Just signed up with authorize.net and want to set up a simple web form that the user can fill out and pay me money. Something simple. What's the best way to do that?

You will probably need some form of script because authorize.net uses hash generation as part of the post. They supply the script to generate the hash you just need something the feed the script.

I sort of figured that out. I was running the script directly (oerl) but I think I need to create a form and the POST to that script? The docs suck.

Oh and - thanks for your help.

Hi Marc,

If you chat or call Authorize.Net support, you can ask them for some sample scripts for their SIM method. They can then shoot you an e-mail with some Perl, PHP and other language examples that you can then easily modify.

That is probably the fastest way to setup the form. Authorize.net, due to their hash method, is a little harder to setup a simple HTML form with since it requires that dynamic element but the sample scripts should make it only a 5-15 minute project for you. :)

What development language are you using? ColdFusion? ASP? Let me know and I can offer you some assistance.

Its best to use curl if you are using PHP. Actually their documentation is quite good, its just that you need some time to go through it:).

I would rather recommend you use their AIM method.

Regards
Krish

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