FAQ – Integrating Bambora

When you receive your acquirer agreement (also called a merchant agreement) and are ready to accept real payments in your online store, please forward the agreement to Bambora on support@bambora.com. We will then activate your account.

In your shop system, you need to replace your test merchant number with your new production merchant number. Use the parameter merchantnumber or the settings for the module if you're using an open source system.

Note regarding Clearhaus: Please add Bambora as a user in your Clearhaus administration. We'll then fetch your API key which we need to activate your Bambora account. Find the instructions here.

Your merchant number is the agreement number with your acquirer. You can find it in your Bambora administration through the menu Settings -> Payment system and on your merchant agreement.

There are two types of merchant numbers: Test merchant numbers which are used exclusively for test payments, and production merchant numbers which are used for real payments.

Find more info here: “I received my acquirer agreement. Now what?”

Error codes are available in your Bambora administration here:
ssl.ditonlinebetalingssystem.dk/admin

Error codes are divided into two groups: error codes from Nets and error codes from Bambora.
Error codes from Nets have a value greater than 0, while error codes from Bambora have a value lower than 0 (indicated with a minus sign in front of the number). 

Error codes from Nets
Available in the administration in Support -> Error codes from PBS

Error codes from Bambora
Available in the administration in Support -> Error codes from system

If your domain is blocked when trying to complete a payment, you need to register your domain in the Bambora administration. Go to Settings -> Payment system to set up your domain.

If you've already set up your domain, please see the entry What does “Referring domain is not allowed/URL not allowed for relaying” mean?

You have access to one domain by default, but you can buy more. Please contact us if you need more domains.

The error messages “Referring domain is not allowed” or "URL not allowed for relaying" occur when the domain from which you’re trying to make a payment is not registered correctly on your Bambora account. You can change this from your Bambora administration in the menu Settings -> Payment system.

If you open the payment window from example.com, then example.com must be registered in your Bambora administration.

If you open the payment window from a subdomain, for instance payment.example.com, you must register example.com in your Bambora administration. The system automatically approves all subdomains.

Currency codes are available in the Bambora administration in the menu Support -> Currency codes and on our website here.

MD5 is a security code which protects your company against fraud.

Use the parameter hash to create a MD5 stamp which consists of the values of all parameters you send to Bambora + you MD5 key. The values should be given in the same order they are sent. The MD5 key is simply a password you create and enter in the Bambora administration in Settings -> Payment system.

Take a look at how it is set up here.

The transaction number is a unique reference to the payment. It is created in Bambora's system when the payment is authorised. 

This happens because Google Chrome blocks pop up windows by default. 

Follow these steps to allow pop ups in Chrome:

1. Press the icon if the payment window doesn’t open (see image below)
2. You get this message
3. Click on ‘Always allow pop-ups’ and ‘Done’
4. Press F5 on your keyboard, and the payment window opens

Yes, you can. Notice that accepturl, cancelurl, and callbackurl must be on a valid domain. Callbacks cannot point to localhost since your callbackurl must be publicly available.

Also, the domain pointing to localhost must be registered on your Bambora administration in Settings -> Payment system. If the domain is not registered, you’ll get the error message “Referring domain not allowed”.

Accepturl and cancelurl cannot point to localhost.  Instead, run your development environment from e.g. dev.mydomain.com.

To open up for an extra domain in your Bambora administration, all you need to do is write to us stating that you want to open for an extra domain and confirming the price of DKK 49 per month. We’ll open for an extra domain on your account.

If you’re using the overlay window, the padlock is not shown. However, the data is still sent via an encrypted and secure connection. 

If you want your customers to see a padlock, you can either use full screen (instead of overlay) or install a SSL certificate. Contact your web hosting service for more information on installation of SSL certificates.

In short; to show that your e-store is a safe and secure place to shop. It might scare off customers if they cannot immediately tell that your e-store is reliable and safe.

The logo should link to www.bambora.com. You can download Bambora's logo here.

You can show the Bambora logo with a standard text:

DANISH VERSION
SIKKER BETALING
Bambora er PCI-certificeret af
Visa/MasterCard,og al kommunikation foregår
krypteret via en sikker forbindelse.


ENGLISH VERSION
SECURE PAYMENT
Bambora is PCI certified by Visa/MasterCard 
and all communication is encrypted.

You control which logo to show in the payment window from your Bambora administration under Settings -> Payment window. Press ‘Edit settings’ on the right. On the next page you can upload your logo.

Please note that the file size cannot exceed 10 MB and that only the formats JPG/JPEG, GIF, and PNG are accepted. The optimum image size is 175 x 71 pixels.

Our API/web service is a service that lets you process your payments from your own shop system without logging in to Bambora's administration. A web service is also called an API (Application Programming Interface).

Read more about our web service and how to use it here. Please note that the IP address on which your shop system is installed must be registered on your Bambora administration under API/Web services -> Access.

Our API is integrated into most of our payment modules. Click here to see which modules are integrated with API.

To open different payment windows (with, for instance, different logos) from your shops/domains, use the parameter windowid (Window ID) to govern which payment window to open from the relevant domain.

Read more about the parameter windowid.

Magento

For Magento, please update to beta version 2.5.7 of the Bambora module. Configure your Window ID from the module settings.

WooCommerce

For WooCommerce, edit the settings for the Bambora module. Put the setting Window ID at the ID of relevant window (default = 1).

If this doesn’t work, remove the value completely and save. Then add it again, and save your settings.

Sometimes the bowser’s back button won’t work in the payment window. This is due to the payment window being made with postback. You can’t use the back button since it requires a new postback to display the payment window correctly.

You can use this method to prevent your customer from pressing the back button:

1. Set up your website so the customer chooses her payment method on your site, and not in the payment window.

2. Use the parameters paymentcollection and lockpaymentcollection to open the payment window with a specific payment method, which the customer cannot change. 

Now the customer chooses the payment method on your website and cannot change it once the payment window opens.

We need your API key from Clearhaus to activate your Bambora account. 

For security reasons, Clearhaus won't send the API key in an email. You need to add Bambora as a user in your Clearhaus administration so we can fetch your API key.

Follow these steps:

1. Go to your Clearhaus administration.
2. Press ’Account’ at the top of the page.
3. Click on ’Invite’ to invite a user.
4. Use the email address support@epay.dk and enter Bambora as the name of the user.

When we've received the invitation, we'll log on to your Clearhaus administration and fetch your API key.

We'll activate your Bambora account and send you an email to confirm the activation.