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Convert a trial

Overview

Use the convertTrial method to convert a trial to a paid subscription. In the eventuality of a conversion failure, you can use convertTrial again for the same trial subscription only after you let 24 hours pass since the initial attempt. The 2Checkout system attempts to automatically convert trials before they expire to full subscriptions unless you made an attempt that failed less than 24 hours before the scheduled expiration deadline.

In case the trial conversion fails due to a transaction issue, the 2Checkout system sends unfinished payment follow-up emails to customers, provided that you set up lead management for your account.

Parameters

Parameters Type/Description

SubscriptionReference

Required (string)

 

Unique, system-generated subscription identifier of the trial that you convert to a paid subscription. The unique identifier from the 2Checkout system:

  • Must belong to an active trial subscription with the recurring billing system (auto-renewal) enabled.
  • The initial order placed to access the trial subscription must be finalized (status Finished).

Note: This method does not work for canceled and/or expired trial subscriptions.

 

2Checkout charges customers using the payment data attached to the trial subscription. In the case of credit/debit cards, if customers update their payment information in myAccount or if you update these details on behalf of your subscribers, the 2Checkout system uses the latest card info provided to charge subscription renewals.

ExtendSubscriptionFromPaymentDate

Optional (boolean)

 

true = Set the moment of the conversion as the start date of the full subscription. 

Example: A 7-day trial purchased on October 29 for a monthly subscription converted on October 30 with $ExtendSubscriptionFromPaymentDate = true; features the following Billing cycle expiration: Nov 30, 2013, and 2Checkout scraps the initial trial expiration date November 5.

 

false = Set initial trial expiration deadline as the full subscription start date. 

Example: A 10-day trial purchased on October 29 for a monthly subscription converted on October 30 with $ExtendSubscriptionFromPaymentDate = false; features the following Billing cycle expiration: December 9, with the first month period of the subscription added to the trial lifetime stretching until November 8.

 

Can be NULL. If not set, the default value is false.

Response

Parameters Type/Description

Boolean

true or false depending on whether the changes were successful or not.

Request


<?php

require ('PATH_TO_AUTH'); 
 
$SubscriptionReference = 'BF44555C6C';

$ExtendSubscriptionFromPaymentDate = true; //false can also be used if you want the subscription start date to be the moment when the trial was set to initially expire.

try {
    $convertedTrial = $client->convertTrial($sessionID, $SubscriptionReference, $ExtendSubscriptionFromPaymentDate);
}
catch (SoapFault $e) {
    echo "convertedTrial: " . $e->getMessage();
    exit;
}
var_dump("convertedTrial", $convertedTrial);

 

Convert a trial

Overview

Use the convertTrial method to convert a trial to a paid subscription. In the eventuality of a conversion failure, you can use convertTrial again for the same trial subscription only after you let 24 hours pass since the initial attempt. The 2Checkout system attempts to automatically convert trials before they expire to full subscriptions, unless you made an attempt that failed less than 24 hours before the scheduled expiration deadline.

In case the trial conversion fails due to a transaction issue, the 2Checkout system sends unfinished payment follow-up emails to customers, provided that you set up lead management for your account.

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.

SubscriptionReference

Required (string)

 

Unique, system-generated subscription identifier of the trial that you convert to a paid subscription. The unique identifier from the 2Checkout system:

  • Must belong to an active trial subscription with the recurring billing system (auto-renewal) enabled.
  • The initial order placed to access the trial subscription must be finalized (status Finished).

Note: This method does not work for cancelled and/or expired trial subscriptions.

 

2Checkout charges customers using the payment data attached to the trial subscription. In the case of credit/debit cards, if customers update their payment information in myAccount or if you update these details on behalf of your subscribers, the 2Checkout system uses the latest card info provided to charge subscription renewals.

ExtendSubscriptionFromPaymentDate

Optional (boolean)

 

true = Set the moment of the conversion as the start date of the full subscription. 

Example: A 7 day trial purchased on October 29 for a monthly subscription converted on October 30 with $ExtendSubscriptionFromPaymentDate = true; features the following Billing cycle expiration: Nov 30, 2013 and 2Checkout scraps the initial trial expiration date November 5.

 

false = Set initial trial expiration deadline as the fhe full subscription start date. 

Example: A 10 day trial purchased on October 29 for a monthly subscription converted on October 30 with $ExtendSubscriptionFromPaymentDate = false; features the following Billing cycle expiration: December 9, with the first month period of the subscription added to the trial lifetime stretching until November 8.

 

Can be NULL. If not sent, the default value is false.

Response

Boolean

true or false depending on whether the changes were successful or not.

Request


<?php
$host   = "https://api.2checkout.com";
$client = new SoapClient($host . "/soap/3.0/?wsdl", array(
    'location' => $host . "/soap/3.0/",
    "stream_context" => stream_context_create(array(
        'ssl' => array(
            'verify_peer' => false,
            'verify_peer_name' => false
        )
    ))
));

function hmac($key, $data)
{
    $b = 64; // byte length for md5
    if (strlen($key) > $b) {
        $key = pack("H*", md5($key));
    }
    
    $key    = str_pad($key, $b, chr(0x00));
    $ipad   = str_pad('', $b, chr(0x36));
    $opad   = str_pad('', $b, chr(0x5c));
    $k_ipad = $key ^ $ipad;
    $k_opad = $key ^ $opad;
    return md5($k_opad . pack("H*", md5($k_ipad . $data)));
}
$merchantCode = "YOUR_MERCHANT_CODE";// your account's merchant code available in the 'System settings' area of the cPanel: https://secure.2checkout.com/cpanel/account_settings.php
$key = "YOUR_SECRET_KEY";// your account's secret key available in the 'System settings' area of the cPanel: https://secure.2checkout.com/cpanel/account_settings.php
$now          = gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s'); //date_default_timezone_set('UTC')
$string = strlen($merchantCode) . $merchantCode . strlen($now) . $now;
$hash   = hmac($key, $string);
try {
    $sessionID = $client->login($merchantCode, $now, $hash);
}
catch (SoapFault $e) {
    echo "Authentication: " . $e->getMessage();
    exit;
}
$SubscriptionReference = '30E47F8699';
$ExtendSubscriptionFromPaymentDate = true; //false can also be used if you want the subscription start date to be the moment when the trial was set to initially expire.
try {
    $convertedTrial = $client->convertTrial($sessionID, $SubscriptionReference, $ExtendSubscriptionFromPaymentDate);
}
catch (SoapFault $e) {
    echo "convertedTrial: " . $e->getMessage();
    exit;
}
var_dump("convertedTrial", $convertedTrial);

 

Partial refund

Overview

Use the issueRefund method to issue a partial refund for an order processed by 2Checkout.

Requirements 

The payment for the refundable order needs to be collected.

You cannot issue a refund for an amount higher than the total order amount.

Request

<?php

$host = 'https://api.avangate.com';
$merchantCode = "MERCHANT_CODE"; // your account's merchant code available in the 'System settings' area of the cPanel: https://secure.2checkout.com/cpanel/account_settings.php
$key = "SECRET_KEY"; // your account's secret key available in the 'System settings' area of the cPanel: https://secure.2checkout.com/cpanel/account_settings.php

$now = gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s'); //GMT date format)
$algo = "sha256";
$string = strlen($merchantCode) . $merchantCode . strlen($now) . $now;
$hash = hash_hmac($algo, $string, $key);

try {
    $client = new SoapClient($host . "/soap/6.0/?wsdl", [
        'location'       => $host . "/soap/6.0/",
        "stream_context" => stream_context_create([
            'ssl' => [
                'verify_peer'      => false,
                'verify_peer_name' => false
            ]
        ])
    ]);
    $sessionID = $client->login($merchantCode, $now, $hash, $algo);
    echo("Token: {$sessionID}" . PHP_EOL);

    $orderReference = "73152871";
    $items = [];
    $item = new stdClass();
    $item->Quantity = 1;
    $item->LineItemReference = "a439c84a4b1e8ad1d7bf38407f5ea7473433ce7b";
    $item->Amount = 29.99;

    $items[] = $item;
    $comment = "This is a comment";
    $reason = "Fraud";

    $refundedOrder = $client->issueRefund($sessionID, $orderReference, null, $items, $comment, $reason);
    var_dump($refundOrder);
} catch (SoapFault $e) {
    echo "Authentication: " . $e->getMessage() . PHP_EOL;
    exit;
} 

Response

Response Type/Description
Boolean

TRUE is the refund was processed successfully

FALSE otherwise

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Remove products from a promotion

Overview

Use deletePromotionProducts to remove products from an existing promotion.

Parameters

Parameter Type/Description

sessionID

Required (string)

 

Output of the Login method.

promotionCode

Required (string)

 

The code corresponding to the promotion that you want to remove products from.

promotionProducts

Required (object)

 

Code

Required (string)

 

 

System generated product code.

 

pricingConfigurationCode

Required (string)

 

 

System generated pricing configuration code.

 

pricingOptionCodes

Required (array of strings)

 

 

Pricing option codes that you control.

Response

Parameter Type/Description
status Boolean
  True or False

Request

<?php

function callRPC($Request, $host, $Debug = true) {
    $curl = curl_init($host);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, true);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION, 0);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type: application/json', 'Accept: application/json'));
    $RequestString = json_encode($Request);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $RequestString);
    if ($Debug) {
        $RequestString;
    }
    $ResponseString = curl_exec($curl);
    if ($Debug) {
        $ResponseString;
    }
    if (!empty($ResponseString)) {
        var_dump($ResponseString);
        $Response = json_decode($ResponseString);
        if (isset($Response->result)) {
            return $Response->result;
        }
        if (!is_null($Response->error)) {
            var_dump($Request->method, $Response->error);
        }
    } else {
        return null;
    }
}

$host = 'https://api.avangate.com/rpc/3.1/';

$merchantCode = "YOUR_MERCHANT_CODE"; // your account's merchant code available in the 'System settings' area of the cPanel: https://secure.avangate.com/cpanel/account_settings.php
$key = "YOUR_SECRET_KEY"; // your account's secret key available in the 'System settings' area of the cPanel: https://secure.avangate.com/cpanel/account_settings.php

$string = strlen($merchantCode) . $merchantCode . strlen(gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s')) . gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s');
$hash = hash_hmac('md5', $string, $key);

$i = 1;

$jsonRpcRequest = new stdClass();
$jsonRpcRequest->jsonrpc = '2.0';
$jsonRpcRequest->method = 'login';
$jsonRpcRequest->params = array($merchantCode, gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s'), $hash);
$jsonRpcRequest->id = $i++;

$sessionID = callRPC($jsonRpcRequest, $host);

$promotionCode = '';

// Define the first product to remove from the promotion
$newProduct1 = new stdClass;
$newProduct1->Code = '';
$newProduct1->PricingConfigurationCode = '';
$newProduct1->PricingOptionCodes = ['',''];

// Define another product to remove from the promotion
$newProduct2 = new stdClass;
$newProduct2->Code = '';
$newProduct2->PricingOptionCodes = [''];

$productPromotion = [$newProduct1, $newProduct2];

$jsonRpcRequest = array (
'jsonrpc' => '2.0',
'id' => $i++,
'method' => 'deletePromotionProducts',
'params' => array($sessionID, $promotionCode, $productPromotion)
);
var_dump (callRPC($jsonRpcRequest, $host));

Retrieve product tax categories

Overview

Use the getProductTaxCategories method via JSON-RPC API 6.0 to retrieve the available tax categories and manage them for your catalog products.

Request Parameters

Parameters Type Required/Optional Description

sessionID

String Required

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.

ProductTaxCategories

String Required The product tax category for the product.

Request Example

<?php
declare(strict_types=1);

class Configuration
{
    public const MERCHANT_CODE = '';
    public const MERCHANT_KEY = '';
    public const URL = 'http://api.2checkout.com/rpc/6.0';
    public const ACTION = 'getTaxCategories';
    public const ADDITIONAL_OPTIONS = null;
    //array or JSON
    public const PAYLOAD = [];
}

class Client
{
    private const LOGIN_METHOD = 'login';
    private $calls = 1;
    private $sessionId;


    private function generateAuth(): array
    {
        $merchantCode = Configuration::MERCHANT_CODE;
        $key = Configuration::MERCHANT_KEY;
        $date = gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s');
        $string = strlen($merchantCode) . $merchantCode . strlen($date) . $date;
        $hash = hash_hmac('md5', $string, $key);

        return compact('merchantCode', 'date', 'hash');
    }


    public function login(string $url)
    {
        $payload = $this->generateAuth();
        $response = $this->call($url, array_values($payload), self::LOGIN_METHOD);
        $this->sessionId = $response['result'];
    }


    public function call(
        string $url = Configuration::URL,
        $payload = Configuration::PAYLOAD,
        string $action = Configuration::ACTION
    ): ?array {
        if (empty($this->sessionId) && $action !== self::LOGIN_METHOD) {
            $this->login($url);
        }

        if (is_string($payload)) {
            $payload = json_decode($payload, true);
        }
        if (!empty($this->sessionId)) {
            $payload = [$this->sessionId, $payload, Configuration::ADDITIONAL_OPTIONS];
        }
        $payload = array_filter($payload);

        $request = json_encode([
            'jsonrpc' => '2.0',
            'method' => $action,
            'params' => $payload,
            'id' => $this->calls++,
        ]);
        $curl = curl_init($url);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION, 0);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type: application/json', 'Accept: application/json', 'Cookie: XDEBUG_SESSION=PHPSTORM'));
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $request);
        $response = curl_exec($curl);
        if(empty($response)) {
            die('Server unavailable');
        }
        echo $response . '</br>';
        return json_decode($response, true);;
    }
}

$client = new Client();
$result = $client->call();
var_dump($result);

Response

Parameters Type/Description
Product Object

Product group

Overview

This object is returned directly or within a successful response from the following API requests:

                                           Retrieve product group                                                  Retrieve all product groups

Product group object

Parameters Type/Description

Name

Required (string)

 

The name of the product group.

Code Optional (string)
  Unique, system-generated identifier assigned to product groups. 

TemplateName

Optional (string)

 

Leave empty to assign the Default Template to the product.

 

Or use the name of an active shopping cart template.

Description

Optional (string)

 

The description of the product group.

 

Manage store URLs for shopper emails

Overview

Use the WS_ORDER parameter to control the website URL displayed in the email messages shoppers receive after they place an order.

By default, 2Checkout reports the URL set as Homepage in the Account information area.

Adding WS_ORDER to the buy links for your products will cause the optional website address set by using the parameter to override and replace the Homepage URL in the email notifications sent to customers.

Availability

All 2Checkout accounts.

Usage

Add the WS_ORDER parameter to a buy link, specifying the desired URL. For example, add &WS_ORDER= http://www.YourOnlineStoreURL.com to the buy link below.

https://secure.2checkout.com/order/checkout.php?PRODS=1234567&QTY=1

The link becomes 

https://secure.2checkout.com/order/checkout.php?PRODS=1234567&QTY=1&WS_ORDER=http://www.YourOnlineStoreURL.com

This causes 2Checkout to send email messages to customers referencing http://www.YourOnlineStoreURL.com rather than the Homepage URL.

Shoppers will receive:

 

Keep in mind that the email notifications will be rephrased accordingly, such as:

  • Thank you for your order placed on http://www.YourOnlineStoreURL.com on 2012-08-14 12:16:40 (order reference number: 10001111).
  • Your payment for your online order placed on http://www.YourOnlineStoreURL.com on 2012-08-14 12:16:40 has been approved (order reference number: 10001111).
  • Your online order placed on http://www.YourOnlineStoreURL.com on August 14, 2012 and processed by 2Checkout as the authorized vendor of OnlineStoreName products has been successfully completed (order reference number: 10001111).

 

The WS_ORDER parameter is supported on checkout/cart pages, overriding the vendor/template website settings. The parameter is not supported on product pages.

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