RE: FN-FORUM: HSBC Payment integration

date posted 8th January 2007 18:07

They allow for either capturing payment details and sending to HSBC
(API/XML Interface), or taking details at HSBC web site and redirecting
to success/failure page (CPI Interface).

Never did get the CPI samples to work, and if I remember correctly the
API interface isn't ideal as it requires a component to be registered.

The XML interface works very well. You pass over all the details to HSBC
via XML and get a response back via XML.

Its been a while now since I've used classic ASP. If I was doing it I'd
recommend the whole web site, or at least the payment bit was migrated
to .NET.

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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Darren
Seamark
Sent: 08 January 2007 16:00
To: Keith Avery
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: HSBC Payment integration


> Have you or the client received the CD from HSBC? This includes a=20
> number of examples plus technical guides for the various ways to send=20
> payments to HSBC.

Not yet. They sent one CD but it was just a demo for the services they
offer rather than technical. I believe the client has asked for a
technical reference so I guess it's on its way.

> If you are interfacing with HSBC using the XML interface then I can=20
> give some advice as I've used this approach with the ASP.NET web site=20
> www.lavenderandsage.co.uk. This does mean you have to take the payment

> details on your own web site via SSL and then send to HSBC.

I wasn't sure whether they let you capture/pass payment details to them
or not, (as opposed to them taking the details and then redirecting to a
success/failure page on our website) so I made the assumption we had to
capture the details and I've just built a simple payment details form
for
the time being. I can't really do much else until I know what they
expect
to receive. This particular website is classic ASP rather than .NET.

If it was straightforward I would have written the code to make it work
while I was waiting but perhaps I should see what they offer before
making a decision.