Test the Shared Secret Key Pair

After creating your key certificate, you must test and verify that your key can successfully process API requests. These tasks explain how to test and validate your key certificate using the developer center and the
Gateway Portal
.
  2. On the left navigation panel, click .
  3. Under Authentication and Sandbox Credentials, set the Authentication Type drop-down menu to HTTP Signature.
  4. Enter your organization ID in the Organization ID field.
  5. Enter your key, also known as your private key, in the Key field.
  6. Enter your secret key, also known as your public key, in the Shared Secret Key field.
  7. Click
    Update Credentials
    .

    Figure:

    Authenticate Key and Shared Secret Key
  8. On the developer center's left navigation panel, navigate to
    Payments >
    POST
     Process a Payment
    .
  9. Under Request: Live Console click
    Send
    .
    A message displays confirming that your request was successful with the status code 201.
  11. On the left navigation panel, navigate to
    Transaction Management > Transactions
    .
  12. Under Search Results, verify that the request ID from the test authorization response is listed in the Request ID column.
    If the test authorization was successful, a success message is present in the corresponding Applications column.