Handling credit card sources
Learn how Source objects created from credit cards function within the Commerce API.
In the Commerce API, sources created from credit cards are multi-use, synchronous, and pull-based. This means that customers aren't required to re-enter payment details before every payment, they are provided instant notification of a payment's approval status, and the amount charged to the card can be updated repeatedly throughout the checkout process.
To ensure that you remain PCI compliant, credit card Source objects are created by DigitalRiver.js and then returned to your integration.
To create a credit card source, you must first include the DigitalRiver.js library on your payment collection form. You then create your payment form and embed elements on it. Once a customer has supplied payment details, you pass the data to DigitalRiver.js to create the payment source. We then return a source identifier to your integration.
You can either attach the source to a customer for use in the current checkout and potentially reuse in future payments or attach it directly to a Cart. In the latter case, the source cannot be reused and will have a state of
consumed once charged. Credit card sources should be used shortly after they are created. This is because CVC data expires within a few minutes. Orders created with cards that lack CVC's are more likely to be declined and pose a greater fraud risk.
Once you have attached the source to a customer or directly to a cart, it can then be used by Digital River when you submit the Cart.
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