XML API for Credit Card Processing

[mtoon]

Hello there-
I just have a quick question about the postData method in the payment gateway.  It looks like the method accepts a list of paramters and manages the HTTPS post and response.  My question is, I need to send an XML packet instead of name-value pairs in the post, can this be done using the postData method or another framework method?

Thank you!

[ryan]

Hi,

You have the source of postData in BaseGatewayAction.java so you can just edit it to send the data as an XML packet.

[mtoon]

Thanks!  But I have a followup question.  I looked in the code and it looks like the post is being done over a standard HTTP connection.  I didn't see and SSL functionality.  Am I just reading that wrong or does BaseGatewayAction not support SSL?

Thanks again

[ryan]

It should work for both HTTP and HTTPS . url.openConnection() returns a UrlConnection object. HttpUrlConnection is a subclass of that and HttpsUrlConnection is a subclass of HttpUrlConnection so although you just see  HttpUrlConnection in the code, it could actually be a HttpsUrlConnection if the url is https:// etc. etc.

[mtoon]

Roger that.  Just some random feedback, your documentation as well as your design was really helpful in getting this payment processing setup.  I literally started this morning and finished this afternoon.  Thanks!

[ryan]

Hi,

If it's a payment gateway that could interest others, maybe you could post it in the contributions section ?

Thx.