Recurring CC Payments (custom gateway)

[marcusg]

Hello,

 

I downloaded the module kit for creating your own custom gateway, and I see it has functions "activate", "link", "capture" which I assume are all used when a new sign-up does their initial payment, but what about recurring payments, how do you handle that with a custom gateway?

 

I intend to use the authorize.net CIM service (allowing authorize.net to hold the sensitive card data) so I'll need to pull that first then submit the payment back to authorize.net for processing. But I just don't see how that is possible.

 

Any clarification would be most helpful.

 

Thank you in advance!

[Matt]

Hi,

 

The capture function is used for the first and all recurring payment attempts. You can tell if it's a first payment request or recurring attempt by checking if the CVV variable is present - if it is set, it's the first payment, if it's not, it's a recurring attempt.

 

Matt