Hmmmm...when I talked to them recently, that x_billing_recurring attribute was not being used...if you can use that, then where do you specify other data, such as whether the recurring billing is every month, every other month, or every 12 months for example? Also the starting and ending date for the subscription? Look more closely at the AIM API fields and you won't find anywhere to send that data. Simply specifying x_billing_recurring yes|no would not be enough information to actually get the subscription up and running. I think they stuck that x_billing_recurring field in there in hopes of setting up an API for recurring billing at some point, but it's not doable at the moment.
I think there are issues with changing subscriptions frequently, that would be a disincentive for AuthNet to make recurring billing subscriptions accessible via an API, so they may never actually offer that capability. -- Josh Nathanson ----- Original Message ----- From: "John C. Bland II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 8:12 PM Subject: Re: AuthorizeNet Recurring Payments? > Yes, there is. Specify x_billing_recurring (Yes|No) when you send your > data > and it will setup the recurring payment. Look at the AIM guide on the > Auth.net site. Better yet, here's the location of the file. > <http://www.authorize.net/solutions/merchantsolutions/merchantservices/connectionmethods/> > http://www.authorize.net/support/AIM_guide.pdf > > On 1/12/06, Josh Nathanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I've used the Authorize.net recurring payments for about six months, and >> it >> works fine, but as of the last time I checked (a few months ago), there's >> no >> API to interact with the recurring billing system -- only the single >> transactions. You have to set up the subscriptions manually through >> their >> website forms. I think they do have a batch processing feature, where you >> can upload multiple subscriptions from a flat file, but I haven't looked >> into that feature personally, and I think you still have to do it through >> the AN website, there's no API for that. >> >> -- Josh Nathanson >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jim McAtee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 5:20 PM >> Subject: AuthorizeNet Recurring Payments? >> >> >> > The CC thread reminded me of this... >> > >> > We've been using AuthorizeNet for many years and recently (well, in the >> > last couple of years, anyway) they began offering a means of doing >> > recurring payments. It looks like these payment have to be set up >> > manually through forms on the AN web site, but I could be wrong. Does >> > anyone know if there's some kind of API that allows you to set up >> > recurring payments, halt them, check the success of transactions, etc.? >> > I'd like our sales associates to be able to set up these payments >> > themselves, but I don't want to give them administrative access to the >> > AuthorizeNet merchant login. >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:229422 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
