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CardConnect Validate Merchant-Level Credentials

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To test and validate merchant-level credentials, you can make a PUT request, including the merchant ID in the body of the request, to the base URL. The Gateway verifies that the MID matches the credentials provided in the header.

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Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)
program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.Http,
  Chilkat.HttpResponse,
  Chilkat.JsonObject;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  http: THttp;
  json: TJsonObject;
  url: string;
  resp: THttpResponse;

begin
  success := False;

  //  This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
  //  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

  http := THttp.Create;

  http.BasicAuth := True;
  http.Login := 'API_USERNAME';
  http.Password := 'API_PASSWORD';

  json := TJsonObject.Create;
  success := json.UpdateString('merchid','MERCHANT_ID');

  url := 'https://<site>.cardconnect.com:<port>/cardconnect/rest/';

  resp := THttpResponse.Create;
  success := http.HttpStr('PUT',url,json.Emit(),'utf-8','application/json',resp);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(http.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  If we get a 200 response status and an HTML response saying "CardConnect REST Servlet", then our credentials are correct.
  WriteLn('response status code = ' + resp.StatusCode);

  WriteLn('response string:');
  WriteLn(resp.BodyStr);

  //  Sample output:

  //  response status code = 200
  //  response string:
  //  <html lang="en"><body><h1>CardConnect REST Servlet</h1></body></html>


  http.Free;
  json.Free;
  resp.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.