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Squirrelcart v4.5.0

ePDQ (Direct Link, Barclays UK)

 

Overview

ePDQ is a payment gateway offered by Barclaycard, a bank in the UK. You can read more about ePDQ here:

http://www.barclaycard.co.uk/business/accepting-payments/e-commerce-services-for-sme/extraplus

 

Squirrelcart supports their Direct Link (API) service.

ePDQ Direct Link

Direct Link uses Squirrelcart's "Store Hosted / Server to Gateway" connection method.

Requirements

 

Setup Instructions

  1. Enter Squirrelcart's control panel

  2. Click Tools > Diagnostics > CURL & OpenSSL

  3. Click the second link, under "To test a secure HTTPS (SSL) connection via curl...". This will perform a request back to our website to test CURL. Your server's IP address will be shown. Write it down.

  4. Login to the ePDQ control panel: https://payments.epdq.co.uk/ncol/PROD/admin_epdq.asp

  5. Click Configuration > Technical Information

  6. Click Data and Origin Verification

  7. Enter your server's IP address in the IP address field, under the Checks for Barclaycard Direct Link and Barclaycard Batch (Automatic) heading

  8. In the same section, enter a 16 character unique string in the SHA-IN pass phrase field. You will need this value again, write it down or save it to a text file.

  9. Click SAVE

  10. Click Configuration > Users

  11. Click NEW USER

  12. Enter a value for UserID (write it down or save it to a text file)

  13. Enter a value for User's name

  14. Enter a value for E-mail address

  15. Check the Special user for API (no access to admin.) field.

  16. Enter your password again in the To confirm the modification, please enter your own password field

  17. Keep the default values for the remaining fields

  18. Click SAVE

  19. You will be prompted to enter your own password, and a new password for this new user. Write down the new password or save it to a text file.

  20. Open the Payment Gateways table

  21. Click on the record row labeled ePDQ (Direct Link, Barclays UK)
  22. Enter your ePDQ PSPID in the PSPID field. This is the same username you used to login for step #4 above.
  23. Enter the user ID you created for step #12 in the User ID field.
  24. Enter the password for that account in the Password field.
  25. Enter the SHA-IN Passphrase from step #8 
  26. Choose your transaction type using the Transaction Type field
  27. Set the Connection Method field to Store Hosted / Server to Gateway
  28. Set the Currency Code field.
  29. Check the Enabled field
  30. Click Save Changes

 

 

 

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