);
    numReplaced = sbA.Replace("cardnumber",cardNumber);

    String hashA = crypt.hashStringENC(sbA.getAsString());

    CkStringBuilder sbB = new CkStringBuilder();
    sbB.Append(hashA);
    sbB.Append(".");
    sbB.Append(sharedSecret);

    String hashB = crypt.hashStringENC(sbB.getAsString());

    CkXml xml = new CkXml();
    xml.put_Tag("request");
    xml.AddAttribute("type","auth");
    xml.AddAttribute("timestamp",dtStr);
    xml.UpdateChildContent("merchantid",clientID);
    xml.UpdateChildContent("account","internet");
    xml.UpdateChildContent("channel","ECOM");
    xml.UpdateChildContent("orderid",orderId);
    xml.UpdateAttrAt("amount",true,"currency",currency);
    xml.UpdateChildContent("amount",amount);
    xml.UpdateChildContent("card|number",cardNumber);
    xml.UpdateChildContent("card|expdate","0425");
    xml.UpdateChildContent("card|chname","James Mason");
    xml.UpdateChildContent("card|type","VISA");
    xml.UpdateChildContent("card|cvn|number","123");
    xml.UpdateChildContent("card|cvn|presind","1");
    xml.UpdateAttrAt("autosettle",true,"flag","1");
    xml.UpdateChildContent("sha1hash",hashB);

    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpStr("POST",testUrl,xml.getXml(),"utf-8","application/xml",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Response Status Code: " + String.valueOf(resp.get_StatusCode()));

    Log.i(TAG, "Response Body:");
    Log.i(TAG, resp.bodyStr());

    if (resp.get_StatusCode() != 200) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed.");
        return;
        }

    // A status code of 200 indicates we received an XML response, but it could be an error message.
    // Here's an example of an error response:

    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
    // <response timestamp="20200418142356">
    //     <orderid>N6qsk4kYRZihmPrTXWYS6g</orderid>
    //     <result>508</result>
    //     <message>Invalid timestamp: '{' Value exceeds allowable limit: '}'</message>
    // </response>

    // We need to check the "result" within the XML.
    xml.LoadXml(resp.bodyStr());

    int result = xml.GetChildIntValue("result");
    Log.i(TAG, "result = " + String.valueOf(result));

    // A successful result looks like this:

    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
    // <response timestamp="20200418145519">
    //     <merchantid>realexsandbox</merchantid>
    //     <account>internet</account>
    //     <orderid>Cw93I1nFWVZuaATh46qMUCBlCcfrOvLo65C2cq5X-AY</orderid>
    //     <result>00</result>
    //     <authcode>L3pHww</authcode>
    //     <message>AUTH CODE: L3pHww</message>
    //     <pasref>96838535689610806</pasref>
    //     <cvnresult>M</cvnresult>
    //     <timetaken>87</timetaken>
    //     <authtimetaken>67</authtimetaken>
    //     <batchid>6322506</batchid>
    //     <sha1hash>2fd2f15f97f1775779fe9bda536dc8317a4b39f6</sha1hash>
    // </response>

    if (result == 0) {
        Log.i(TAG, "authcode = " + xml.getChildContent("authcode"));
        Log.i(TAG, "Success.");

        }
    else {
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed.");
        }


  }

  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."
  }
}