(DataFlex) 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.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads

ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoHttp
    Handle hoJson
    String sUrl
    Variant vResp
    Handle hoResp
    String sTemp1
    Integer iTemp1

    Move False To iSuccess

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

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttp)) To hoHttp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoHttp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoHttp
    End

    Set ComBasicAuth Of hoHttp To True
    Set ComLogin Of hoHttp To "API_USERNAME"
    Set ComPassword Of hoHttp To "API_PASSWORD"

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJson
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJson))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoJson
    End
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "merchid" "MERCHANT_ID" To iSuccess

    Move "https://<site>.cardconnect.com:<port>/cardconnect/rest/" To sUrl

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttpResponse)) To hoResp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoResp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoResp
    End
    Get ComEmit Of hoJson To sTemp1
    Get pvComObject of hoResp to vResp
    Get ComHttpStr Of hoHttp "PUT" sUrl sTemp1 "utf-8" "application/json" vResp To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoHttp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // If we get a 200 response status and an HTML response saying "CardConnect REST Servlet", then our credentials are correct.
    Get ComStatusCode Of hoResp To iTemp1
    Showln "response status code = " iTemp1

    Showln "response string:"
    Get ComBodyStr Of hoResp To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1

    // Sample output:

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


End_Procedure