Documentation

1Signup

In order to start processing payments via Paydirekt you will first have to to get a merchant account. In order to do that go ahead and create a merchant application. After you created the merchant application you have to send the signed document to your bank. Your bank will provide you with the logins, activation link and sandbox details.

Once you are in possession of the account information you can continue with the configuration of the processor.

2Configuration

Once you signed up for a merchant account with Paydirekt you will receive an email that contains all the necessary information for the configuration of the PaydirektProcessor.

2.1Create Processor Configuration

First of all the Paydirekt processor has to be configured. In order to do this navigate to Space > Payment > Configuration > Processors . Click on the create processor configuration and type Paydirekt into the field to select the processor to start the configuration.

2.1.1Administration

You will find the administration access of you account under the following links:

The administration access is needed to generate the API Key and API Secret.

Log in in the Paydirekt sandbox or live account with the received access data. Under Settings > User Administration you can add a new user or change existing rights. Add a new user or make sure that your Owner Account contains at least the following access rights:

  • Reporting

  • Reverse Transaction

  • Technician

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Figure 1. Navigate to Settings > User Administration and make sure that you create a new user or amend your user to get the above mentioned access rights.

To make the changes effective you need to log out and in again.

2.1.2Operation Mode

The operation mode lets you choose between the sandbox and the live mode. In the sandbox mode you have the option to test with your Paydirekt sandbox account.

2.1.3Generate API Key and Secret

When you log in you will find the API Keys under Settings. Here you can generate a new API Key and a Secret Key or disable existing keys. The API Key and the Secret Key will be shown to you once. Transfer the data directly into the processor configuration and save.

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Figure 2. In the settings menu you are able to generate a new API Key and Secret.

2.1.4Activate Live Mode

Once you did a test transaction you will receive the login details for the live platform. Now you can switch the operation mode to live in the processor configuration and repeat the creation of the API Key and Secret for the live platform.

Note
You have to switch to Live in order to process real transactions. Sandbox transactions will not be executed and can not be recovered.

2.2Create a Payment Method

If you have not already you have to create a payment method Paydirekt. In order to do this navigate to Space > Configuration > Processor > Payment Methods and add the payment method.

2.3Create a Paydirekt Connector

Last but not least you have to link the payment method with the processor configuration to a connector configuration. In order to do this navigate to Space > Configuration > Processor > Connector and create a new Connector Configuration.

Inside the connector configuration you find various settings that are specific to the payment process of this connector (fraud settings, PDF invoice settings, E-Mail settings, etc.). For more information about the processor concept and how this work have a look at our Payment Documentation.