Ahh...my bad. I figured those were there. From memory I remember seeing that field but I haven't had to use it before so I wasn't aware of the other missing fields.
On 1/13/06, Jim McAtee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I looked through the linked AIM documentation and noticed the same thing. > You need to be able to specify an interval and a duration, but there > appears to be no way to do so. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Josh Nathanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:29 PM > Subject: Re: AuthorizeNet Recurring Payments? > > > > 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" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> > > 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" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> > >>> 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:4:229424 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
