Order.test parameter is always false

[tikhon]

Hi everyone,

I follow the order testing manual in order to secure my development store from the ban. Everything is OK until the very last step where i check that order.test parameter become true. Here are my transtactions:

url: https://flot-test.myshopify.com/admin/api/2022-07/orders/4621368131651/transactions.json

status_code: 200

X-Request-ID: e33d6c2a-1f58-4a3e-85a5-d18d15177a55

response_body:

 {"transactions":[{"id":5698198536259,"order_id":4621374259267,"kind":"authorization","gateway":"","status":"success","message":null,"created_at":"2022-09-14T04:39:05-04:00","test":false,"authorization":null,"location_id":null,"user_id":null,"parent_id":null,"processed_at":"2022-09-14T04:39:05-04:00","device_id":null,"error_code":null,"source_name":"5694193665","receipt":{},"amount":"20.00","currency":"USD","admin_graphql_api_id":"gid:\/\/shopify\/OrderTransaction\/5698198536259"},{"id":5698198569027,"order_id":4621374259267,"kind":"capture","gateway":"","status":"success","message":"Marked the payment as received","created_at":"2022-09-14T04:39:06-04:00","test":true,"authorization":null,"location_id":null,"user_id":null,"parent_id":5698198536259,"processed_at":"2022-09-14T04:39:06-04:00","device_id":null,"error_code":null,"source_name":"5694193665","receipt":{},"amount":"20.00","currency":"USD","admin_graphql_api_id":"gid:\/\/shopify\/OrderTransaction\/5698198569027"}]}

You may notice that the second transaction has test parameter set to true. After that I check the order:

url: https://flot-test.myshopify.com/admin/api/2022-07/orders/4621374259267.json

status_code: 200

X-Request-ID: 53fcad14-777d-4abf-864d-aedf91ee35fd

response_body:

<skipped, but with "test":false>

Could you advise where is the problem, please? I'm afraid that I'll receive a permanent ban for my development store.

Thanks!

[tikhon]

Today my development store was banned :-(. It's sad that support is refusing to help with API issues and is redirecting to comminity.shopify.com while community.shopify.com is silent for 2 weeks. Don't know what to do now.

[tikhon]

6 months and no solution :-(. I continue to receive checkout bans and the support team continues to unban me. I've reposted the problem in community section about APIs and SDKs: https://community.shopify.com/c/shopify-apis-and-sdks/managing-testing-orders-via-api-is-not-working...

[tikhon · Accepted solution]

The problem was that you need to create order with 'test' parameter set to true and there is nothing about it in the official manual. Resolved here: https://community.shopify.com/c/shopify-apis-and-sdks/managing-testing-orders-via-api-is-not-working...