How to use Apple Pay and accept payments with it? - New Experience (2.0)
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This article guides Merchants through the process of using Apple Pay with Authorize.net to submit payment transactions.
Prerequisites:
- Create an Apple Merchant ID before generating the Certificate Signing Request (CSR) required by Apple Pay. Refer to Apple's documentation for setup details.
- Ensure your payment processor supports payment network tokenization. If not, you cannot sign up for Apple Pay through Authorize.net.
Signing Up for Apple Pay & Generate CSR:
- For Authorize.net 1.0 see: What is and how to enable Apple Pay with Authorize.net? - Classic Experience (1.0)
- For Authorize.net 2.0 see: What is Apple Pay and how to enable it? - New Experience (2.0)
Submitting the CSR File to Apple:
Refer to Apple's documentation for details on setting up Apple Pay requirements.
Apple Pay Transactions:
To process an Apple Pay transaction, use the createTransactionRequest API call with the opaqueData field instead of traditional payment information.
- Specify both opaque parameters.
- Do not include a card number, expiration date, or track data.
- The transaction must be an e-commerce transaction. Set marketType=0 in the createTransactionRequest API call.
- Set the transactionType to authCaptureTransaction or authOnlyTransaction.
- Do not include 3D Secure data.
- Ensure the data can be successfully decrypted and belongs to the merchant submitting the request.
- The submitted data must be Base64-encoded.
Identifying Apple Pay Transactions in the Merchant Interface:
- For Authorize.net 1.0 see:
- Sign in to the Merchant Interface
- Click Transaction Search
- Filter and search for the transaction(s).
- Click on the transaction id to view the details.
- When a related transaction has been submitted the Tokenization Information section will be visible.
- Apple Pay (and other token payments) will display in this section.
- For Authorize.net 2.0 see:
- Sign in to the Merchant Interface.
- Be on or switched into the New Merchant Interface (2.0)
- Click Payments in the left navigation.
- Click Manage Transactions.
- Click on the transaction id to view the details.
- When a related transaction has been submitted the Tokenization Information section will be visible.
- Apple Pay (and other token payments) will display in this section.
Developer and Integration Resources:
More information can be found in the Developer Documentation and API Reference Guide:
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