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Generate a Shared Secret

If not already, log in to the Business Center test site.

Switch to the test account view.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

To switch to the test account view, Click the Switch View button, and select your test account transacting MID.

When you first log in to the Business Center, you see the account view. You need to switch your test account view before you can generate keys to test your implementation.

Navigate to the Account Information Screen.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Open the Key Management Page.

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Click the Payment Configuration icon

and select Key Management.

Select the Generate Key button:

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The Create Key tool will open.

Select REST - Shared Secret and click Generate Key.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

A REST API Shared Secret Key will be shown.

Download a copy of the key to your local system.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

To download a copy of the key, select Download key. Your browser will place the file in your download folder.

IMPORTANT

Once you close the REST API Shared Secret Key screen, the shared secret value cannot be retrieved from the system. You should download the key to your desktop so that you can retrieve the shared secret value later to test payment transactions.