Punchout FAQ

How do i test a login?

For OCI-based:

1. Find the URL for the PunchOut account you wish to test in the Chainbox > PunchOut section in Umbraco Backoffice. Ie. /da/login/punchout/xxxx-xxx

2. Append it to your site/domain - i.e https://example.com/da/login/punchout/xxxx-xxxx

3. Add a HOOK_URL query parameter with some random value (i.e. ?HOOK_URL=http://localhost) - https://example.com/da/login/punchout/xxxx-xxxx?HOOK_URL=http://localhost

For cXML-based:

1. Find the URL for the PunchOut account you wish to test in the Chainbox > PunchOut section in Umbraco Backoffice. Ie. /da/login/punchout/xxxx-xxx

2. Append it to your site/domain - i.e https://example.com/da/login/punchout/xxxx-xxxx

3. Make a HTTP POST with the follwing content to the URL replacing <USERNAME/EMAIL> and <USERPASSWORD> with username/password for the user/member.

4. Take the value from StartPage>URL in the response, URL decode it, and put it in your browser.

<?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE cXML SYSTEM "http://xml.cxml.org/schemas/cXML/1.1.007/cXML.dtd">
<cXML xml:lang="en" payloadID="123" timestamp="2023-02-10T11:19:04+00:00">
    <Header>
        <Sender>
            <Credential>
                <Identity><USERNAME/EMAIL></Identity>
                <SharedSecret><USERPASSWORD></SharedSecret>
            </Credential>
        </Sender>
    </Header>
    <Request>
        <PunchOutSetupRequest operation="create">
            <BuyerCookie>TestValue</BuyerCookie>
            <BrowserFormPost>
                <URL>http://localhost</URL>
            </BrowserFormPost>
        </PunchOutSetupRequest>
    </Request>
</cXML>