LinkPoint (API v3.01) Configuration

LinkPoint deprecated support for its old API. It may cause problems with signup and billing. To update API to v3.01, users should convert the certificate from PEM to P12 format

Configuration

1. Select Link Point (API v3.01) in the Add New Gateway box.
2. Click the Add button.
3. Fill out the form that appears:

   

   • Title: give a name to this LinkPoint (API) connection
   • Store Name: Your LinkPoint (API) unique ID, sometimes also referred to as Config File
   • Server: the name of the LinkPoint (API) server
   • Port: the port of the LinkPoint (API) server
   • Password: the password which comes with login/username
   • AVS: AVS stands for Address Verification Service. It can be used as an additional layer of protection for merchants who wish to verify that the purchaser knows the billing address of the cardholder (in case these are two different people). This is not a very serious form of risk mitigation or fraud prevention, and yet it does give some assurance that a hacker isn't simply generating a list of valid credit card numbers and purchasing product at will. AVS simply matches the numeric portion of the cardholder's street billing address and the 5 or 9-digit zip code of the cardholder's billing address. The AVS request parameters are STREET and ZIP. The processing network verifies the AVS information, comparing a portion of the billing address from the request message with address data on file at the VIC or the issuer's center. Based on the comparison, a response will be returned which confirms whether the information matches or not. Banks do not decline transactions based on the AVS check. The AVS response is returned as two single tab-delimited characters: YY, NN, YN, NY (Y-'matches', N for 'does not match'). This information is just an advice. However, the BEZA.NET Control Panel system will either allow or decline the transaction depending on the selected AVS status. AVS is available only for US cardholders.
     Important: To provide non US cardholders CC processing, disable AVS check-up in the merchant gateway configuration.
   • Test Mode:
     - FALSE: credit card transactions will be completed and credit cards will be charged;
     - TRUE: authorization requests will be sent for verification without settlement requests and credit cards won't be charged.
     * In Test Mode, all transactions appear to be processed as real transactions. The gateway accepts the transactions, but does not pass them on to the financial institutions. Accordingly, all transactions will be approved by the gateway when Test Mode is turned on.
4. Click Submit Query
5. In Edit Gateway, select the newly created connection and press Edit.
6. Note the two new parameters that appeared on the gateway configuration page, Key File, and Certificate File. Put the key and certificate files on the control panel server to the locations suggested here.