[FIXED] What does FORCE do in a credit card transaction?

Issue

From some API spec I have:

Force to place an Auth transaction into the current batch (PostAuth) or to place a transaction not processed through the LUCY Gateway™ into the current batch (ForceAuth)

So "AUTH" just places the funds on hold. If you want to have the funds transferred to your merchant bank you'd need to do "SALE" or "CAPTURE" or something. But what's the point of "FORCE"? Does "AUTH" not put the funds on hold immediately? Do you need to do "FORCE" to do that?

Solution

FORCE is also known as CAPTURE ONLY. This transaction type allows you to manually capture funds for transactions that were previously authorized outside the payment gateway. Additionally, because a Capture Only requires the Authorization Code of an original, successfully authorized transaction, you can use this transaction type to force captures for transactions that were declined by the payment gateway as a result of Address Verification Service (AVS) or Card Code Verification (CCV) rejection settings. Though they were declined by the payment gateway, an Authorization Code is usually still issued by the credit card issuing bank.

Answered By - Tushar

Answer Checked By - Marie Seifert (PHPFixing Admin)

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[FIXED] How to enter date in the credit card number field using Selenium and Python?

Issue

I am trying to make a script to automatically checkout on a Shopify site. When I try to fill in the field that is asking for the credit card, selenium is not allowing me to send in the keys into the field and is saying that the element is not interactable. I've already tried clicking it, but it's still not letting me enter in the information. Does anyone know what to do?

driver.find_element_by_xpath('//div[@data-card-field-placeholder="Card number"]').click()
driver.find_element_by_xpath('//div[@data-card-field-placeholder="Card number"]').send_keys("1234")

URL: https://feature.com/4089909/checkouts/2f7c52e34622f0f301c0d4b5720ad80e?previous_step=shipping_method&step=payment_method

is the link I am trying to test this out on

Solution

To access the page to provide the credit card details we need to move beyond the CONTACT INFORMATION information page. Hence, couldn't access it directly.

Ideally Creditcard Number fields are with in an <iframe>. Hence to access the Creditcard Number field within an <iframe> so you have to:

• Induce WebDriverWait for the desired frame to be available and switch to it.

• Induce WebDriverWait for the desired element to be clickable.

• You can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

• Using CSS_SELECTOR:

  WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.CSS_SELECTOR,"iframe_css")))
  WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "div[data-card-field-placeholder='Card number']"))).send_keys("1234")
  

• Using XPATH:

  WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.XPATH,"iframe_xpath")))
  WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//div[@data-card-field-placeholder='Card number']"))).send_keys("1234")
  

• Note : You have to add the following imports :

  from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
  from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
  from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
  

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Reference

You can find a couple of relevant discussions in:

• Ways to deal with #document under iframe
• Switch to an iframe through Selenium and python

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tl; dr

You can find a couple of relevant detailed discussions in:

• Unable to locate element of credit card number using selenium python
• NoSuchElementException: Message: Unable to locate element while trying to click on the button VISA through Selenium and Python

Answered By - undetected Selenium

Answer Checked By - Candace Johnson (PHPFixing Volunteer)

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