Issues with payflow setup

Hi, we are using Elavon as our processor and they can connect thru PayPal's Payflow.  I have set it up and it does connect and enter a payment but it isn't completing properly.

According to paypal, transactions are showing as transaction type: Authorization. This means the card has only been authorized to begin the payment process. It is waiting for the next step which can be a 'sale' or 'delayed capture'. 

The message from CBSubs shows the user "Bad credit card type: please check credit-card type again." and it kicks out "Approved" 

One item in your instructions is to add a notification url... which I cannot find in payflow where to add that.  Could this be the issue?

The only places I can think in paypal manager to add the notification url are "Payment Confirmation" and "Silent Post for Data Transfer".  Are those the right place(s)?

Thanks, Kerry.
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What payment gateway are you using in CBSubs? The standard PayPal gateway doesn't have any Payflow implementations. Both PayPal Advanced (off-site) and PayPal Pro (on-site) gateways are Payflow. Been a few years since the gateway was touched so unless PayPal changed the API on us it should still be working fine.

The only places I can think in paypal manager to add the notification url are "Payment Confirmation" and "Silent Post for Data Transfer". Are those the right place(s)?

Yes, you'd need to configure the notification URL wherever they moved silent post configuration to.

Thanks, I am using the paypal advanced gateway with payflow credentials. If set up some small donation transactions to test things out and CC payment goes thru to paypal and shows in paypal's settlement report (though not yet settled with Evalon) and they show up on my credit card transactions at the bank.

But, in CBSubs the basket shows as "Not Initiated"

I'm missing something here in the back and forth with paypal... I have all the url's entered correctly in paypal as far as I can tell. Any ideas?

I will re-review the implementation against their documentation and perform a test payment to see if they may have changed their API. It does however sound like maybe a banking information issue since payments are not settling with your bank. Also you shouldn't have to make live payments and should be using test modes; there's a parameter in your CBSubs gateway for it to use a test server as well.

Have reviewed the implementation and the API doesn't appear changed. Have you configured Hosted Checkout Pages within your PayPal Manager correctly? This is done from the PayPal Manager and not from your regular PayPal account. Below is the URL.

manager.paypal.com/

Once logged in you can configure Hosted Checkout Pages under the Service Settings section. You should have the following configured.

Enter Cancel URL: Cancel URL as provided in the CBSubs gateway
Enter Error URL: Cancel URL as provided in the CBSubs gateway
Cancel URL Method: GET
Show confirmation page: On my website
- Note: You are welcome to use "On a PayPal hosted page" here though if you prefer. It works with either.
Enter Return URL: Return URL as provided in the CBSubs gateway
Return URL Method: GET
Use Silent Post: Yes
Enter Silent Post URL: Notification URL as provided in the CBSubs gateway
Enable Secure Token: Yes

I also recommend the following while testing to make sure your site is accepting payments instead of using live payments.

Transaction Process Mode: Test

You can generate test credit cards below.

developer.paypal.com/api/nvp-soap/payflow/payflow-pro/payflow-pro-testing/

Next within your CBSubs gateway be sure to set "Paypal Advanced server" to "Paypal Advanced test server" so you can safely make test payments.

Ok, believe I've found some potential response handling issues and am working on investigating further. Appears there were some possible changes with how PayPal returns back to the site.