Getting Started

Using an XML framework, our API provides a full suite of capabilities for processing card-not-present transactions across any channel: website, in-app, or over the phone. With it, you can control the complete lifecycle of your transactions while managing your customer and reporting data.

Developers can integrate in several ways:

• Direct API integration (server-to-server XML messages)
• Server- and client-side SDKs and libraries
• Many popular plugins and shopping carts
• Hosted Payment Page ( PCI DSS compliant)

Getting started is easy and secure in our free Sandbox environment we provide for registered users to securtest their integrations. You can sample the full range of payment-processing capabilities our API offers, including Card Payments, Digital Wallets, and Fraud Rules. Your simulated transactions will follow the same lifecycle you can expect in production, such as waiting for settlement, batching, and so on, allowing you to fully test captures, refunds, and other all the other functionality you want to build into your application.

Once you create an app to get an API key for the Sandbox endpoint, you can use our test cards to simulate various transaction outcomes as you prepare to go live to production. You can use your Sandbox keys to process transactions using either direct API integration or the Hosted Payment Page.

To access our Sandbox test environment, you first need to register for an account on our developer portal. Once registered, you can securely test your integrations, explore the portal and save your favorite pages so you can quickly pick up where you left off, and join our Research Community to preview new features as soon as they become available.

To register, just click Log In | Register in the top-right corner of any page or click below.

Before you can start testing your integration, you’ll need to request the test credentials needed to access our Sandbox. This includes a Shared Secret and a Refund Credit Password.

To create an app:

1. From any Developer Portal page, click the Profile icon, and select My Account.
   
   You must be logged in to access this menu item.
2. In the My Sandbox Credentials section of your account page, click the Create a New App down arrow, and select XML API.
   
3. Step 2 sends your request to our system. We’ll email you when your test credentials are ready (usually within 24 hours). You'll also receive a separate email to register for our reporting and virtual terminal tool: Ecommerce Portal.
4. When ready, the new app will appear in the My Sandbox Credentials table of your account page. The name of the app will be your merchant ID. To view your test credentials, click the View Credentials button for the app.

Once you’ve created a test app and received your credentials, you’re now ready to send API requests to our Sandbox endpoint to simulate payment processing.

When testing your integration, you should never use real card details or banking information. That’s why we provide simulated payment methods such as test card numbers. Use these resources to test different scenarios for your application or website to handle.

For more information and the full list of test card numbers, see Test Cards.

For technical support, email us at support@elavonpaymentgateway.com or contact your account manager directly.

For more information on the capabilities of the XML API, see the API Reference section of this portal.

For any integration questions you might have, you can use Stack Overflow or GitHub to find an answer or ask a new question.