Versioning and Change log

This log details any breaking and non-breaking API changes we have released for our Payments service.

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Versioning log

Note

Version 4 is the first major version used by merchants.

Version 7 (02/20/2024)

New endpoints

We have created a migration guide which consolidates the changes for an easier upgrade from version 6 to version 7.


Version 6 (11/14/2019)

Reasons for entering into a repeat payment agreement
  • header change to "Content-Type: application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6+json"
  • new mandatory field intent for all recurring resources
  • removed code and type from error messages

Version 5 (08/14/2019)

3DS2 support
  • header change to "Content-Type: application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v5+json"
  • new mandatory field type
  • new mandatory field version
  • xid to transactionId

Version 4 (02/05/2019)

New mandatory field
  • Header change to "Content-Type: application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v0.4+json"
  • New mandatory field entityReference

Change log (Non-breaking changes)

Consumer Bill Payment flag (04/09/2024)

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You can now submit a consumerBillPayment flag in your authorization request. If you are registered with Visa as a Consumer of the Bill Payment Service (CBPS), you must set this to true for any payments associated with the CBPS.

3DS support for Cartes Bancaires (01/10/2024)

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We now provide additional values in the authentication and 3DS verification responses when the card brand is Cartes Bancaires. These additional values must then be applied in the authorization request.


Raw code in refused responses (11/28/2023)

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You can now receive a rawCode in all refusal responses. See raw response codes for more information.


Payment instrument returned for cards and tokens (11/06/2023)

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You now receive a paymentInstrument object in authorized responses to your authorization request, and Sent for Settlement responses to your sale request for card/plain, card/token, and card/checkout.


Card network token support for authorization and migrate card on file authorization endpoint (v6) (11/06/2023)

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You can now use our card/networkToken paymentInstrument with our one time authorization and migrateCardOnFileAuthorize endpoints.


Apple Pay decrypted support for authorization endpoint (v6) (11/06/2023)

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You can now use our card/networkToken+applepay paymentInstrument with our one time authorization endpoint.


New intent for card on file endpoints (07/06/2023)

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You can now submit a new intent value of subscription in your card on file request.


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The response of a partial refund request returns a link to allow you to perform another partial refund. The json path to the link in the response is $._links.payments:partialRefund.href.


New Masterard test values (04/20/2023)

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We have added a new set of Mastercard refusalAdvice magic values. This enables to you to test the different refusal outcomes in your Payment response.


New Payment Facilitator fields (03/14/2023)

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You can now supply payment facilitator subMerchant email and telephone number in your authorization request.


Payment Facilitator field state validation change (03/14/2023)

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The payment facilitator state field in the authorization request now supports 1-3 alphanumeric characters.


2022

MOTO payments (v6) (11/29/2022)

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You now have an option to specify a payment channel as moto to accept Mail Order Telephone Order (MOTO) payments with our authorize, migrateCardOnFileAuthorize and migrateCardOnFileSale endpoints.


riskProfile in card on file (with verification) payment requests (v6) (07/04/2022)

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You can now submit your riskProfile to our card on file (with verification) endpoint in your payment requests. You then receive an exemption result and reason in the response.

Use it to apply the SCA exemption in the payment request and update the FraudSight data model to benefit future payments.



2021

Card network token for card on file sale endpoint (v6) (11/09/2021)

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You can now use our card/networkToken paymentInstrument in our `payments:migrateCardOnFileSale endpoint.


Optional scheme reference parameter for token requests (v6) (09/10/2021)

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You can now submit the scheme reference in your migrateCardOnFile token and migrateCardOnFileSale token requests.

This request parameter allows you to take a repeat payment with our APIs, linking to an agreement established with a different PSP.


Additional exemption result for card on file payments (v6) (06/18/2021)

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You now receive an exemption result and reason in your card on file sale and card on file authorization response if you have provided a riskProfile in your request.


Additional exemption result for one off payments(v6) (05/25/2021)

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You now receive an exemption result and reason in your authorization response if you have provided a riskProfile in your request.


Additional risk factor result (v6) (04/09/2021)

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You now receive a verificationFailed result in your authorization response if the issuer identifies a conflict.


Cardholder name is now an optional field (v6) (03/09/2021)

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The paymentInstrument.cardHolderName field is no longer mandatory in v6 payment requests.


riskProfile in payment requests (v6) (01/21/2021)

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You can now submit your riskProfile to our migrate card on file (without verification) and one time endpoints in your payment requests. Use it to apply the SCA exemption in the payment request and update the FraudSight data model to benefit future payments.



2020

Apple Pay decrypted for recurring (v6) (11/27/2020)

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You can now use Apple Pay decrypted in our payments:migrateRecurringAuthorize endpoint to make a payment.


Apple Pay decrypted for card on file (v6) (11/17/2020)

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You can now use Apple Pay decrypted in our payments:migrateCardOnFileAuthorize endpoint to make a payment.


Additional element for Mobile Wallet requests (v6) (10/06/2020)

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You can optionally supply billingAddress details in the paymentInstrument for Mobile Wallet payment requests.


Additional element for Mobile Wallet responses (v6) (09/22/2020)

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We now return AVS results in riskFactors for our Mobile Wallet payment responses.


New optional request parameter for repeat payments (v6) (05/28/2020)

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This request parameter allows you to take a repeat payment with our APIs, linking to an agreement established with a different PSP.


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Additional allowed character for transactionReference (v6) (05/05/2020)

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We have extended our formatting rules.

  • you can now submit "+" in the transactionReference field

New paymentInstrument for card on file payments (v5 + v6) (04/24/2020)

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This change caters for the new mandate (July 2020) to allow merchants with MCC 7995, 7800, 7801, 7802 and 9406 to submit CVC in card on file requests.


Additional fields in wallet response (v6) (04/16/2020)

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  • the response for our wallet payment requests (Apple Pay/ Google Pay) now includes the paymentInstrument

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New optional field (v6) (02/11/2020)

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Additional fields in response (v6) (02/04/2020)

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  • We are returning riskFactors in our refused responses

CVC for token requests (v6) (01/28/2020)

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  • You can now submit cvc for requests using tokens

New optional field (v6) (01/16/2020)

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2019

Extended error description for card expiry (v5) (11/13/2019)

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  • From
    500 - serviceUnavailable
    to
    400 - expiredCard

Formatting update for transactionReference (v5) (10/15/2019)

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The following characters are now allowed:

  • _/!@#$%()*=-.:;?[]-{}&~`
  • 0123456789
  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
  • abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz