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CardConnect Validate Merchant-Level Credentials

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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require 'chilkat'

success = false

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

http = Chilkat::CkHttp.new()

http.put_BasicAuth(true)
http.put_Login("API_USERNAME")
http.put_Password("API_PASSWORD")

json = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
success = json.UpdateString("merchid","MERCHANT_ID")

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

resp = Chilkat::CkHttpResponse.new()
success = http.HttpStr("PUT",url,json.emit(),"utf-8","application/json",resp)
if (success == false)
    print http.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# If we get a 200 response status and an HTML response saying "CardConnect REST Servlet", then our credentials are correct.
print "response status code = " + resp.get_StatusCode().to_s() + "\n";

print "response string:" + "\n";
print resp.bodyStr() + "\n";

# Sample output:

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