iso_8583

This is a javascript library that does message conversion between a system and an interface that accepts iso8583 message requests and send ISO 8583 Financial transaction card originated messages responses.

Usage: Bitmap Messaging

Install from npm using

npm install --save iso_8583

!NEW FEATURE Now supports custom ISO 8583 Formats, vesions 1993 and 2003. This feature was requested here.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS MEANS IF U NEED CUSTOM FORMATS, U HAVE TO DEFINE FORMATS IN THIS MANNER

{
      'FIELD_NAME': {
        ContentType: 'Types accepted',
        Label: 'Description of the field',
        LenType: 'Length type can bee fixed or lvar ...',
        MaxLen: Maximum length (number)
      }
    }

Refer to default for more info

Example is below

let customFormats = {
    '3': {
      ContentType: 'n',
      Label: 'Processing code',
      LenType: 'fixed',
      MaxLen: 9
    }
  };

Import the library using:

const iso8583 = require('iso_8583');
let data = {
    0: "0100",
    2: "4761739001010119",
    3: "000000",
    4: "000000005000",
    7: "0911131411",
    12: "131411",
    13: "0911",
    14: "2212",
    18: "4111",
    22: "051",
    23: "001",
    25: "00",
    26: "12",
    32: "423935",
    33: "111111111",
    35: "4761739001010119D22122011758928889",
    41: "12345678",
    42: "MOTITILL_000001",
    43: "My Termianl Business                    ",
    49: "404",
    52: "7434F67813BAE545",
    56: "1510",
    123: "91010151134C101",
    127: "000000800000000001927E1E5F7C0000000000000000500000000000000014A00000000310105C000128FF0061F379D43D5AEEBC8002800000000000000001E0302031F000203001406010A03A09000008CE0D0C840421028004880040417091180000014760BAC24959"
};

let customFormats = {
    '3': {
      ContentType: 'n',
      Label: 'Processing code',
      LenType: 'fixed',
      MaxLen: 9
    }
  };

let isopack = new iso8583(data,customFormats);

!IMPORTANT

The library extends fields 127 and fields 127.25 to their sub fields.
If you are handling a json with field 127 or 127.25 as one string, the bitmap must be 16 character string then a 4 digit number indicating the length In the above case the library will expand them.
If they are already broken down to subfields, nothing changes.
To invoke the package initialize with the iso8583 json or object as argument. If the json contains any fields not defined in iso8583 or has no field 0, the error is returned in an object.
If you want to handle xml iso 8583 messages, the usage is described down there.

The object initialized has the following methods:

To validate the iso message

isopack.validateMessage();  // returns true for valid message or error

To get the mti as a string:

isopack.getMti(); // returns a 4 byte buffer containing the mti

To get the bitmaps in binary:

isopack.getBmpsBinary(); // returns a string '1111001000111..' or an error object with error prop

To get the bitmap active fields:

isopack.getBitMapFields(); 
// returns the array of enabled fields in bitmap, excluding MTI and bitmap fields
// e.g. [2, 3, 4, 7, 12, 13, 14, 18, 22, 23, 25, 26, 32, 33, 35, 41, 42, 43, 49, 52, 56, 123, 127]

To get the bitmaps in hex for fields 0-127, fields 127 extensions and fields 127.25 extensions

isopack.getBitMapHex();             // returns 'f23c46c1a8e091000000000000000022'
isopack.getBitMapHex_127_ext();     // returns '8000008000000000'
isopack.getBitMapHex_127_ext_25();  // returns 'fe1e5f7c00000000'

// in case of error, the error object returned with error prop

To get a raw message:

let bufferMessage = isopack.getRawMessage(); 
// returns a buffer containing the message (without 2-byte length field) or an error object
<Buffer 30 31 30 30 f2 3c 46 c0 20 e8 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 30 37 35 34 ...

To get a buffer tcp message to send to the ISO 8583 Interface:

let bufferMessage = isopack.getBufferMessage(); 
// returns a buffer containing the message with 2 additional bytes indicating the length 
// or an error object
<Buffer 01 11 30 31 30 30 f2 3c 46 c0 20 e8 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 30 37 35 34 ...

To get the field description:

const iso8583 = require('iso_8583');
iso8583.getFieldDescription(24);
// The object with field descriptions to be returned:
// {24: 'Network International identifier (NII)'}

To get the several fields descriptions:

const iso8583 = require('iso_8583');
iso8583.getFieldDescription([24, 37, 39]);
// The object with field descriptions to be returned:
// {
//    24: 'Network International identifier (NII)'},
//    37: 'Retrieval reference number', 
//    39: 'Response code'
// }

To unpack a message from the interface, that usually comes in a tcp stream/buffer just parse the incoming buffer or string to the method

let incoming = new isopack().getIsoJSON(incoming);
// returns parsed json object:
let testData = {
    "0": "0100",
    "2": "5413330",
    "3": "000000",
    "4": "000000002000",
    "7": "0210160607",
    "11": "148893",
    "12": "160607",
    "13": "0210",
    "14": "2512",
    "18": "4111",
    "22": "141",
    "23": "003",
    "25": "00",
    "26": "12",
    "35": "5413330089020011D2512601079360805F",
    "41": "31327676",
    "42": "4D4F424954494C4",
    "43": "My Termianl Business                    ",
    "49": "404",
    "45": "0303030204E4149524F4249204B452dataString04B45",
    "123": "09010001000105010103040C010001"
};

Usage: XML Messaging

To get xml from a json:

Initialize the iso object with the json as argument

let isoPack = new isoPack(testData);
isoPack.getXMLString();     // returns a string of iso 8583 xml string

To get json form the xml string

let isoPack = new isoPack();    // Initialize with no argument

Parse the string to the method to get the iso json

let xmlData = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n' +
    '<Iso8583PostXml>\n' +
    '<MsgType>0200</MsgType>\n' +
    '<Fields>\n' +
    '<Field_002>4839123456709012</Field_002>\n' +
    '<Field_003>000000</Field_003>\n' +
    '<Field_004>000000001500</Field_004>\n' +
    '<Field_007>0604074705</Field_007>\n' +
    '<Field_011>804058</Field_011>\n' +
    '<Field_012>074808</Field_012>\n' +
    '<Field_013>0604</Field_013>\n' +
    '<Field_014>0812</Field_014>\n' +
    '<Field_015>0905</Field_015>\n' +
    '<Field_022>901</Field_022>\n' +
    '<Field_025>02</Field_025>\n' +
    '<Field_026>05</Field_026>\n' +
    '<Field_028>000000500</Field_028>\n' +
    '<Field_030>000000500</Field_030>\n' +
    '<Field_032>483912</Field_032>\n' +
    '<Field_035>4839123456709012=08125876305082011</Field_035>\n' +
    '<Field_037>D000A0030000</Field_037>\n' +
    '<Field_040>507</Field_040>\n' +
    '<Field_041>FOFUGUT1</Field_041>\n' +
    '<Field_042>191121119111112</Field_042>\n' +
    '<Field_043>Postilion Cafeteria Rondebosch ZA</Field_043>\n' +
    '<Field_049>710</Field_049> <Field_056>1510</Field_056>\n' +
    '<Field_059>0000000072</Field_059>\n' +
    '<Field_123>211401213041013</Field_123>\n' +
    '<Field_127_002>0007713856</Field_127_002>\n' +
    '<Field_127_009>013040604040604016501100330000</Field_127_009>\n' +
    '<Field_127_012>My Terminal Business</Field_127_012>\n' +
    '<Field_127_020>20100604</Field_127_020>\n' +
    '</Fields>\n' +
    '</Iso8583PostXml>';

isoPack.getJsonFromXml(xmlData); // returns a json object or an error object

There are other cool stuff like isoPack.attachTimeStamp() which adds times stamps to field 7,12,13, plus more When working with xml, first change the xml to json then validate.