deleteMerchant

Reseller only method.

Request deletion of merchant account.

Description

This method will flag a merchant for deletion. Once the deletion request is verified and approved by the gateway, the merchant account will be closed and the merchant will no longer be able to process transactions or log in to the Merchant Console.

The reason argument should include any details, such as contact request details, reason for deletion, etc. that may speed up the deletion request verification process.

Syntax

boolean deleteMerchant ( ueSecurityToken Token, integer MerchantID, string Reason )

Arguments

Type	Name	Description
ueSecurityToken	Token	Reseller security token, used to identify reseller and validate request.
integer	MerchantID	Merchant ID number assigned by the gateway to an active merchant
string	Reason	Any information relevant to the delete merchant account request. You may wish to include the following: contact request details, reason for deletion request, any other relevant information.

Return Value

boolean

Returns confirmation of your request only if successful. If request fails, an exception will be thrown.

Examples

PHP

For directions on how to set up the WSDL link, create “$token” and “$client”, go to PHP Soap How-to.

<?php 
 
try { 
 
  $MerchantID=2; 
  $Reason='Testing Soap API';     
 
  $res=$client->deleteMerchant($restoken,$MerchantID,$Reason); 
  print_r($res);     
 
  $this->assertEquals($res,true); 
 
  $this->assertEquals($res->Zip, '12311'); 
 
} 
 
catch (SoapFault $e) { 
  echo $client->__getLastRequest(); 
  echo $client->__getLastResponse(); 
  die("deleteMerchant failed: " .$e->getMessage()); 
} 
 
?>

.NET C#

            string merchantID = "2";
            string reason = "Test reason";
 
            Boolean response;
            try
            {
                response = reclient.deleteMerchant(retoken, merchantID, reason);
                MessageBox.Show(string.Concat(response));
            }
            catch (Exception err)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(err.Message);
            }

Change History

Version	Change
1.1	Method added prior to soap-1.1

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