API Overview

Getting Started with REST
- Recent Revisions to This Document

Overview of Getting Started with REST

Set Up Your Cybersource Account

Set Up HTTP Signature Message
- Sign Up for a Sandbox Account
- Create a Shared Secret Key Pair
  - Create a Shared Secret Key Pair
  - Test the Shared Secret Key Pair
  - Test Endpoints
- Construct Messages Using HTTP Signature Security
  - Elements of an HTTP Message
  - Generate a Hash of the Message Body
  - Generate the Signature Hash
  - Update Header Fields
- Enable Message-Level Encryption
  - Prerequisites for Message-Level Encryption
  - Message-Level Encryption Using HTTP Signature Authentication
- Going Live
  - Create a Merchant ID
  - Activate your Merchant ID
  - Production Endpoints

VISA Platform Connect: Specifications and Conditions for Resellers/Partners

Getting Started with REST

This section describes how to use this developer guide and where to find further information.

Visit the Cybersource documentation hub to find additional technical documentation.

Audience and Purpose: This guide provides information about how to sign up for a sandbox account and set up the Cybersource REST API.
Customer Support: For support information about any service, visit the Support Center:

http://support.cybersource.com

Recent Revisions to This Document

24.07

This update contains editorial changes.

24.06

The guide has undergone a major reorganization.

24.05

Corrected typo.: Updated the creating validation string example for generating an HTTP signature hash using the
\n
newline switch. For more information, see Construct Messages Using HTTP Signature Security.

24.04

Updated JSON Web Token Construction: Updated the Constructing Messages Using JSON Web Tokens Section.
Minor update to Message Level Encryption: Added note to Enabling MLE Encryption about the P12 certificate.

24.03

Update token signature to use the Key ID (kid).: Replaced x5c signature with kid when creating a token signature.
Added Message Level Encryption: Message Level Encryption (MLE) was added to the guide. See Construct Messages Using HTTP Signature Security

24.02

Updated the link to the IETF HTTP Working Group website. See Construct Messages Using HTTP Signature Security.

24.01

Message Elements: Added the message elements required to send a successful message. See Elements of a JSON Web Token Message

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