GetMethodData Method

Prepares method data to be sent to the ACS before the authentication request is sent.

Syntax

server.getMethodData([callback])

Callback

The 'callback' parameter specifies a function which will be called when the operation completes (or an error is encountered). If the 'callback' parameter is not specified, then the method will block and will not return until the operation completes (or an error is encountered).

The callback for this method is defined as:

function(err, data){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'data' is the value returned by the method.

'err' has 2 properties which hold detailed information:

err.code
err.message

Remarks

The GetMethodData method prepares data to be transmitted to the ACS via the cardholder's browser.

When a transaction begins, the card range cache should be queried to find details about the card range to which the card number belongs. If a CardRangeMethodURL is defined for the card range, this method should be used to prepare data to be sent via the cardholder's browser to the CardRangeMethodURL.

If the CardRangeMethodURL is not set for the specified card range, set MethodCompletionIndicator to U before calling SendAuthRequest.

The following properties are applicable when calling this method:

• MethodNotificationURL (required)

This method returns a string which contains encoded data to be sent to the ACS. This includes ServerTransactionId and MethodNotificationURL. After calling this method, the returned string can be transmitted to the ACS via the cardholder's browser.

As per the EMVCo specification, create a hidden iframe in the browser and send a form with the field name threeDSMethodData containing the return value from this method and post the form to the CardRangeMethodURL.

The ACS will record information about the customer's environment and then POST back to the MethodNotificationURL. The page at this URL should expect a form variable with the name threeDSMethodData which will contain the original ServerTransactionId value in order to match the response with the request. The form variable value will be base64url encoded and may be passed directly to the CheckResponse method. The class will decode and parse the received value and populate ServerTransactionId with the value from the received data.

If the response from the ACS is not received within 10 seconds, set MethodCompletionIndicator to N before calling SendAuthRequest.