Configuring Authorize.NET

Authorize.NET is one of the most popular payment gateway providers. It uses plain HTTPS POST operations against its gateway server.

What you need

• Kentico with built-in Authorize.NET support
• Internet Merchant Account - a type of bank account that allows a business to accept internet credit card payments (the card is not physically presented to the merchant)
• Payment Gateway Account - a secure internet bridge between your website and the credit card processing networks

See Authorize.NET’s E-Commerce Getting Started Guide for more details.

How it works

Configuring Authorize.NET in Kentico

Before your customers can start using the Authorize.NET payment gateway, you need to perform the following configuration:

1. Open the Settings application.

2. Select E-commerce -> Payment Gateways -> Authorize.NET. from the settings tree.

3. Specify the API login and Transaction key settings to identify your payments.

   • API login - API login ID for the payment gateway account.
   • Transaction key - a transaction key obtained from the Merchant Interface.

4. Disable the Authorize.NET payment gateway test mode (the Use test mode setting).     

   • The gateway behavior depends on both test mode settings in the system’s Settings application and in the Authorize.NET Merchant Interface. See the table for further details:

     Kentico	Merchant Interface	Transaction processed as
     ON	ON	test transaction
     OFF	ON	test transaction
     ON	OFF	test transaction
     OFF	OFF	live transaction

5. Ensure that the Authorize.NET payment method is registered and enabled.

6. Check the Authorize.NET payment gateway settings in Store configuration -> Payment methods.

   • Payment gateway URL: https://secure2.authorize.net/gateway/transact.dll
   • Payment gateway provider class
     • Assembly name: CMS.EcommerceProvider
     • Class: CMS.EcommerceProvider.CMSAuthorizeNetProvider

Checkout process

If your customers use the Authorize.NET payment method, they must enter their credit card information in the appropriate step (usually the Payment step) of the checkout process to finish payment. After the payment is finished, the order payment result is updated.