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CardConnect Validate Merchant-Level Credentials

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.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

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

http = chilkat2.Http()

http.BasicAuth = True
http.Login = "API_USERNAME"
http.Password = "API_PASSWORD"

json = chilkat2.JsonObject()
success = json.UpdateString("merchid","MERCHANT_ID")

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

resp = chilkat2.HttpResponse()
success = http.HttpStr("PUT",url,json.Emit(),"utf-8","application/json",resp)
if (success == False):
    print(http.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# If we get a 200 response status and an HTML response saying "CardConnect REST Servlet", then our credentials are correct.
print("response status code = " + str(resp.StatusCode))

print("response string:")
print(resp.BodyStr)

# Sample output:

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