Transaction XML Datafeeds: Instant Transaction Notification

An Overview of FoxyCart's Transaction XML Datafeed

In order to allow the flexibility and integration options that you need, FoxyCart can be configured to send encrypted XML to a URL of your choosing. This allows you to integrate FoxyCart without duplicating data across applications.

When you configure it for your store, it will send you an encrypted XML data via a POST of your new transactions immediately upon a successful transaction. You can use this to update inventory, create users or manage user permissions for a paid subscription site, or add users to your mailing list on a 3rd party email service provider's system. There are many examples.

Please note that FoxyCart's XML datafeeds do not include credit card information (number, CSC, date, etc.).

DETAILS, BEST PRACTICES and TESTING Recommendations

Details

When the datafeed is sent it REQUIRES A RESPONSE OF foxy in order to indicate success. If anything other than foxy is returned by your datafeed processing script, FoxyCart will assume that your script errored, and you will be alerted.
The Transaction XML Datafeed is sent immediately, in between the checkout and the receipt during your customers' transactions.

Testing

When you're testing your custom XML integration, don't run transactions through FoxyCart. This is both time consuming (as you have to add-to-cart and checkout), but it also doesn't give you any indication of what's actually going wrong.

A much better method is to use the XML Test Post script or application (C#). This effectively mimics what FoxyCart is actually doing when sending the XML to your server in the first place. Make sure you update the test XML in the script to the appropriate version (below).

If you'd like to test using real data from your store, you can run a test transaction and write the datafeed to a file, then copy it out and put it in the Test Post script.

If you're struggling to just get started with reading the feed, try this: on your script page, capture all the POST data and write it to a file. Test it by posting a simple form to this page just to ensure that it works, and then you can run a single FoxyCart transaction to capture its data. You should end up with an array with a key of 'FoxyData' and pages of url-encrypted data, e.g. “%EBrV%8C%E9…”. After you've saved this to a file, you can work out the other details of your script, e.g. decoding the XML and routing it to your database or 3rd party applications (e.g. MailChimp).

Best Practices

Test according to the above method.
If you're doing complicated stuff, you may want to backup the XML to a database. This allows you to re-process things at a later date (like if you change mailing list service providers, add a new member functionality, etc.).
Don't make assumptions about the data structure. Rather than just accessing a node and assuming the value is there, test first. This can prevent errors down the road.

Notes

The transaction XML datafeed comes with a POST name of FoxyData. This is different than the Subscription XML Datafeeds, which has a POST name of FoxySubscriptionData.

Country Codes

For compatibility, FoxyCart uses ISO country codes in our XML:

Example XML

Non-MultiShip Store

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<foxydata>
	<transactions>
		<transaction>
			<id><![CDATA[52768]]></id>
			<store_id><![CDATA[9]]></store_id>
			<store_version><![CDATA[0.7.0]]></store_version>
			<is_test><![CDATA[1]]></is_test>
			<transaction_date><![CDATA[2010-08-19 13:50:00]]></transaction_date>
			<processor_response><![CDATA[Authorize.net Transaction ID:2154082729]]></processor_response>
			<customer_id><![CDATA[193]]></customer_id>
			<is_anonymous><![CDATA[0]]></is_anonymous>
			<customer_first_name><![CDATA[Jörgé •™¡ªº]]></customer_first_name>
			<customer_last_name><![CDATA[Cantú]]></customer_last_name>
			<customer_company><![CDATA[-moz-bi ding:url(//businessi fo.co.uk/]]></customer_company>
			<customer_address1><![CDATA[&amp;]]></customer_address1>
			<customer_address2><![CDATA[]]></customer_address2>
			<customer_city><![CDATA[seal beach]]></customer_city>
			<customer_state><![CDATA[CA]]></customer_state>
			<customer_postal_code><![CDATA[90740]]></customer_postal_code>
			<customer_country><![CDATA[US]]></customer_country>
			<customer_phone><![CDATA[]]></customer_phone>
			<customer_email><![CDATA[test@example.com]]></customer_email>
			<customer_ip><![CDATA[123.123.123.123]]></customer_ip>
			<shipping_first_name><![CDATA[]]></shipping_first_name>
			<shipping_last_name><![CDATA[]]></shipping_last_name>
			<shipping_company><![CDATA[]]></shipping_company>
			<shipping_address1><![CDATA[]]></shipping_address1>
			<shipping_address2><![CDATA[]]></shipping_address2>
			<shipping_city><![CDATA[]]></shipping_city>
			<shipping_state><![CDATA[]]></shipping_state>
			<shipping_postal_code><![CDATA[]]></shipping_postal_code>
			<shipping_country><![CDATA[]]></shipping_country>
			<shipping_phone><![CDATA[]]></shipping_phone>
			<shipto_shipping_service_description><![CDATA[USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate Envelope]]></shipto_shipping_service_description>
			<purchase_order><![CDATA[]]></purchase_order>
			<cc_number_masked><![CDATA[xxxxxxxxxxxx4242]]></cc_number_masked>
			<cc_type><![CDATA[Visa]]></cc_type>
			<cc_exp_month><![CDATA[08]]></cc_exp_month>
			<cc_exp_year><![CDATA[2011]]></cc_exp_year>
			<product_total><![CDATA[12.35]]></product_total>
			<tax_total><![CDATA[0]]></tax_total>
			<shipping_total><![CDATA[7.52]]></shipping_total>
			<order_total><![CDATA[19.87]]></order_total>
			<payment_gateway_type><![CDATA[authorize]]></payment_gateway_type>
			<receipt_url><![CDATA[http://themancan.foxycart.com/receipt?id=28a313c5217794e89a989ccd69eefa40]]></receipt_url>
			<taxes/>
			<discounts/>
			<customer_password><![CDATA[912ec803b2ce49e4a541068d495ab570]]></customer_password>
			<custom_fields>
				<custom_field>
					<custom_field_name><![CDATA[example_hidden]]></custom_field_name>
					<custom_field_value><![CDATA[value_1]]></custom_field_value>
					<custom_field_is_hidden><![CDATA[1]]></custom_field_is_hidden>
				</custom_field>
				<custom_field>
					<custom_field_name><![CDATA[Hidden_Value]]></custom_field_name>
					<custom_field_value><![CDATA[My Name Is_Jonas©;&amp;texture &amp;_ smoothness=rough||929274e2c2b22d8d51540d8bf657eef133121d7e67c05284687edcd8bfdcd946]]></custom_field_value>
					<custom_field_is_hidden><![CDATA[1]]></custom_field_is_hidden>
				</custom_field>
			</custom_fields>
			<transaction_details>
				<transaction_detail>
					<product_name><![CDATA[Example Product with Hex and Plus Spaces]]></product_name>
					<product_price><![CDATA[10.00]]></product_price>
					<product_quantity><![CDATA[2]]></product_quantity>
					<product_weight><![CDATA[4.000]]></product_weight>
					<product_code><![CDATA[abc123zzz]]></product_code>
					<downloadable_url><![CDATA[]]></downloadable_url>
					<sub_token_url><![CDATA[]]></sub_token_url>
					<subscription_frequency><![CDATA[]]></subscription_frequency>
					<subscription_startdate><![CDATA[0000-00-00]]></subscription_startdate>
					<subscription_nextdate><![CDATA[0000-00-00]]></subscription_nextdate>
					<subscription_enddate><![CDATA[0000-00-00]]></subscription_enddate>
					<is_future_line_item>0</is_future_line_item>
					<shipto><![CDATA[]]></shipto>
					<category_description><![CDATA[Discount: Price: Percentage]]></category_description>
					<category_code><![CDATA[discount_price_percentage]]></category_code>
					<product_delivery_type><![CDATA[shipped]]></product_delivery_type>
					<transaction_detail_options>
						<transaction_detail_option>
							<product_option_name><![CDATA[color]]></product_option_name>
							<product_option_value><![CDATA[red]]></product_option_value>
							<price_mod><![CDATA[-4.000]]></price_mod>
							<weight_mod><![CDATA[0.000]]></weight_mod>
						</transaction_detail_option>
						<transaction_detail_option>
							<product_option_name><![CDATA[Quantity Discount]]></product_option_name>
							<product_option_value><![CDATA[$0.50]]></product_option_value>
							<price_mod><![CDATA[0.500]]></price_mod>
							<weight_mod><![CDATA[0.000]]></weight_mod>
						</transaction_detail_option>
						<transaction_detail_option>
							<product_option_name><![CDATA[Price Discount Amount]]></product_option_name>
							<product_option_value><![CDATA[-5%]]></product_option_value>
							<price_mod><![CDATA[-0.325]]></price_mod>
							<weight_mod><![CDATA[0.000]]></weight_mod>
						</transaction_detail_option>
					</transaction_detail_options>
				</transaction_detail>
			</transaction_details>
			<shipto_addresses/>
		</transaction>
	</transactions>
</foxydata>

MultiShip Store

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<foxydata>
	<transactions>
		<transaction>
			<id><![CDATA[52769]]></id>
			<store_id><![CDATA[9]]></store_id>
			<store_version><![CDATA[0.7.0]]></store_version>
			<is_test><![CDATA[1]]></is_test>
			<transaction_date><![CDATA[2010-08-19 13:51:00]]></transaction_date>
			<processor_response><![CDATA[Authorize.net Transaction ID:2154082799]]></processor_response>
			<customer_id><![CDATA[193]]></customer_id>
			<is_anonymous><![CDATA[0]]></is_anonymous>
			<customer_first_name><![CDATA[Jörgé •™¡ªº]]></customer_first_name>
			<customer_last_name><![CDATA[Cantú]]></customer_last_name>
			<customer_company><![CDATA[-moz-bi ding:url(//businessi fo.co.uk/]]></customer_company>
			<customer_address1><![CDATA[&amp;]]></customer_address1>
			<customer_address2><![CDATA[]]></customer_address2>
			<customer_city><![CDATA[seal beach]]></customer_city>
			<customer_state><![CDATA[CA]]></customer_state>
			<customer_postal_code><![CDATA[90740]]></customer_postal_code>
			<customer_country><![CDATA[US]]></customer_country>
			<customer_phone><![CDATA[]]></customer_phone>
			<customer_email><![CDATA[test@example.com]]></customer_email>
			<customer_ip><![CDATA[108.13.30.173]]></customer_ip>
			<shipping_first_name><![CDATA[]]></shipping_first_name>
			<shipping_last_name><![CDATA[]]></shipping_last_name>
			<shipping_company><![CDATA[]]></shipping_company>
			<shipping_address1><![CDATA[]]></shipping_address1>
			<shipping_address2><![CDATA[]]></shipping_address2>
			<shipping_city><![CDATA[]]></shipping_city>
			<shipping_state><![CDATA[]]></shipping_state>
			<shipping_postal_code><![CDATA[]]></shipping_postal_code>
			<shipping_country><![CDATA[]]></shipping_country>
			<shipping_phone><![CDATA[]]></shipping_phone>
			<shipto_shipping_service_description><![CDATA[]]></shipto_shipping_service_description>
			<purchase_order><![CDATA[]]></purchase_order>
			<cc_number_masked><![CDATA[xxxxxxxxxxxx4242]]></cc_number_masked>
			<cc_type><![CDATA[Visa]]></cc_type>
			<cc_exp_month><![CDATA[08]]></cc_exp_month>
			<cc_exp_year><![CDATA[2011]]></cc_exp_year>
			<product_total><![CDATA[47.55]]></product_total>
			<tax_total><![CDATA[0.12]]></tax_total>
			<shipping_total><![CDATA[25.93]]></shipping_total>
			<order_total><![CDATA[73.6]]></order_total>
			<payment_gateway_type><![CDATA[authorize]]></payment_gateway_type>
			<receipt_url><![CDATA[http://themancan.foxycart.com/receipt?id=29e1200f11320a8f45a665fc264cca6f]]></receipt_url>
			<taxes>
				<tax>
					<tax_rate><![CDATA[1.5000]]></tax_rate>
					<tax_name><![CDATA[US Federal Tax]]></tax_name>
					<tax_amount><![CDATA[0.0150]]></tax_amount>
				</tax>
				<tax>
					<tax_rate><![CDATA[1.0000]]></tax_rate>
					<tax_name><![CDATA[Global Tax]]></tax_name>
					<tax_amount><![CDATA[0.0100]]></tax_amount>
				</tax>
				<tax>
					<tax_rate><![CDATA[8.8800]]></tax_rate>
					<tax_name><![CDATA[California Bankruptcy Tax]]></tax_name>
					<tax_amount><![CDATA[0.0888]]></tax_amount>
				</tax>
				<tax>
					<tax_rate><![CDATA[0.2376]]></tax_rate>
					<tax_name><![CDATA[Seal Beach Awesomeness Tax]]></tax_name>
					<tax_amount><![CDATA[0.0024]]></tax_amount>
				</tax>
			</taxes>
			<discounts>
				<discount>
					<code><![CDATA[asdf]]>

				<valid_categories/>
				<name><![CDATA[$5 off all orders over $5!]]></name>
				<amount><![CDATA[-5]]></amount>
				<display><![CDATA[-5.00]]></display>
				<coupon_discount_type><![CDATA[price_amount]]></coupon_discount_type>
				<coupon_discount_details><![CDATA[5-5]]></coupon_discount_details>
			</discount>
		</discounts>
		<customer_password><![CDATA[912ec803b2ce49e4a541068d495ab570]]></customer_password>
		<custom_fields>
			<custom_field>
				<custom_field_name><![CDATA[example_hidden]]></custom_field_name>
				<custom_field_value><![CDATA[value_1]]></custom_field_value>
				<custom_field_is_hidden><![CDATA[1]]></custom_field_is_hidden>
			</custom_field>
			<custom_field>
				<custom_field_name><![CDATA[Hidden_Value]]></custom_field_name>
				<custom_field_value><![CDATA[My Name Is_Jonas©;&amp;texture &amp;_ smoothness=rough||929274e2c2b22d8d51540d8bf657eef133121d7e67c05284687edcd8bfdcd946]]></custom_field_value>
				<custom_field_is_hidden><![CDATA[1]]></custom_field_is_hidden>
			</custom_field>
		</custom_fields>
		<transaction_details>
			<transaction_detail>
				<product_name><![CDATA[Example Subscription]]></product_name>
				<product_price><![CDATA[10.00]]></product_price>
				<product_quantity><![CDATA[1]]></product_quantity>
				<product_weight><![CDATA[4.000]]></product_weight>
				<product_code><![CDATA[xyz456]]></product_code>
				<downloadable_url><![CDATA[]]></downloadable_url>
				<sub_token_url><![CDATA[https://themancan.foxycart.com/cart?sub_token=8b13b7e14f3f5c9a710f7bb22cab9a2d]]></sub_token_url>
				<subscription_frequency><![CDATA[1m]]></subscription_frequency>
				<subscription_startdate><![CDATA[2010-08-19]]></subscription_startdate>
				<subscription_nextdate><![CDATA[2010-09-19]]></subscription_nextdate>
				<subscription_enddate><![CDATA[2013-01-01]]></subscription_enddate>
				<is_future_line_item>0</is_future_line_item>
				<shipto><![CDATA[Me]]></shipto>
				<category_description><![CDATA[Default for all products]]></category_description>
				<category_code><![CDATA[DEFAULT]]></category_code>
				<product_delivery_type><![CDATA[shipped]]></product_delivery_type>
				<transaction_detail_options>
					<transaction_detail_option>
						<product_option_name><![CDATA[color]]></product_option_name>
						<product_option_value><![CDATA[red]]></product_option_value>
						<price_mod><![CDATA[-4.000]]></price_mod>
						<weight_mod><![CDATA[0.000]]></weight_mod>
					</transaction_detail_option>
				</transaction_detail_options>
			</transaction_detail>
			<transaction_detail>
				<product_name><![CDATA[Example Product with Hex and Plus Spaces]]></product_name>
				<product_price><![CDATA[10.00]]></product_price>
				<product_quantity><![CDATA[10]]></product_quantity>
				<product_weight><![CDATA[4.000]]></product_weight>
				<product_code><![CDATA[abc123zzz]]></product_code>
				<downloadable_url><![CDATA[]]></downloadable_url>
				<sub_token_url><![CDATA[]]></sub_token_url>
				<subscription_frequency><![CDATA[]]></subscription_frequency>
				<subscription_startdate><![CDATA[0000-00-00]]></subscription_startdate>
				<subscription_nextdate><![CDATA[0000-00-00]]></subscription_nextdate>
				<subscription_enddate><![CDATA[0000-00-00]]></subscription_enddate>
				<shipto><![CDATA[Me]]></shipto>
				<category_description><![CDATA[Discount: Price: Percentage]]></category_description>
				<category_code><![CDATA[discount_price_percentage]]></category_code>
				<product_delivery_type><![CDATA[shipped]]></product_delivery_type>
				<transaction_detail_options>
					<transaction_detail_option>
						<product_option_name><![CDATA[color]]></product_option_name>
						<product_option_value><![CDATA[red]]></product_option_value>
						<price_mod><![CDATA[-4.000]]></price_mod>
						<weight_mod><![CDATA[0.000]]></weight_mod>
					</transaction_detail_option>
					<transaction_detail_option>
						<product_option_name><![CDATA[Quantity Discount]]></product_option_name>
						<product_option_value><![CDATA[-$1.10]]></product_option_value>
						<price_mod><![CDATA[-1.100]]></price_mod>
						<weight_mod><![CDATA[0.000]]></weight_mod>
					</transaction_detail_option>
					<transaction_detail_option>
						<product_option_name><![CDATA[Price Discount Amount]]></product_option_name>
						<product_option_value><![CDATA[-5%]]></product_option_value>
						<price_mod><![CDATA[-0.245]]></price_mod>
						<weight_mod><![CDATA[0.000]]></weight_mod>
					</transaction_detail_option>
				</transaction_detail_options>
			</transaction_detail>
		</transaction_details>
		<shipto_addresses>
			<shipto_address>
				<address_id><![CDATA[73]]></address_id>
				<address_name><![CDATA[Me]]></address_name>
				<shipto_first_name><![CDATA[Mother]]></shipto_first_name>
				<shipto_last_name><![CDATA[Dearest]]></shipto_last_name>
				<shipto_company><![CDATA[The Family Stone]]></shipto_company>
				<shipto_address1><![CDATA[¡Fü Bár!]]></shipto_address1>
				<shipto_address2><![CDATA[]]></shipto_address2>
				<shipto_city><![CDATA[seal beach]]></shipto_city>
				<shipto_state><![CDATA[CA]]></shipto_state>
				<shipto_postal_code><![CDATA[90740]]></shipto_postal_code>
				<shipto_country><![CDATA[US]]></shipto_country>
				<date_created><![CDATA[2010-08-19 13:58:53]]></date_created>
				<date_modified><![CDATA[2010-08-19 13:58:53]]></date_modified>
				<shipto_shipping_service_description><![CDATA[USPS Express Mail Flat Rate Envelope Hold For Pickup]]></shipto_shipping_service_description>
				<shipto_subtotal><![CDATA[52.55]]></shipto_subtotal>
				<shipto_tax_total><![CDATA[0.12]]></shipto_tax_total>
				<shipto_shipping_total><![CDATA[21.6]]></shipto_shipping_total>
				<shipto_total><![CDATA[78.60]]></shipto_total>
				<shipto_custom_fields/>
			</shipto_address>
		</shipto_addresses>
	</transaction>
</transactions>

</foxydata> </code>