Configuring Sofort (Klarna) as​ a payment method

In this article, you'll learn how to configure Sofort (Klarna) as a payment method for your online shop.

Register for Sofort

If you wish to use Sofort as a payment method in your e-guma online shop, registration is required.

1

Go to the following website:  www.sofort.com/payment/users/register

2

Enter all the information requested and select Register for free.

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Then follow the instructions to log in.

Configuring your Sofort account

In the next step, you are required to open the e-guma online shop as a project in your Sofort account and connect it to our payment service provider  Datatrans.

1

Select New Projects from the left of the page, then Create a Sofort project -> SOFORT Classic project -> Create a SOFORT Banking project. Now complete the information under General Settings, Address, Special features and Bank Information. It is important that you do not activate test mode for your real account.

2

Under Interface, apply the following settings:

Success link: https://payment.datatrans.biz/upp/jsp/upDirBankSuccess.jsp?uppId=-USER_VARIABLE_0-&dibTrxId=-TRANSACTION-
Automatic redirection: activate
Abort link: https://pay.datatrans.com/upp/jsp/upDirBankCancel.jsp?uppId=-USER_VARIABLE_0-3

3

Confirm your entries by clicking on the Save button.

4

You will now see the new register above. Click on Extended settings and then on Shop system interface. 

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Under Time out: Define a timeout in 1500 seconds.

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Return to Extended settings and click on Notifications. Add the following notifications:

E-mail notification: activate
E-mail address: Enter your e-mail address
Language: Select the desired language.

HTTP Notification: activate
Notification URL: https://api.datatrans.com/upp/jsp/dibPostUrl.jsp
Method: POST

7

Return to Extended settings, then click on Passwords and hash algorithm to generate both passwords.

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In the  Hash algorithm field, select SHA256, then click on Save. 

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Your account is now configured. Please send the details below to us at  support@e-guma.ch (we require this information for Datatrans). We will notify Datatrans as soon as your Sofort account has been successfully configured.

- Customer Number
- Project ID 
- Project Password 
- Notification Password

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As soon as we have received confirmation of activation from Datatrans, we can activate Sofort (Klarna) as a payment method in your online shop.