Comments on: Handling Authorize.Net ARB Subscription Failures

By: John Conde

John Conde — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:01:59 +0000

I’m fairly certain this will work. Just keep in mind that this URL and query string will apply to all Silent Post requests.

By: Mehul

Mehul — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:15:07 +0000

Hello,

is this valid silent post url : http://anydomain.com/auth_silent_post_url.php?process=true i need to process as extra request variable. will it work fine for me ?

thanks!

By: Tarek

Tarek — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:47:02 +0000

John -

In your example, you are checking for x_subscription_id but the API documentation states that it returns subscriptionId; is this going to create a problem?

By: Ashish

Ashish — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:30:21 +0000

Hi All,

slient post url is working fine for me. now i have one question. my one user transcation has been suspended due incorrect billing address. now when this user update his billing address in authorize.net using ARBUpdateSubscriptionRequest API using my site then Authorize.net will try to make a ARB transaction again with same subscription id or i need to generate another new subscription id?

Thanks In advance!

By: Ashish

Ashish — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:19:41 +0000

i am new for authorize.net.

i had integrate a ARB api with my site.when any user register with my site i am not able to find user transction in Transacation Detail. i can find out it in ‘Recurring Billing’ section under tool using Search ARB Subscriptions.

can you help me on this?

Thanks In advance

By: Salil

Salil — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:05:53 +0000

also what happens when the ARB transaction is get denied. is it tried again or i have to delete that subscription? and ask user to create a new subscription?

By: Salil

Salil — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:05:47 +0000

@John:-Sorry 4 bothering you again :)
I want `authorizenet-arb-subscription INSTANT PAYMENT` for that i am following your comment (http://www.merchant-account-services.org/article/authorize-net-php-recurring-billing-api/3). Actually i want it to intgrate it with Ruby but as there is not enough documentation for that in ruby so i post it here. I am getting error `This transaction has been declined` when i am trying to use AMI and ARB together. I am really getting frustrated now, i don’t know how to use and check then together so that my ARB will get SAved when my AMI transaction executes successfully.
Please guide me for the same.

Thanks in Advance

By: Tarek

Tarek — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:34:12 +0000

John -

Great blog; but I am still having trouble getting my arms around the implementation of the Silent Post. I have specified a URL for the silent post like: http://domain.net/site/arb/, my first question: do I need to add the script that handles the silent post response to the url like: http://domain.net/site/arb/ProcessPost.php

Your comments are greatly appreciated.

By: Deak Phreak

Deak Phreak — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:53:33 +0000

Here is what I came up with from reading the documentation to make sure you are getting the post from authorize.net and not someone else. The hash value needs to be set on the account and put into the script.

// Flag if this is an ARB transaction. Set to false by default.
$arb = false;
$valid = false;
$hash_value = ”; // This needs to be configured in the Merchant Interface

// Store the posted values in an associative array
$fields = array();

foreach ($_POST as $name => $value)
{
// Create our associative array
$fields[$name] = $value;

// If we see a special field flag this as an ARB transaction
if ($name == ‘x_subscription_id’)
{
$arb = true;
}
}

// Check Validation
$hash = md5($hash_value.$fields['x_trans_id'].$fields['x_amount']);
if($hash == $fields['x_MD5_Hash'])
{
$valid = true;
}

// If it is an ARB transaction, do something with it
if ($arb == true && $valid)
{
if($fields['x_response_code'] == 1)
{
// Approved

}
else
{
// Denied

}
}

By: Raku

Raku — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:26:35 +0000

Hello John

I am integrate the ARB method first time. In PHP technology so please help for how to create the secure POST url And demo code for that page.

Regards
Raku