Comments on: Using ActiveMerchant to process credit cards in Ruby/Rails http://www.misuse.org/science/2007/12/13/using-activemerchant-to-process-credit-cards-in-rubyrails/ It would be a good idea. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:54:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Cody Fauser http://www.misuse.org/science/2007/12/13/using-activemerchant-to-process-credit-cards-in-rubyrails/#comment-851 Cody Fauser Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:10:10 +0000 http://www.misuse.org/science/2007/12/13/using-activemerchant-to-process-credit-cards-in-rubyrails/#comment-851 Good post! James, the reason that ActiveMerchant now requires the verification value (CVV2 code) is because it is the most secure option. Requiring the CVV2 code helps to prevent the acceptance of fraudulent payments in your application. It is forbidden to store the verification value, so thieves with card numbers stolen from online databases are not likely to be in possession of the code. For more info on CVV2 you can read http://www.visa.ca/en/merchant/fraudprevention/cvv2.cfm Also, for more up-to-date documentation and examples, complete with sample code, you can check out my PeepCode ActiveMerchant PDF http://peepcode.com/products/activemerchant-pdf. Good post! James, the reason that ActiveMerchant now requires the verification value (CVV2 code) is because it is the most secure option. Requiring the CVV2 code helps to prevent the acceptance of fraudulent payments in your application. It is forbidden to store the verification value, so thieves with card numbers stolen from online databases are not likely to be in possession of the code. For more info on CVV2 you can read http://www.visa.ca/en/merchant/fraudprevention/cvv2.cfm

Also, for more up-to-date documentation and examples, complete with sample code, you can check out my PeepCode ActiveMerchant PDF http://peepcode.com/products/activemerchant-pdf.

]]> By: stephen http://www.misuse.org/science/2007/12/13/using-activemerchant-to-process-credit-cards-in-rubyrails/#comment-655 stephen Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:40:24 +0000 http://www.misuse.org/science/2007/12/13/using-activemerchant-to-process-credit-cards-in-rubyrails/#comment-655 Thanks for this!!! I will download and run this when I have time later in the week, but I can already see that it's very informative. Thanks for this!!!

I will download and run this when I have time later in the week, but I can already see that it’s very informative.

]]> By: James http://www.misuse.org/science/2007/12/13/using-activemerchant-to-process-credit-cards-in-rubyrails/#comment-644 James Tue, 01 Jan 2008 10:37:22 +0000 http://www.misuse.org/science/2007/12/13/using-activemerchant-to-process-credit-cards-in-rubyrails/#comment-644 ActiveMerchant::Billing::CreditCard.require_verification_value = false For some reason they said the new activemerchant requires the code, unless you explicitly turn it off with code from above. had to do this as suggested in activemerchant google groups to get it to work. Strange that in irb the creditcard.valid? would return true. I haven't yet been able to find any good documentation on the gateway.purchase(total, creditcard, options) "options" parameter. Would appreciate any info... ActiveMerchant::Billing::CreditCard.require_verification_value = false

For some reason they said the new activemerchant requires the code, unless you explicitly turn it off with code from above.

had to do this as suggested in activemerchant google groups to get it to work. Strange that in irb the creditcard.valid? would return true. I haven’t yet been able to find any good documentation on the gateway.purchase(total, creditcard, options) “options” parameter. Would appreciate any info…

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