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SSO by customer reference

Last updated: 13-Oct-2021
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Overview

Use the getSingleSignOnByCustomer method to create Single Sign On links into 2Checkout myAccount based on customer references (IDs). Use either the Avangate Customer Reference or the External Customer Reference to identify specific customers.

Parameters

Parameters Type/Description

sessionID

Required (string)

 

Session identifier, the output of the Login method. Include sessionID into all your requests. 2Checkout throws an exception if the values are incorrect.  The sessionID expires in 10 minutes.

idCustomer

Required (string)

 

Unique customer identifiers. Can be either the ExternalCustomerReference you control or the system-generated AvangateCustomerReference.

customerType

Required (string)

 

Possible values:

  • ExternalCustomerReference
  • AvangateCustomerReference

page

Optional (string)

 

The specific myAccount page where you redirect the customer.

Possible values:

my_subscription - redirect shoppers to the subscription's page of myAccount based on the SubscriptionReference you provide.

my_products - redirects shoppers to the myAccount page designed to list all products purchased from 2Checkout.

https://store.YourCustomDomain.com/m...t/my_products/?

user_data - redirects shoppers to the Personal Information page in myAccount

https://store.YourCustomDomain.com/m...unt/user_data/?

order_lookup - redirects shoppers to the Order Lookup area of myAccount:

https://store.YourCustomDomain.com/m.../order_lookup/

faq - redirects shoppers to the Support page of myAccount

https://secure. YourCustomDomain.com/support/

payment_methods – redirect shoppers to the Payment Methods area of myAccount:

https://store.YourCustomDomain.com/m...yment_methods/

Do not include PAGE in the URL to redirect shoppers to myAccount homepage

https://store.YourCustomDomain.com/myaccount/?

 

request

Optional (string)

 

Needed for 'my_subscription'

Request[]=code=123D40F123 redirects customers to the page for the subscription with the 123D40F123 SubscriptionReference value.

 

validityTime

Optional (int)

 

The time, in seconds, before the single sign-on URL expires. By default, the URL expires after 10 seconds. (optional)

validationIp

Optional (string)

 

The IP address of the shopper, necessary for security purposes. Can be an empty string or a valid IP, or null.

Response

Parameters Type/Description

Single sign-on URL

String

 

The string generated is the complete single sign-on URL pointing to 2Checkout myAccount, containing the unique URL. Shoppers using it log into their 2Checkout myAccount automatically.

Request

<?php
require('PATH_TO_AUTH');

$idCustomer = '352365983';
$customerType = 'AvangateCustomerReference';
$page = 'my_license';
$request = null;
$validityTime = 50;
$validationIp = null;
$languageCode = 'en';

$jsonRpcRequest = [
    'method' => 'getSingleSignOnByCustomer',
    'params' => [
        $sessionID,
        $idCustomer,
        $customerType,
        $page,
        $request,
        $validityTime,
        $validationIp,
        $languageCode, // optional
    ],
    'id' => $i++,
    'jsonrpc' => '2.0',
];

var_dump(callRPC((object)$jsonRpcRequest, $host, true));

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