QuickBooks Merchant Service

[blainehilton]

I thought I would add that I found a post at http://idnforums.intuit.com/messagev...VIEWTMP=Linear that talks about connecting to QBMS with PHP and they talk about how to make the intuit.pem file and how you need to go to https://login.ptc.quickbooks.com/j/q...&appdata=10001 to register the connection between your application and your QBMS merchant account.

Before doing that though you must have at least a developers account and you can sign up for one instantly and at no cost by going to
https:/merchantaccount.ptc.quickbooks.com/j/mas/signup?nonQBmerchant=true

[Seltron]

blainehilton, Yes.

There are several steps to get QuickBooks Merchant Services to work (aka QBMS).

Note: QBMS is a separate system from QuickBooks itself.

Create AppId
Create Application Login
Create Connection Ticket

First registering as a Developer.
http://appreg.intuit.com/

Create "Add" a registered App.
This is where you create AppName.yourdomain.com
The Domain/AppName is not real, just what you want to call it.

If you are using SSL like this module set Application Type: hosted

Now you will have an AppId and Application Login.

Goto:
https://login.quickbooks.com/j/qbn/s...confirm?appid=YOURAPPID&serviceid=1002

Login with your QuickBooks account (in my case, my Client's QB account).

This will create a Connection Ticket.

The Connection Ticket is your connector for linking the QBMS to QB.
Why register your Application, I have no clue. It makes things much more difficult for developers.

That should get you working for some part.
My module used Desktop Mode instead of Hosted (web app).
So I don't know how to setup the SSL stuff.

Hope that helps :-)

[McFly]

I read through this entire thread, and it appears to be exactly what I am looking for, but I am not so sharp on the QB terminology.

What I would like to achieve is allowing my client to download his Zen-Cart orders (the db structure has not been modified) in QB 2008.

Is this a very extensive process for setting up, and what is the simplest most realistic way to make this happen?

I appreciate any tips.

Thank you,
Richie

[Seltron]

Followups:

blainehilton - How are things with you?

the_ancient - Thanks for your help. QuickBooks Merchant Services batchs automatically. So you should be able to see it via QB once configured.

With further information, my customer now wants to utilize QuickBooks POS instead of QB and sync that with the cart. This requires something like T-HUB from Atandra. But it's 600 bucks and requires use of osCommerce instead of Zen-Cart. I could write the module but I'm trying to remind myself it will take to long.

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Terminology:
QB - QuickBooks
The accounting program.
QB POS - QuickBooks POS (Point of Sale)
Software for the Point of Sale registers.

QBMS - QuickBooks Merchant Services
The interface to allow for Credit Card transactions to occur via QuickBooks Merchant Services for QuickBooks.

QB POS MS - QuickBooks POS with Merchant Services.
The interface to allow for Credit Card transactions to occur via QuickBooks POS Merchant Services for QuickBooks POS.

To sync sales information with QB you need to use QB SDK.
To process CC via QBMS you need to use the QBMS SDK.
To process CC and sales information for QB POS you need to use the QBPOS SDK.

They are all separate pieces.
Alright, not all of these are exactly right. But it should help.

McFly - I think you might be looking for something closer to Adam Liberman's " Quickbooks Import QBI" http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=144
He has is own website with newer versions on it.
This will sync orders with QB. But not with QB POS.

Good luck everyone! You'll probably need it...

[vwebworld]

I've been looking for a way to process CC thru QBMS...

I also found T-HUB, which looks like it may work and their site says it is compatible with ZenCart.

Anyone elso using T-HUB?

~Roland

[Seltron]

This really isn't the thread to talk about T-HUB.

If you want QBMS connection, use this Add-on module that this form is about.

If you want QB POS interfacing use T-HUB
If you want QB importing use QBI

Read my last posting if you are confused on the differences.

[vwebworld]

This really isn't the thread to talk about T-HUB.

If you want QBMS connection, use this Add-on module that this form is about.

If you want QB POS interfacing use T-HUB
If you want QB importing use QBI

Read my last posting if you are confused on the differences.

Sorry. about the T-hub question.

So... the Add-on module is ready to use? I was holding off because of potential problems with it (in BETA).

~Roladnd

[Seltron]

the_ancient.

Stupid question, but i don't know.
In order for the QBMS transaction to be batched, it requires QB API? and not QBMS?

[blainehilton]

Seltron, thank you for your response. I have done all of that though, but I'm not sure what my connection ticket is. In the web site it says QBMS Connection is the name of the connection, but there is no ID number for it. I do have an application ID though.

I have done the SSL signing correctly I believe and created the intuit.pem file in a secure non web accessible location.

However I am still getting the error that the credit card number is not valid, not any other type of QBMS connection error, and that is why I am perplexed. I'm going to try over the weekend to go through the code and see where that error is generated and what the conditions are that cause it to be generated.

As far as your question about batching the data with quick books I would suggest you talk with Adam with http://www.qbisoftware.com/. His profile name here in this forum is adam5532 too. I was able to talk to him on the phone and he said that the QBI works with any payment module, but is not the module itself, so it can't process the payment with QBMS, but it will sync the data with the actual quickbooks software for you.

[Seltron]

blainehilton,

Ok, now I feel silly in thinking you maybe ok all along.
First,
Did you get a connection ticket that starts off looking like this: TGT-XX-XXXXXXXXXXXXX ?

That's your connection ticket.
If you didn't, then you need to Goto:

https://login.quickbooks.com/j/qbn/s...confirm?appid=YOURAPPID&serviceid=1002
Login with your QuickBooks account (in my case, my Client's QB account).
This will create a Connection Ticket.

If you have done that, then here is the 'silly' part.
Are you using a test CC number? i.e. 41111111111111111
But you are running this against a real processor. So of course it's not a real number.
If you are in Test mode. Then you will also need a test App-Login and test Connection Ticket. You will need to manually switch out the ones in your shopping cart. This module doesn't give you the option to store both.

In order to get a test Application Login, it's the same method only you select IDNBeta (ptc) for Environment.
To get the test Connection Ticket goto:
https://login.ptc.quickbooks.com/j/q...confirm?appid=YOURAPPID&serviceid=1002

You'll notice the login.PTC.quickbooks.com as the difference. This is for their testing server.

Give that a go! Good Luck!