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PayFields - Additional Features

Definitions and examples of using PayFields' optional features.

This page provides details about the following features of PayFields:

Feature

Use Case

Level II Fields

Include additional data with transactions to qualify for better interchange rates.

Billing Address

Add billing address fields and prefill them if applicable.

Customization

Set the styles and contents for the payment fields.

Card Swipe Popup

Add a popup to support collecting payment data using a compatible card reader.

Transaction Submit Button

Add a preconfigured submission button that makes it easy to build a payment page.

Zero Dollar Auth

Check the validity of a payment method or obtain authorization for a transaction without actually charging the customer's account.

Tokenization

Create card tokens for automatic and recurring payments.

ACH

Accept payments using a customer’s bank account information.

Invoices

Pay and invoice using PayFields.

Customer Account Creation

Save customer records with tokenized payment information.

For definitions of the PayFields actions, including the transaction result callback functions, see the Developer Guide.

Important Info for Canadian Merchants:

  • province fields replace the state fields (see valid values here).

  • postal fields replace zip fields (see valid values here).

  • currency will be in CAD.

Level II Fields

PayFields provides Level II fields for merchants who use additional information to qualify for reduced interchange fees. The example below shows how to add the Level II/III fields and set their values:

CODE
PayFields.config.order = {order number};
PayFields.config.tax = {tax number};
PayFields.config.dicount = {discount number};
PayFields.config.additionalData.shipping = {shipping number};
PayFields.config.additionalData.duty = {duty number}
PayFields.config.items = {items Object}
PayFields.config.billingAddress = {
  address: '123 Madison Street',
  city: 'New York',
  state: 'NY',
  zip: '12345',
  email: '',
  phone: '',
  address2: 'suite 555',
  company: 'Essential Co',
  country: 'USA'
};
PayFields.config.additionalData = {Additional Object};
PayFields.config.invoiceResult = {Invoice Object}

Billing Address

Billing Address information can be entered by the customer or submitted by the merchant, if the merchant already knows the values. There are two ways to set the billing address:

  • PayFields.config.billingAddress = {} - This is the preferred method for setting billing address fields. The billingAddress object makes it easier to customize the way the address fields are displayed on your page and works with common JavaScript frameworks. With the billingAddress object, your customer can also edit prefilled form values.

  • PayFields.fields = [] - The fields array displays all of the billing address fields inline on your page and requires absolute positioning in your CSS. Customers cannot edit prefilled values.

Both methods allow you to toggle the visibility of certain fields, define optional fields, and prefill form values using defaults or information previously entered by your customer.

Payfields.config.billingAddress

Add fields to the PayFields.config.billingAddress object as shown in the sample code below to include them on your payment forms:

JS
PayFields.config.billingAddress = {
  address: this.address1,
  city: this.city,
  state: this.state1,
  zip: this.zip,
  phone: this.phone,
  email: this.email
}

Payfields.fields

The sections below describe how to use the fields array for the following cases: customer entry, prefill and display, prefill and do not display.

Customer Entry

To add billing address fields to a payment page so that a customer can fill in the information use the PayFields.fields = []; function to define the elements that will display the billing address fields.

For customer entry of the billing address, do not set values for the individual address fields. If you set values for the fields in the "address" object, the customer will NOT be able to modify the values.

The code below shows how to include the "address" type in the PayFields.fields function:

CODE
PayFields.fields = [
  {type: "number", element: "#number"},
  {type: "cvv", element: "#cvv"},
  {type: "name", element: "#name"},
  {type: "expiration", element: "#expiration"},
  {type: "address", element: "#address"}
]

Prefill and Display

To prefill the billing address and display the values use the PayFields.fields function to define the elements that will display the billing address fields and the values that they will contain.

The code below shows how to prefill and display the billing address fields:

CODE
PayFields.fields = [
  {type: "number", element: "#number"},
  {type: "cvv", element: "#cvv"},
  {type: "name", element: "#name"},
  {type: "expiration", element: "#expiration"},
  {
    type: "address",
    element: "#address",
    values: {
      address: "123 Madison Street",
      city: 'New York',
      state: 'NY',
      zip: '12345',
      email: 'test@test.com',
      phone: '2223456789'
    }
  }
]

Prefill and Do Not Display

Use the PayFields.config.billingAddress function to set values for all of the billing address elements. These values will be sent directly to Payrix when the transaction is submitted, and they will not be displayed to the customer.

The code below shows how to set previously know billing address values using the PayFields.config.billingAddress function:

CODE
 // Fields address, city, state, zip, email, and phone will only be set
 // if there are no address fields setup

PayFields.config.billingAddress = {
 address: '123 Madison Street',
 city: 'New York',
 state: 'NY',
 zip: '12345',
 email: 'test@test.com',
 phone: '2223456789',
 address2: 'suite 555',
 company: 'Essential Co',
 country: 'USA'
 };
 
// Fields address2, country, and company will always be set regardless
// if address fields are setup since they are considered extra billing
// address fields.

If you use both the PayFields.fields and PayFields.config.billingAddress options, the expiration, email, and phone fields are required by default. To make them optional, add the following code to the PayFields <script> block:

PayFields.customizations.optionalFields = ["#email", "#phone", "#expiration"];

Optional Fields

Use the sample code below to define optional fields for your billing address form when using the PayFields.fields array:

JS
PayFields.customizations.optionalFields = ['#address1', '#city', '#state', '#zip', '#email', '#phone' ]

The values in the optionalFields array should be the selector for the field. The following values are available as optional fields:

  • #phone

  • #email

  • #expiration

  • #payment_cvv

  • #address1

  • #city

  • #state

  • #zip

  • #customer_id

  • #routing

  • #account_type

  • #account_number

Customization

PayFields provides the following features that can be used to customize your user experience:

  • Placeholder Text - Add placeholder text to the form fields to provide examples or explanations of the required data.

  • CSS - Use CSS to define the look and feel of the payment fields.

Placeholder Text

To change the placeholder for any of the fields, create a PayFields.customizations.style = {}; object and set the key to the field and the value to the desired placeholder text. The example below shows how to set the placeholder text:

CODE
PayFields.customizations.placeholders = {
    '#name': 'Card Holder',
    '#expiration': 'Expiration (MM/YY)',
    '#payment_cvv': 'CVV',
    "#payment_number": '0000 0000 0000 0000'
}

Use the following keys to the set placeholder text for the associated field: '#payment_number', '#expiration', '#payment_cvv', '#name', '#address1', '#city', '#state', '#zip', '#email', and '#phone'.

CSS

Payrix passes a style object with the class(es) or ids to be styled. Specific classes such as .number have priority over more generic classes such as .input. In other words, classes will stack on each other.

In the case of the same property on both classes being styled, the class with the highest priority will overwrite the other. All CSS keys should be converted to camelCase as shown below:

PayFields.customizations.style = { ".input": { borderStyle: "solid" } }

The code below shows an example of setting styles for the .input class:

Click to expand the customizations example.
CSS
body {
    background-color: #ffffff
}

.form {
    background: #fff;
    padding-left: 3rem;
    width: 100%;
    height: 30rem;
    box-shadow: 5px 5px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.075);
}

.form2 {
    background: #fff;
    padding: 10px;
    width: 65%;
    height: 30rem;
    margin: 0 auto;
    box-shadow: 5px 5px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.075);
}

.v2 {
    background: #fff;
    border-radius: 3px;
    padding: 10px;
    width: 58%;
    height: 40rem !important;
    margin: 0 auto;
    box-shadow: 0px 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.075);
}

.code {
    width: 58% !important;
    height: 25rem;
    margin: 0 auto;   
}
p {
    font-size: 20px;
    font: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    padding: 0.8rem 1rem 0.6rem;
    font-size: 1rem;
    font-weight: 400;
    height: 1.5rem;
    color: #555;
}

.fa-user, .fa-calendar, .fa-key, .fa-credit-card {
    color: white;
}

.input-group-text {
    margin-right: -1px; 
}

.input-group-text {
    background-color: #1e2761
}
  
.navbar {
    display: -ms-flexbox;
    display: flex;
    -ms-flex-wrap: wrap;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    -ms-flex-align: center;
    align-items: center;
    -ms-flex-pack: justify;
    justify-content: space-between;
    padding: 10px;
}

/*
headeer top
*/
.topbar{
  background-color: #212529;
  padding: 0;
}

.topbar .container .row {
  margin:-7px;
  padding:2px 0 0 0;
}

.topbar .container .row .col-md-12 { 
  padding:0;
}

.topbar p{
  margin:0;
  display:inline-block;
  font-size: 13px;
  color: #f1f6ff;
}

.topbar p > i{
  margin-right:5px;
}
.topbar p:last-child{
  text-align:right;
} 

header .navbar {
    margin-bottom: 0;
}

.topbar li.topbar {
    display: inline;
    padding-right: 18px;
    line-height: 52px;
    transition: all .3s linear;
}

.topbar li.topbar:hover {
    color: #1bbde8;
}

.topbar ul.info i {
    color: #131313;
    font-style: normal;
    margin-right: 8px;
    display: inline-block;
    position: relative;
    top: 4px;
}

.topbar ul.info li {
    float: right;
    padding-left: 30px;
    color: #ffffff;
    font-size: 13px;
    line-height: 44px;
}

.topbar ul.info i span {
    color: #aaa;
    font-size: 13px;
    font-weight: 400;
    line-height: 50px;
    padding-left: 18px;
}

ul.social-network {
  border:none;
  margin:0;
  padding:0;
}

ul.social-network li {
  border:none;  
  margin:0;
}

ul.social-network li i {
  margin:0;
}

ul.social-network li {
    display:inline;
    margin: 0 5px;
    border: 0px solid #2D2D2D;
    padding: 5px 0 0;
    width: 32px;
    display: inline-block;
    text-align: center;
    height: 32px;
    vertical-align: baseline;
    color: #000;
}

ul.social-network {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 5px 0 10px -25px;
  float: right;
}

.waves-effect {
    position: relative;
    cursor: pointer;
    display: inline-block;
    overflow: hidden;
    -webkit-user-select: none;
    -moz-user-select: none;
    -ms-user-select: none;
    user-select: none;
    -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
    vertical-align: middle;
    z-index: 1;
    will-change: opacity, transform;
    transition: .3s ease-out;
    color: #fff;
}
a {
  color: #0a0a0a;
  text-decoration: none;
}

li {
    list-style-type: none;
}
.bg-image-full {
    background-position: center center;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    -webkit-background-size: cover;
    -moz-background-size: cover;
    background-size: cover;
    -o-background-size: cover;
}
.bg-dark {
    background-color: #222!important;
}

.mx-background-top-linear {
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(45deg, #b031da 48%, #1b1e21 48%);
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, #b031da 48%, #1b1e21 48%);
    background: linear-gradient(45deg, #b031da 48%, #1b1e21 48%);
}

#clear {
    background-color: #1e2761;
    color: white;
}

#submit {
    background-color: #7a2048;
    color: white;
    border-radius: 2px !important;
    margin-right: 2.5rem;
}

#submit2 {
    background-color: hsl(180, 100%, 30%);
    color: white;
    border-radius: none;
    width: 100%;
    margin: 0 auto;
}

#submit3 {
    margin: 0 auto;
    width: 60%;
}

.min {
    height: 5rem;
}

.v2 {
    width: 46%;
    margin: 0 auto;
    height: 20rem;
}

.el {
    margin-bottom: -111px;
    margin-right: -109px;
}

.el2 {
    height: 30rem;
}

/* Font awesome styles */
.fa-info-circle {
    color: #222;
}

/* Form Validation */

/* Hide all steps by default: */
.tab {
    display: none;
  }

.additionalInputs {
    border: 1px solid #ced4da;
    display: block;
    width: 12rem;
    height: 34px;
    padding: 0.375rem-0.75rem;
    font: 12px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: .75rem;
    line-height: 1.5;
    border-radius: 2px;
    background-color: #fff;
    box-shadow: inset 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .075);
    background-clip: padding-box;
}

/* Style the tab */
.tab2 {
    overflow: hidden;
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
    background-color: #f1f1f1;
  }
  
  /* Style the buttons inside the tab */
  .tab2 button {
    background-color: inherit;
    float: left;
    border: none;
    outline: none;
    cursor: pointer;
    padding: 14px 16px;
    transition: 0.3s;
    font-size: 17px;
  }
  
  /* Change background color of buttons on hover */
  .tab2 button:hover {
    background-color: #ddd;
  }
  
  /* Create an active/current tablink class */
  .tab2 button.active {
    background-color: #ccc;
  }
  
  /* Style the tab content */
  .tabcontent {
    display: none;
    padding: 6px 12px;
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
    border-top: none;
    height:100rem;
  }

#number:hover {
  background-color: #eee;
  display: block;
  width: 12rem;
  height: 34px;
  padding: 0.375rem-0.75rem;
  font: 12px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-size: .75rem;
  line-height: 1.5;
  border-radius: 2px;
  background-color: #fff;
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .075);
  background-clip: padding-box;
}
/*
#customer_id {
  display: none;
}
*/
.img-box {
  width: 30px;
  height: 15px;
}

.card img {
  width: 100%;
  object-fit: fill;
}

.fab.fa-cc-amex {
  color: #1c6acf;
  font-size: 32px;
}

.fab.fa-cc-mastercard {
  font-size: 32px;
  color: red;
}

.fab.fa-cc-discover {
  font-size: 32px;
  color: orange;
}

The table below defines the classes and IDs available for styling PayFields elements:

Code Snippet

Field Description

Type

".input"

All Fields

Class

".number"

Number Field

Class

".expiration"

Expiration Field

Class

".cvv"

CVV Code Field

Class

".name"

Cardholder Name Field

Class

".address-input"

All Cardholder Address Fields

Class

".address1"

Address 1

Class

".city"

City

Class

".state"

State

Class

".zip"

Zip

Class

".email"

Email

Class

".phone"

Phone

Class

".form-error"

All Error Spans

Class

".number-error"

Card Number Error Span

Class

".expiration-error"

Card Expiration Error Span

Class

".cvv-error"

Card CVV Error Span

Class

".name-error"

Cardholder Name Error Span

Class

".address-form-error"

All Address Error Span

Class

".address1-error"

Address 1 Error Span

Class

".city-error"

City Error Span

Class

".state-error"

State Error Span

Class

".zip-error"

Zip Code Error Span

Class

".email-error"

Cardholder Email Error Span

Class

".phone-error"

Phone Number Error Span

Class

".card-icon"

Credit Card Icon

Class

"#payFields-iframe-swiper"

Swiper iFrame

ID

Card Swipe Popup

The card swipe popup opens a separate modal that supports collecting payment information from an unencrypted card reader. The image below shows the card swipe popup:

Keyboard Emulation Required

To use the Card swipe feature with PayFields, the swiper needs to be configured for KBE (Keyboard Emulation).

PayFields supports two ways to launch the card swipe popup: the PayFields.swipePopup(); function and the card swipe popup button.

The sections below provide examples of each:

Card Swipe Popup Function

Add the code below in a <script> tag to enable the card swipe popup:

CODE
Payfields.config.swipe = true;

Call the PayFields.swipePopup(); function to display the popup:

CODE
PayFields.swipePopup();

A standard implementation calls the swipePopup() function using an event listener attached to a button, as shown in the code below:

CODE
PayFields.config.swipe = true;
swipeBtn.addEventListener('click', function() {
  PayFields.swipePopup();
})

let swipeBtn = document.querySelector('#swipeBtn');

Card Swipe Button

The card swipe button opens the card swipe modal when clicked. The code below shows how to add the card swipe button:

CODE
PayFields.swipeButton = { element: "#swipe", value: "Click to Swipe"};

Assign the value set in the element field to a <div> on the payment page. Payfields will display a button in the <div> with the text assigned with the value field as the label.

Submit Transaction Button

The example below shows how to add a preconfigured button to submit transaction information to Payrix for processing:

CODE
PayFields.button = { element: "#submit", value: "Click to Submit" };

The text set for the value element will appear as the label on the button.

Creating a custom HTML button with an attached event listener that calls the PayFields.submit(); function provides additional customization capabilities.

Zero Dollar Auth

Use zero dollar auth transactions to obtain approval for a payment method without actually charging the cardholder’s account. Zero dollar auth transactions are a component of setting up automatic and recurring payments. Follow the steps below to perform zero dollar auth transaction:

  1. Set the PayFields transaction mode to 'txn' as shown below:

    CODE
    PayFields.config.mode = 'txn';
  2. Set the transaction amount to `0` as shown below. Use a string for the amount:

    CODE
     PayFields.config.amount = '0';
  3. Set the transaction type to 'auth':

    CODE
    PayFields.config.txnType = 'auth';

Tokenization

The PayFields tokenization feature makes it possible to store a reference to payment information that can be used to process automatic or recurring payments. PayFields supports token only and transaction+token functions.

The sections below provide examples of how to generate tokens using PayFields.

Token Only

To tokenize a card payment, set the Payfields.config.mode value to 'token', as shown below, to submit a token-only request (specific to card payments only, see eCheck instructions below.)

CODE
PayFields.config.mode = 'token'; 

To tokenize an eCheck payment, set the Payfields.config.mode value to 'txnToken' must be used:

CODE
PayFields.config.mode = 'txnToken'

Token with Transaction

Set a transaction amount and set the PayFields.config.mode value to 'txnToken', as shown below, to submit a payment transaction and generate a token at the same time:

CODE
PayFields.config.amount = '0';
PayFields.config.mode = 'txnToken'; 

Transaction with Token Hash Only

It is also possible to use PayFields with an existing customer token hash. There are no PayFields.fields set up, rather the PayFields.config.token logic is listed directly under the APIKEY and merchant ID. If fields such as “number” are listed in the fields array and the HTML is set up correctly to correspond to the number field, Payrix will query a masked number to display in the number input field.

CODE
PayFields.config.token = ''
JS
PayFields.config.apiKey = ''
PayFields.config.merchant = ''
// Token hash to run the transaction against a specific customers method of payment
PayFields.config.token = "Token Hash Here"
// Query Selector to grab submit button element
let submit = document.querySelector('#submit');
// Use event listener to call PayFields.submit()
submit.addEventListener('click', function() {
    // Set an amount to config.mode is either txn || txnToken
    PayFields.config.amount = 415
    // Select transaction type (auth / sale)
    PayFields.config.txnType = 'auth'
    // Set the mode (txn, txnToken, token)
    PayFields.config.mode = 'txn'
    // Call submit
    PayFields.submit();
})
PayFields.onSuccess = (response) => {
    console.log(response)
}

Invoicing

Use the PayFields.config.invoiceResult object to apply a full or partial payment to an invoice:

CODE
PayFields.config.invoiceResult = {
  invoice: '{{InvoiceID}}'
  shippingAddress1: '123 Main Street',
  shippingAddress2: 'Suite 400',
  shippingCity: "Los Angeles",
  shippingState: "CA",
  shippingFirst: "Kevin",
  shippingLast: "Henry",
  message: "Checking",
  shippingCompany: "Drone Inc",
  shippingPhone: "1113334444",
  shippingFax: "2223334445",
  shippingZip: "90023",
  shippingCountry: "USA"
}

The object must include a value for the invoice ID and associated shipping data. If the amount of the payment being submitted is less than the total amount of the invoice, a partial payment will be applied. If the invoice has already been fully paid, PayFields will return an error.

You can only associated a payment with one invoice. You cannot use the invoiceResult object to apply a single payment to multiple invoices.

The values for shippingState and shippingCountry are always abbreviations.

Customer Account Creation

Create a stored customer record when you create a payment token using the PayFields.config.customer object, as shown in the example below:

JS
PayFields.config.customer = {
  first: "Henry",
  middle: "Middle",
  last: "Kevin",
  company: "Another Company, Inc.",
  custom: "Checking",
  email: "testing@gmail.com",
  phone: "1112223334",
  fax: "1234567890"
}

If customerID is not passed with the transaction, in either mode, a new customer account will be created.

DOM Styling

Certain fields can be hidden by setting display: "none" in the PayFields.customizations.style object when you are prepopulating fields using the PayFields.array. The sample code below shows all of the fields that can be hidden:

CODE
PayFields.customizations.style = {
  ".input": {
    border: "1px solid #ced4da",
    display: "block",
    width: "12rem",
    height: "34px",
    padding: "0.375rem-0.75rem",
    font: "12px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif",
    fontsize: ".75rem",
    lineHeight: "1.5",
    borderRadius: "2px",
    backgroundColor: "#fff",
    boxShadow: "inset 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.075)",
    backgroundClip: "padding-box"
  },
  ".address1": {
    display: "none"
  },
  ".city": {
    display: "none"
  },
  ".state": {
    display: "none"
  },
  ".zip": {
    display: "none"
  },
  ".email": {
    display: "none"
  },
  ".phone": {
    display: "none"
  },
  ".form-error": {
    color: "red",
    paddingTop: "5px"
  },
  ".card-icon": {
    marginRight: "6rem",
    marginTop: ".25rem"
  }
}

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