Echo and test connection

Echo

The Echo method allows you the check that SOAP communication is well established with our servers. No authentification is requested at this stage. It is therefore recommended that you start your tests with this method.

Entry parameters

Field	Type/Size	Remarks
EchoInput	String

Results

Field	Type/Size	Remarks
EchoOutput	String	Sends back the argument value sent through the request

Extract from a PHP5 script: Echo request execution

TestConnection

TestConnection method allows the authentification parameters necessary for all requests with Neteven’s webservice to be tested.

The authentification parameters are the following:

Method : (not used at this stage, please put « * »)
Login : your Neteven login
Seed : any character string
Stamp : today’s date in the right format
Signature : the signature generated by your Neteven password and the previous parameters

The signature must be generated following this procedure:

Create a string « $login/$stamp/$seed/$password »
Retrieve the raw md5 in this string
Encode the result in base64

This call is the second step of your tests. If this call fails it won‘t be possible to perform the operations listed below.

If identification fails, check the following points:

Check that your login and password are correct by trying to connect to Neteven’s back office
Check that the date set in the stamp is in ISO format
Check in your headers that the Seed and Stamp values are identical to these used to generate your signature
Check that md5.digest and base64.encode are correctly applied

Method results (no parameter in entry)

Field	Type/Size	Remarks
TestConnectionResult	String	Sends back « Accepted » or lifts a SOAP exception if identification fails

Extract from a PHP5 script: Execution of a TestConnection request