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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.

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PureBasic
IncludeFile "CkHttpResponse.pb"
IncludeFile "CkHttp.pb"
IncludeFile "CkJsonObject.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    success.i = 0

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

    http.i = CkHttp::ckCreate()
    If http.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkHttp::setCkBasicAuth(http, 1)
    CkHttp::setCkLogin(http, "API_USERNAME")
    CkHttp::setCkPassword(http, "API_PASSWORD")

    json.i = CkJsonObject::ckCreate()
    If json.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    success = CkJsonObject::ckUpdateString(json,"merchid","MERCHANT_ID")

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

    resp.i = CkHttpResponse::ckCreate()
    If resp.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    success = CkHttp::ckHttpStr(http,"PUT",url,CkJsonObject::ckEmit(json),"utf-8","application/json",resp)
    If success = 0
        Debug CkHttp::ckLastErrorText(http)
        CkHttp::ckDispose(http)
        CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json)
        CkHttpResponse::ckDispose(resp)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; If we get a 200 response status and an HTML response saying "CardConnect REST Servlet", then our credentials are correct.
    Debug "response status code = " + Str(CkHttpResponse::ckStatusCode(resp))

    Debug "response string:"
    Debug CkHttpResponse::ckBodyStr(resp)

    ; Sample output:

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


    CkHttp::ckDispose(http)
    CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json)
    CkHttpResponse::ckDispose(resp)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure