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Card Payments (7)

Card Payments root resource, returns links to available payments actions.

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openapi.json

openapi.yaml

Servers

testing (try)

https://try.access.worldpay.com/

live

https://access.worldpay.com/

Take a card payment

Request

Take online card payments using our Card Payments API.

Headers

Content-Typestringrequired

Example:

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Acceptstringrequired

Example:

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

transactionReferencestringrequired

A unique reference generated by you that is used to identify a payment throughout its lifecycle.

merchantobjectrequired

An object that contains information about the merchant.

entitystringrequired

Direct your payment to assist with billing, reporting and reconciliation. This is mandatory for authentication and queries.

mccstring

You can apply a merchant category code mcc to an individual request. You can only provide an mcc if we have enabled the dynamic mcc feature during boarding. If enabled but not provided, merchant.mcc defaults to a configured value.

paymentFacilitatorobject

An object containing Payment Facilitator information. This information is required for every authorization only if you are a Payment Facilitator.

instructionobjectrequired

An object that contains all information related to the payment.

requestAutoSettlementobjectrequired

Indicate whether the transaction should be sent for settlement now true or later false at a time of your choosing.

valueobjectrequired

An object that contains information about the value of the payment.

narrativeobjectrequired

The text that appears on your customer's statement. Used to identify the merchant.

paymentInstrumentobjectrequired

customerAgreementobject

Contains specific customer agreements for the transaction.

consumerBillPaymentboolean

Consumer Bill Payment is a flag which identifies a bill payment paid by providers on behalf of consumers.

debtRepaymentboolean

Debt Repayment Indicator is a flag which identifies a payment as being for the purpose of repaying a debt.

fundsTransferobject

Contains details of the funds transfer request, which is a money movement for a reason other than the purchase of goods or services (also known as Account Funding Transaction).

channelstringrequired

Interaction between the cardholder and the merchant. Supply a value of ecom to process an eCommerce authorization. Supply a value of moto to process an authorization as a Mail Order or Telephone Order transaction. Note: 3DS authentication cannot be supplied for MOTO payments.

Enum"ecom""moto"

riskProfilestring

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

authentication3DS (object) or networkToken (object)

An object containing 3DS or Network Token authentication of the customer.

One of:

An object containing 3DS or Network Token authentication of the customer.

threeDSobject

recipientobject

Additional transaction recipient data.

accountReferencestring

Partial account number of the recipient.

lastNamestring

Last name of the recipient

addressobject

Address of the recipient

dateOfBirthobject

Birth date of the recipient

customerobject

Additional customer data.

documentReferencestring

Required for domestic processing in some Latin American countries.

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Payment authorization for GBP 2.50

{
  "transactionReference": "Memory265-13/08/1876",
  "merchant": {
    "entity": "default"
  },
  "instruction": {
    "requestAutoSettlement": {
      "enabled": false
    },
    "narrative": {
      "line1": "MindPalace"
    },
    "value": {
      "currency": "GBP",
      "amount": 250
    },
    "paymentInstrument": {
      "type": "card/plain",
      "cardNumber": "4444333322221111",
      "expiryDate": {
        "month": 5,
        "year": 2035
      }
    }
  },
  "channel": "ecom"
}

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Responses

The payment authorization has been successfully created

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6.hal+json

outcomestringrequired

Outcome of the request.

Discriminator

exemptionobject

An exemption result and reason if a risk profile was included in your authorization request.

resultstringrequired

reasonstringrequired

issuerobject

An object containing information returned by the issuer.

authorizationCodestringrequired

paymentInstrumentobject

Details of the paymentInstrument used.

typestring

cardBinstring

lastFourstring

categorystring

issuerNamestring

fundingTypestring

cardBrandstring

paymentAccountReferencestring

expiryDateobject

riskFactorsArray of objects

Any risk factors which have been identified for the authorization. This section will not appear if no risks are identified.

typestringrequired

Enum"avs""cvc""riskProfile"

riskstringrequired

Enum"notChecked""notMatched""notSupplied""verificationFailed"

detailstring

Enum"address""postcode"

schemeobject

An object containing information returned by the scheme.

referencestringrequired

Response

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6.hal+json

Payment authorization for GBP 2.50 with a successful outcome

{
  "outcome": "authorized",
  "riskFactors": [
    {
      "type": "cvc",
      "risk": "notSupplied"
    },
    {
      "type": "avs",
      "risk": "notChecked",
      "detail": "address"
    },
    {
      "type": "avs",
      "risk": "notChecked",
      "detail": "postcode"
    }
  ],
  "issuer": {
    "authorizationCode": "675725"
  },
  "scheme": {
    "reference": "000000000000020005060720116005062"
  },
  "paymentInstrument": {
    "type": "card/plain+masked",
    "cardBin": "555555",
    "lastFour": "4444",
    "category": "consumer",
    "countryCode": "GB",
    "expiryDate": {
      "month": 9,
      "year": 2029
    },
    "cardBrand": "mastercard",
    "fundingType": "credit",
    "issuerName": "AN ISSUING BANK LTD",
    "paymentAccountReference": "Q1HJZ28RKA1EBL470G9XYG90R5D3E"
  },
  "_links": {
    "cardPayments:cancel": {
      "href": "https://try.access.worldpay.com/payments/authorizations/cancellations/"
    },
    "cardPayments:settle": {
      "href": "https://try.access.worldpay.com/payments/settlements/full/"
    },
    "cardPayments:partialSettle": {
      "href": "https://try.access.worldpay.com/payments/settlements/partials/"
    },
    "cardPayments:events": {
      "href": "https://try.access.worldpay.com/payments/events/"
    },
    "curies": [
      {
        "name": "cardPayments",
        "href": "https://try.access.worldpay.com/rels/cardPayments/{rel}",
        "templated": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

Take a repeat card payment

Request

Take online payments using our Card Payments API.

Headers

Content-Typestringrequired

Example:

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Acceptstringrequired

Example:

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

transactionReferencestringrequired

A unique reference generated by you that is used to identify a payment throughout its lifecycle.

merchantobjectrequired

An object that contains information about the merchant.

entitystringrequired

Direct your payment to assist with billing, reporting and reconciliation. This is mandatory for authentication and queries.

mccstring

paymentFacilitatorobject

An object containing Payment Facilitator information. This information is required for every authorization only if you are a Payment Facilitator.

instructionobjectrequired

An object that contains all information related to the payment.

requestAutoSettlementobjectrequired

Indicate whether the transaction should be sent for settlement now true or later false at a time of your choosing.

valueobjectrequired

An object that contains information about the value of the payment.

narrativeobjectrequired

The text that appears on your customer's statement. Used to identify the merchant.

paymentInstrumentobjectrequired

customerAgreementobjectrequired

Contains specific customer agreements for the transaction.

consumerBillPaymentboolean

Consumer Bill Payment is a flag which identifies a bill payment paid by providers on behalf of consumers.

debtRepaymentboolean

Debt Repayment Indicator is a flag which identifies a payment as being for the purpose of repaying a debt.

fundsTransferobject

Contains details of the funds transfer request, which is a money movement for a reason other than the purchase of goods or services (also known as Account Funding Transaction).

recipientobject

Additional transaction recipient data.

accountReferencestring

Partial account number for the recipient.

lastNamestring

Last name of the recipient

addressobject

Address of the recipient

dateOfBirthobject

Birth date of the recipient

customerobject

Additional customer data.

documentReferencestring

Required for domestic processing in some Latin American countries.

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Recurring authorization for subscriptions

{
  "transactionReference": "Memory265-13/08/1876",
  "merchant": {
    "entity": "default"
  },
  "instruction": {
    "requestAutoSettlement": {
      "enabled": false
    },
    "narrative": {
      "line1": "MindPalace"
    },
    "value": {
      "currency": "GBP",
      "amount": 250
    },
    "paymentInstrument": {
      "type": "card/plain",
      "cardNumber": "4444333322221111",
      "expiryDate": {
        "month": 5,
        "year": 2035
      }
    },
    "customerAgreement": {
      "type": "subscription",
      "schemeReference": "MCCOLXT1C0104"
    }
  }
}

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Responses

The payment authorization has been successfully created

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6.hal+json

outcomestringrequired

Outcome of the request.

Discriminator

exemptionobject

An exemption result and reason if a risk profile was included in your authorization request.

resultstringrequired

reasonstringrequired

issuerobject

An object containing information returned by the issuer.

authorizationCodestringrequired

paymentInstrumentobject

Details of the paymentInstrument used.

typestring

cardBinstring

lastFourstring

categorystring

issuerNamestring

fundingTypestring

cardBrandstring

paymentAccountReferencestring

expiryDateobject

riskFactorsArray of objects

Any risk factors which have been identified for the authorization. This section will not appear if no risks are identified.

typestringrequired

Enum"avs""cvc""riskProfile"

riskstringrequired

Enum"notChecked""notMatched""notSupplied""verificationFailed"

detailstring

Enum"address""postcode"

schemeobject

An object containing information returned by the scheme.

referencestringrequired

Response

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6.hal+json

Payment authorization for GBP 2.50 with a successful outcome

{
  "outcome": "authorized",
  "riskFactors": [
    {
      "type": "cvc",
      "risk": "notSupplied"
    },
    {
      "type": "avs",
      "risk": "notChecked",
      "detail": "address"
    },
    {
      "type": "avs",
      "risk": "notChecked",
      "detail": "postcode"
    }
  ],
  "issuer": {
    "authorizationCode": "675725"
  },
  "scheme": {
    "reference": "000000000000020005060720116005062"
  },
  "paymentInstrument": {
    "type": "card/plain+masked",
    "cardBin": "555555",
    "lastFour": "4444",
    "category": "consumer",
    "countryCode": "GB",
    "expiryDate": {
      "month": 9,
      "year": 2029
    },
    "cardBrand": "mastercard",
    "fundingType": "credit",
    "issuerName": "AN ISSUING BANK LTD",
    "paymentAccountReference": "Q1HJZ28RKA1EBL470G9XYG90R5D3E"
  },
  "_links": {
    "cardPayments:cancel": {
      "href": "https://try.access.worldpay.com/payments/authorizations/cancellations/"
    },
    "cardPayments:settle": {
      "href": "https://try.access.worldpay.com/payments/settlements/full/"
    },
    "cardPayments:partialSettle": {
      "href": "https://try.access.worldpay.com/payments/settlements/partials/"
    },
    "cardPayments:events": {
      "href": "https://try.access.worldpay.com/payments/events/"
    },
    "curies": [
      {
        "name": "cardPayments",
        "href": "https://try.access.worldpay.com/rels/cardPayments/{rel}",
        "templated": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

Manage Payments

Operations

Settle for Full amount

Request

To receive all the funds from the customer, send us a settle request.

Path

linkDatastringrequired

Action link that's received in your request

Headers

Content-Typestringrequired

Example:

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Acceptstringrequired

Example:

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

No request payload

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Responses

The payment settlement has been accepted

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Response

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Request to fully settle the authorization

{
  "_links": {
    "cardPayments:refund": {
      "href": "/payments/settlements/refunds/full/:linkData"
    },
    "cardPayments:partialRefund": {
      "href": "/payments/settlements/refunds/partials/:linkData"
    },
    "cardPayments:events": {
      "href": "/payments/events/:linkData"
    },
    "curies": [
      {
        "name": "payments",
        "href": "/rels/payments/{rel}",
        "templated": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

Settle for Partial amount

Request

To receive a portion of the funds of a payment, send us a partial settle request.

Path

linkDatastringrequired

Action link that's received in your request

Headers

Content-Typestringrequired

Example:

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Acceptstringrequired

Example:

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

valueobjectrequired

An object that contains information about the value of the payment.

amountintegerrequired

currencystringrequired

referencestringrequired

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Request to partially settle the authorization

{
  "value": {
    "amount": 500,
    "currency": "EUR"
  },
  "reference": "partial-settle-reference"
}

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Responses

The partial settlement has been accepted

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Response

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Request to partially settle the authorization

{
  "_links": {
    "cardPayments:refund": {
      "href": "/payments/settlements/refunds/full/:linkData"
    },
    "cardPayments:partialRefund": {
      "href": "/payments/settlements/refunds/partials/:linkData"
    },
    "cardPayments:partialSettle": {
      "href": "/payments/settlements/partials/:linkData"
    },
    "cardPayments:cancel": {
      "href": "/payments/authorizations/cancellations/:linkData"
    },
    "cardPayments:events": {
      "href": "/payments/events/:linkData"
    },
    "curies": [
      {
        "name": "payments",
        "href": "/rels/payments/{rel}",
        "templated": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

Refund Full amount

Request

Send a refund request to return the full settled amount to your customer. Note: No request body is needed for this request.

Path

linkDatastringrequired

Action link that's received in your request

Headers

Content-Typestringrequired

Example:

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Acceptstringrequired

Example:

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

No request payload

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Responses

The refund request has been accepted

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Response

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Request to refund an authorization

{
  "_links": {
    "cardPayments:events": {
      "href": "/payments/events/:linkData"
    },
    "curies": [
      {
        "name": "payments",
        "href": "/rels/payments/{rel}",
        "templated": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

Refund Partial amount

Request

Send a partial refund request to return a portion of the settled amount to your customer. Send the amount to refund and the authorization currency in the body.

Path

linkDatastringrequired

Action link that's received in your request

Headers

Content-Typestringrequired

Example:

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Acceptstringrequired

Example:

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

valueobjectrequired

An object that contains information about the value of the payment.

amountintegerrequired

currencystringrequired

referencestringrequired

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Request to perform a partial refund of the settlement

{
  "value": {
    "amount": 10,
    "currency": "EUR"
  },
  "reference": "partial-refund-reference"
}

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Responses

The partial refund has been accepted

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6.hal+json

Response

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6.hal+json

Request to partially refund an authorization

{
  "_links": {
    "cardPayments:events": {
      "href": "/payments/events/:linkData"
    },
    "curies": [
      {
        "name": "payments",
        "href": "/rels/payments/{rel}",
        "templated": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

Cancel Authorization

Request

If you don’t want to proceed with a payment, you can send a cancel request Note: You can only cancel a payment which is authorized. If the payment is settled, you must create a refund.

Path

linkDatastringrequired

Action link that's received in your request

Headers

Content-Typestringrequired

Example:

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Acceptstringrequired

Example:

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

No request payload

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Responses

The cancellation request has been accepted

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Response

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Request to cancel an authorization

{
  "_links": {
    "cardPayments:events": {
      "href": "/payments/events/:linkData"
    },
    "curies": [
      {
        "name": "payments",
        "href": "/rels/payments/{rel}",
        "templated": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

Reversal

Request

Your reversal request is processed as a cancel or refund request. This depends on the time passed after your sale request was submitted. For US entities the payment is refunded after one day after a successful sale request. Any other payment moves to refunded after 15 minutes. Note: No request body is needed for this request.

Path

linkDatastringrequired

Action link that's received in your request

Headers

Content-Typestringrequired

Example:

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Acceptstringrequired

Example:

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

No request payload

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Responses

The reversal request has been accepted

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Response

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Request to reverse the settlement

{
  "_links": {
    "cardPayments:events": {
      "href": "/payments/events/:linkData"
    },
    "curies": [
      {
        "name": "payments",
        "href": "/rels/payments/{rel}",
        "templated": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

Query a Payment

Operations

Card Payments (7)

Take a card payment

Request

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Take a repeat card payment

Request

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Manage Payments

Settle for Full amount

Request

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Settle for Partial amount

Request

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Refund Full amount

Request

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Refund Partial amount

Request

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Cancel Authorization

Request

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Reversal

Request

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Query a Payment