Integrate Shopware and Forte
Trexle connects Shopware to Forte and 100+ other payment gateways using a single plugin for one time annual fee
Forte and Shopware Integration Guide
To begin the integration process, merchants should contact their Forte representative who will provision their information to a sandbox account. Once provisioned, Forte sends the merchant an Account ID, Location ID, an API Access ID, and an API Secure Key for the sandbox environments. NOTE: The Location ID represents the same information as the Merchant ID in the Virtual Terminal.
For Live environment Forte’s REST services rely on Basic access authentication over HTTPS using an API Access ID and an API Secure Key as the username and password values. Forte will assign your APIAccessID and APISecureKey.
Take the credentials you just obtained from Forte and navigate to Trexle dashboard, click Payments Gateways and select Forte from the drop down menu as shown below.
Fill into your Forte credential and click Add Gateway. Click the Activate button next to Forte, and it will give you a success message and the button will turn into green. You should see something like below.
To install Trexle extension to your Shopware installation, login to your Shopware admin panel. Click on the Configuration tab in the upper menu and choose ‘Plugin manager’
Plugin Manager offers an access to the Community Store, where you can directly search the Trexle extension.
After locating Trexle extension, you can install it directly from the Plugin Manager.
Another installation method is to download Shopware Trexle extension from Trexle Github respository.
Go to Plugin Manager of your Shopware backend and click on the ‘Installed’ link in the left menu.
Click on the ‘Upload plugin manually’ button, browse to the downloaded trexle file location and click on the ‘Install’ button.
Trexle extension is now successfully installed to your Shopware platform.
To ensure the integration works seamlessly, create a test product, logout from your admin session and perform a checkout as a regular customer.
Forte does not provide test card numbers but provides a sandbox environment for testing all/any cards without actually carrying out the actual transactions.
Forte Supported Countries
Forte Supported Payment Processing Actions
✔ Authorize
✔ Capture
✔ Void
✔ Credit
✖ Recurring
✖ Card Store
Key Features
About Trexle
Trexle is a powerful online recurring subscription billing platform that integrate Forte and other +100 payment gateways with Shopware and other dozen of e-commerce platforms.
About Forte
Forte Payment Systems is a leading provider of innovative electronic payment solutions. Offering unique and scalable enterprise-class solutions, Forte helps organizations of all sizes build, manage and perfect the way they take payments. A truly omni-channel payments provider with solutions for every potential point of sale, Forte offers full stack APIs and dynamic processing services for developers and merchants who seek comprehensive and robust web, mobile and retail options.
About Shopware
Shopware is a PHP-based, feature-rich e-commerce platform, established in Germany more than 18 years ago. A leader on the domestic market, Shopware has also found an excellent reception in UK market, where it provides a compelling alternative to a number of renowned e-commerce solutions. It has a vibrant community of developers, implementation partners and 3rd-party service providers, who all contribute to Shopware's rich ecosystem.