I am implementing the Authorize.net credit card API. The API always gives me a 200 response code regardless if the transaction is successful or it is declined. But it gives the one response body for successful transaction and a different one for declined transaction.
type AuthorizeApprovedResponse struct {
TransactionResponse struct {
ResponseCode string `json:"responseCode"`
AuthCode string `json:"authCode"`
AvsResultCode string `json:"avsResultCode"`
CvvResultCode string `json:"cvvResultCode"`
CavvResultCode string `json:"cavvResultCode"`
TransID string `json:"transId"`
RefTransID string `json:"refTransID"`
TransHash string `json:"transHash"`
TestRequest string `json:"testRequest"`
AccountNumber string `json:"accountNumber"`
AccountType string `json:"accountType"`
Messages []struct {
Code string `json:"code"`
Description string `json:"description"`
} `json:"messages"`
UserFields []struct {
Name string `json:"name"`
Value string `json:"value"`
} `json:"userFields"`
TransHashSha2 string `json:"transHashSha2"`
SupplementalDataQualificationIndicator int `json:"SupplementalDataQualificationIndicator"`
NetworkTransID string `json:"networkTransId"`
} `json:"transactionResponse"`
RefID string `json:"refId"`
Messages struct {
ResultCode string `json:"resultCode"`
Message []struct {
Code string `json:"code"`
Text string `json:"text"`
} `json:"message"`
} `json:"messages"`
}
type AuthorizeDeclinedResponse struct {
TransactionResponse struct {
ResponseCode string `json:"responseCode"`
AuthCode string `json:"authCode"`
AvsResultCode string `json:"avsResultCode"`
CvvResultCode string `json:"cvvResultCode"`
CavvResultCode string `json:"cavvResultCode"`
TransID string `json:"transId"`
RefTransID string `json:"refTransID"`
TransHash string `json:"transHash"`
TestRequest string `json:"testRequest"`
AccountNumber string `json:"accountNumber"`
AccountType string `json:"accountType"`
Errors []struct {
ErrorCode string `json:"errorCode"`
ErrorText string `json:"errorText"`
} `json:"errors"`
UserFields []struct {
Name string `json:"name"`
Value string `json:"value"`
} `json:"userFields"`
TransHashSha2 string `json:"transHashSha2"`
SupplementalDataQualificationIndicator int `json:"SupplementalDataQualificationIndicator"`
NetworkTransID string `json:"networkTransId"`
} `json:"transactionResponse"`
RefID string `json:"refId"`
Messages struct {
ResultCode string `json:"resultCode"`
Message []struct {
Code string `json:"code"`
Text string `json:"text"`
} `json:"message"`
} `json:"messages"`
}
Here is my problem, which struct to use. I was thinking of trying an interface{} and then try to cast it to a struct?
err := json.Unmarshal(b, &whichStructToUse)
if err != nil {
panic(err.Error())
}
Any advice on how to Unmarshal the response when I don't know which struct to use?
The API always gives me a 200 response code regardless if the transaction is successful or it is declined.
I feel your pain.
There's only one difference between the two responses, success has Messages
and failure has Errors
. Combine them.
type CommonResponse struct {
TransactionResponse struct {
ResponseCode string `json:"responseCode"`
AuthCode string `json:"authCode"`
AvsResultCode string `json:"avsResultCode"`
CvvResultCode string `json:"cvvResultCode"`
CavvResultCode string `json:"cavvResultCode"`
TransID string `json:"transId"`
RefTransID string `json:"refTransID"`
TransHash string `json:"transHash"`
TestRequest string `json:"testRequest"`
AccountNumber string `json:"accountNumber"`
AccountType string `json:"accountType"`
Messages []struct {
Code string `json:"code"`
Description string `json:"description"`
} `json:"messages"`
Errors []struct {
ErrorCode string `json:"errorCode"`
ErrorText string `json:"errorText"`
} `json:"errors"`
UserFields []struct {
Name string `json:"name"`
Value string `json:"value"`
} `json:"userFields"`
TransHashSha2 string `json:"transHashSha2"`
SupplementalDataQualificationIndicator int `json:"SupplementalDataQualificationIndicator"`
NetworkTransID string `json:"networkTransId"`
} `json:"transactionResponse"`
RefID string `json:"refId"`
Messages struct {
ResultCode string `json:"resultCode"`
Message []struct {
Code string `json:"code"`
Text string `json:"text"`
} `json:"message"`
} `json:"messages"`
}
Then use that to unmarshall and check for Errors.
var response CommonResponse;
json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonString), &response)
if len(response.Error) == 0 {
fmt.Println("Success!")
} else {
fmt.Println("Error!")
}
For the more general case, you can unmarshall to a map[string]interface{}
.
var result map[string]interface{}
json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonString), &result)