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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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require 'chilkat'

success = false

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

http = Chilkat::CkHttp.new()

# 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
testUrl = "https://test.realexpayments.com/epage-remote.cgi"
clientID = "realexsandbox"
sharedSecret = "Po8lRRT67a"

amount = "1001"
currency = "EUR"
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
dt = Chilkat::CkDateTime.new()
dt.SetFromCurrentSystemTime()
dtStr = dt.getAsIso8601("YYYYMMDDhhmmss",true)

# Generate a unique order ID
prng = Chilkat::CkPrng.new()
orderId = prng.genRandom(32,"base64url")

# Compute the sha1hash
crypt = Chilkat::CkCrypt2.new()
crypt.put_HashAlgorithm("sha1")
crypt.put_EncodingMode("hexlower")

sbA = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
sbA.Append("timestamp.merchantid.orderid.amount.currency.cardnumber")
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)

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

sbB = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
sbB.Append(hashA)
sbB.Append(".")
sbB.Append(sharedSecret)

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

xml = Chilkat::CkXml.new()
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)

resp = Chilkat::CkHttpResponse.new()
success = http.HttpStr("POST",testUrl,xml.getXml(),"utf-8","application/xml",resp)
if (success == false)
    print http.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print "Response Status Code: " + resp.get_StatusCode().to_s() + "\n";

print "Response Body:" + "\n";
print resp.bodyStr() + "\n";

if (resp.get_StatusCode() != 200)
    print "Failed." + "\n";
    exit
end

# 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())

result = xml.GetChildIntValue("result")
print "result = " + result.to_s() + "\n";

# 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)
    print "authcode = " + xml.getChildContent("authcode") + "\n";
    print "Success." + "\n";

else
    print "Failed." + "\n";
end