authorize.net

[RidgeRunner]

One of my non-profits wants to use authorize.net as the payment gateway for donations (and, eventually, a shopping cart).

I have looked at the documentation at authorize.net but it is still not clear to me ... there seems to be purchased software from CCTranMan, but all the pages are removed (the dreaded 404 error).

Anyone have experience with this? A simple solution? If not, once I figure it out, I'll post back to here.

[RidgeRunner]

I figured it out and it was not too hard. I just needed to send a delimited string to authorize.net of name=value pairs (delimiter was &) and then I received back a delimited string that was split into an array for procerssing the response codes. I like being able to validate the input first with .net validators.

Based on the return codes, different processing occurs. If approved, database is updated and confirmation email sent before user is redirected to confirmation page.

All this is simple once you understand it. The 56 page developer's guide from authorize.net was a little intimidating at first. If you want my code, just let me know and I'll be glad to send it on.

[tsweez]

FYI... 

Our company recently released Blackberry and Android credit card processing applications that are available as free downloads at Mobile Merchant Pro, i.e. www.mobilemerchantpro.com.  There's no signup or email harvesting or anything.

I trust this will be of benefit to Authorize.Net users.  These applications are also available via the blackberry app store, droid market, etc.

Cheers,

Tsweez