X-Cart:CyberSource
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Overview
CyberSource is one of the largest global payment gateways and merchant services providers with headquarters in the United States, United Kingdom and Japan. CyberSource provides several different options for accepting payments online. X-Cart is currently integrated with the following solutions: CyberSource Hosted Order Page (HOP) and CyberSource SOAP toolkit API. The major difference between the two options is where you host the payment pages for you store.
CyberSource Hosted Order Page
With CyberSource Hosted Order Page you completely outsource the payment pages with CyberSource, which enables you to processes payments without the risk of handling or storing sensitive cardholder data. Since customers get redirected to the CyberSource secure website and enter their card details there, you do not need to obtain and install an SSL certificate.
CyberSource SOAP toolkit API
With CyberSource SOAP toolkit API the payment pages are hosted with the rest part of the store. The data is transmitted to CyberSource in the background mode and customers never leave your website during the purchase. Since the connection method uses SSL encryption, you must obtain and install an SSL certificate to your server/hosting account. For recommended SSL certificate providers please check the X-Cart marketplace at http://marketplace.x-cart.com/. Another requirement is that your server must provide support for any of the following HTTPS modules: Net::SSLeay, CURL, libCURL, OpenSSL or HTTPS-cli.
Obtaining a CyberSource Account
If you have not registered an account with CyberSource yet, you should do it before you start setting up CyberSource in X-Cart. For instructions on how to open an account contact a CyberSource representative using the form at http://www.cybersource.com/contact_us/. After you have registered an account, you can set up CyberSource Hosted Order Page (HOP) and CyberSource SOAP toolkit API in the X-Cart Admin area.
