activateMerchantApplication

Reseller only method

Description

This method activates a pending merchant application, creating the production merchant account and any sourcekeys and usernames. Once this command is run, the merchant can start processing. The merchant application can be one added via the reseller console or the addMerchantApplication method). The application ID that was obtained when adding the merchant application must be passed.

The MerchRefNum of the newly created merchant will be returned.

See also addMerchantApplication

Syntax

string addMerchantApplication ( ueSecurityToken Token, integer ApplicationID )

Arguments

Type	Name	Description
ueSecurityToken	Token	Reseller security token, used to identify reseller and validate request.
integer	ApplicationID	The merchant application number assigned by the gateway.

Return Value

integer	Returns merchant reference number that was assigned to the new merchant account.

Exceptions

The following exceptions (errors) are applicable to this method.

Code	Message	Advice
19022	Permission denied	Source key does not have permission to run this method. The reseller needs to edit the key and enable this method
19021	Permission denied	Reseller does not have permission to activate merchants. Please contact reseller support for information on getting this feature enabled.
19031	Application has already been activated	The specified application as already been activated. Use getMerchantApplicationStatus to query for the merchrefnum
19032	Merchant creation failed	An internal system error prevented the merchant account from being activated. Please try again or contact support.

Examples

PHP

For directions on how to set up the WSDL link, create "$token" and "$resclient", go to PHP Soap How-to.

    <?php

    try {

      $ApplicationID=2;

      $MerchRefNum=$resclient->activateMerchantApplication($restoken, $ApplicationID);

    }

    catch (SoapFault $e) {

      echo $client->__getLastRequest();
      echo $client->__getLastResponse();
      die("getMerchantApplicationStatus failed: " .$e->getMessage());

    }

    ?>

Change History

Version	Change
1.5	Method added in this release