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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Payflow Gateway Reports \"Invalid tender\" on Reference Transaction","articleBody":"Thank you for all the hard work on this API.\n\nI noticed a slight issue when using the reference_transaction() method.  The Payflow gateway would report back to me that I had submitted \"Invalid Tender\" and the transaction fails. \n\nThe payflow docs describe: \n\"Invalid tender type. Your merchant bank account does not support the following credit card type that \nwas submitted.\"\n\nWhen I looked at the query parameters that python-payflow-pro was sending to the gateway, I noticed that what it was sending was different from what the docs suggested. \n\nWhat python-payflow-pro sent to the gateway: \n\n```\nAMT[1]=4\u0026CURRENCY[3]=USD\u0026ORIGID[12]=*******\u0026PARTNER[6]=PayPal\u0026PWD[13]=********\u0026TRXTYPE[1]=S\u0026USER[12]=******\u0026VENDOR[12]=*****\n```\n\nWhat the PayFlow Pro docs say should be sent: \n\n```\nTRXTYPE=A\u0026TENDER=C\u0026PWD=x1y2z3\u0026PARTNER=PayPal\u0026VENDOR=SuperMerchant\u0026USER=SuperMerchant\u0026ACCT=5555555555554444\u0026EXPDATE=0308\u0026AMT=100.00\u0026INVNUM=123456789\u0026STREET=5199 MAPLE\u0026ZIP=94588\n```\n\nIf you notice, the TENDER=\"C\" parameter is missing from the python payflow-pro generated request.\n\nI was able to force this parameter into the request using a Tender class with a \"data\" property.  However, this feels a bit kludgy.  Maybe I'm doing something wrong or using reference transactions incorrectly? \n\n```\n....\n\nclass Tender(): \n        \"\"\"\n        Force the tender into the parmas list sent to paypal\n        \"\"\"\n        def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):\n            self.data =  {'TENDER':\"C\"}\n\n        def __len__(self):\n            return len(self.data)\n\n\n client.reference_transaction(\n            transaction_type=transaction_type, original_pnref=original_pnref,\n            amount=Amount(amt=amount, currency=\"USD\"), extras=[Tender()])\n```\n\nAnyway, just bringing this up here in case it is an API issue. \nThanks for reading,\nJoe\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/JoeJasinski","@type":"Person","name":"JoeJasinski"},"datePublished":"2011-12-08T23:22:15.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/5/python-payflowpro/issues/5"}