# Expose merchant information for 2CO shopping cart

{% hint style="danger" %}
**Disclaimer**: the following method is intended for **internal purposes only**.
{% endhint %}

Use the **getMerchantInforamtion** method for retrieving vendor information required by the 2CO shopping cart into a single call.

This API method is **protected** through a special authentication header that the 2CO cart should sent. Click here to learn more about the X - header authentication.

## Requirements <a href="#requirements" id="requirements"></a>

Authenticate using the special authentication header.

## Response <a href="#response" id="response"></a>

| Info                            | Description                                                                                                              |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Company name**                | Merchant company name.                                                                                                   |
| **Commercial name**             | Merchant commercial name.                                                                                                |
| **Demo flag**                   | **Y** if the vendor status is Pending, else **P** if the vendor has the "test orders" package active, otherwise **N***.* |
| **Forced currency code**        | 3-letter code.                                                                                                           |
| **Shopping cart customization** | Shows possible cart customizations.                                                                                      |
| **Payment methods**             | Merchant available payment options.                                                                                      |
| **Override line item limit**    | -                                                                                                                        |
| **Order auth time**             | Minutes into days (how long it takes for the order to become complete).                                                  |
| **3DS status**                  | **true** if vendor has Use3DSecure = NO, **false** otherwise.                                                            |
| **Currencies**                  | Merchant available currencies.                                                                                           |
| **Countries**                   | Merchant available ordering countries.                                                                                   |
| **Languages**                   | Merchant available ordering languages.                                                                                   |
| **Promotions**                  | Promotions defined on merchant account.                                                                                  |
| **Secret key**                  | Merchant account secret key.                                                                                             |
| **Shipping methods**            | Shipping methods defined on merchant account.                                                                            |

## Request <a href="#request" id="request"></a>

```php
<?php

function callRPC($Request, $hostUrl, $Debug = false) {
    $curl = curl_init($hostUrl);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION, 0);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL, false);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, '');
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(
        'Content-Type: application/json',
        'Accept: application/json',
        'X-Avangate-Authentication: type="private" ver="2" app="2co-shopping-cart" merchant="RDGM" date="2018-01-31T13:57:44+00:00" hash="0m3ULy6dZ2xUI8CFtU0ersCootdf6wz8Z1qxN28FdXI="'
    ));

    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_COOKIE, '');
    $RequestString = json_encode($Request);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $RequestString);

    if ($Debug) {
        var_dump($RequestString);
    }
    $ResponseString = curl_exec($curl);
    if ($Debug) {
        var_dump($ResponseString);
    }

    if (!empty($ResponseString)) {
        $Response = json_decode($ResponseString);
        if (isset($Response->result)) {
            return $Response->result;
        }
        if (!is_null($Response->error)) {
            var_dump($Request->method, $Response->error);
        }
    } else {
        return null;
    }

    return null;
}

$host = 'http://api.avangate.com/soap/5.0';


try {
    $merchantInformation= $client->getMerchantInformation($sessionID);
}
catch (SoapFault $e) {
    echo "MerchantInformation: " . $e->getMessage();
    exit;
}

var_dump("merchantInformation", $merchantInformation);
```


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