Manage Payments

Take a Card Payment

Request

Take online card payments using our Card Payments API.

Security

BasicAuth

Headers

Content-Typestringrequired

Example: application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Acceptstringrequired

Example: application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

transactionReferencestring[ 1 .. 64 ] characters^[-A-Za-z0-9_!@#$%()*=.:;?\[\]{}~`/+]*$required

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

channelstringrequired

Interaction between the cardholder and you. 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"

merchantobjectrequired

An object that contains information about the merchant.

entitystring[ 1 .. 32 ] characters^([A-Za-z0-9]+[A-Za-z0-9 ]*)?$required

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

Example: "default"

mccstring^\d{4}$

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.

taxReferencestring[ 1 .. 20 ] characters^(?!\s*$)[a-zA-Z0-9\s-]*$

Merchant's tax reference.

instructionobjectrequired

An object that contains all information related to the payment.

requestAutoSettlementobjectrequired

Indicates 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 with the purpose of repaying a debt.

requestAccountUpdaterboolean

Allows you to request a real-time account update when using a previously stored card. You can only use this with customerAgreement transactions with a storedCardUsage value of subsequent. If the stored card details that you provided for the transaction are no longer valid and new credentials are available, the authorization will be processed with the new card and its details will be returned in the paymentInstrument object in the response.

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 (AFT)).

routingobject

An object containing specific routing preferences.

riskProfilestring

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

Example: "https://try.access.worldpay.com/riskProfile/{linkData}"

authenticationobject

An object containing 3DS and/or Network Token authentication details.

threeDSobject

networkTokenobject

Network Token authentication. Only allowed for card/networkToken transactions.

exemptionobject

An object for applying exemptions. If you are applying a TRA (Transaction Risk Assessment) exemption granted by us, use the riskProfile object

typestringrequired

Enum Value	Description
external	TRA (Transaction Risk Assessment) exemption provided by a 3rd party provider
authenticationOutage	Apply an exemption for recognized downstream 3DS authentication failures. This will increase the likelihood of receiving a successful authorization, but will not provide liability shift.

Discriminator

requestobject

The type of exemption to apply

shippingobject

An object containing shipping details.

senderobject

recipientobject

orderobject

An object containing details about the order.

taxExemptboolean

A flag to indicate whether the purchase is exempt from tax. Must be set to true if order.salesTax is 0

orderDateobject

Date of the order.

itemsArray of objects

Array of order items. You can send up to 99 individual order objects within this array.

dutyAmountinteger

Total amount of duty costs for the order.

salesTaxinteger

Total amount of sales tax for the order. Must be provided if merchant.taxReference is supplied.

shippingAmountinteger

Total amount of shipping costs for the order.

invoiceReferencestring[ 1 .. 15 ] characters

Invoice reference for the order.

discountAmountinteger

Total amount of discounts for the order.

recipientobject

Additional transaction recipient data.

accountReferencestring[ 1 .. 10 ] characters^[a-zA-Z0-9]*$

Partial account reference of the primary recipient. Either partial card number (first 6 and last 4, no spaces), or a bank account number

Example: "4444331111"

lastNamestring[ 1 .. 60 ] characters^(@!£*#$+-_=.,/;:')[a-zA-Z0-9\s-]*$

The last name of the recipient. If for a business, then use the company name.

Example: "Smith"

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.

referencestring

Merchant-generated customer reference.

industryDataobject

An object containing industry specific order data.

typestringrequired

Value"airline"

airlineNamestringrequired

The name of the airline (displayed as it would be on a bill).

Example: "Cobb Air"

ticketobjectrequired

An object containing ticket details.

agentNamestring

The name of the travel agent.

Example: "J Small & Co"

agentCodestringrequired

The IATA travel agency code.

Example: "12345678"

invoiceReferencestring

Billing Settlement Plan invoice reference.

airlineCodestringrequired

The two character IATA airline code.

Example: "CA"

passengerobjectrequired

An object containing passenger details.

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"
}

Responses

The payment authorization has been successfully created

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

outcomestringrequired

Outcome of the request. Sent for Settlement returned only if requestAutoSettlement is enabled in the request.

Discriminator

paymentIdstring[ 21 .. 36 ] characters^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$

Unique identifier generated by us for a single payment. Generated at authorization, and maintained through successive payment actions.

Example: "payI-dUcet9fk4_X4qZU0hpU0"

commandIdstring[ 21 .. 36 ] characters^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$

Unique identifier generated by us for a single instance of an interaction (command) with the Worldpay API.

Example: "cmdRvD-OxCyXgJLQ9_jbqXAC0"

exemptionobject

An exemption result and reason if either a risk profile was included in your authorization request, or if you included the exemption object in the request.

resultstringrequired

The result of the requested exemption.

Enum"honored""outOfScope""rejected"

reasonstringrequired

The reason for the exemption outcome.

Enum Value	Description
highRisk	The transaction is deemed high risk by our TRA (Transaction Risk Assessment), and therefore the acquirer exemption cannot be applied.
invalid	The exemption is invalid. For example, a `lowValue` exemption was requested for a requested authorization value greater than 30 EUR.
issuerHonored	The issuer has accepted the exemption.
issuerRejected	The issuer has rejected the exemption. You may retry the authorization in certain circumstances (for example if you receive `refusalCode` 65, you can retry the transaction with valid 3DS `authentication` data).
notSubscribed	You are not subscribed to the exemption service. Please contact your Implementation Manager.
oneLegOut	Either the issuer or the acquirer are located in a region where Strong Customer Authentication is not required. An exemption is not required.
unsupportedAcquirer	Exemption processing is not currently supported through the selected acquirer.

issuerobject

An object containing information returned by the issuer.

authorizationCodestring^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$required

A code returned by the card issuer for a successful authorization. Used in reconciliation and dispute management.

Example: "T31306"

paymentInstrumentobject

Details of the paymentInstrument used.

typestring

cardBinstring^[0-9*]+$

The card BIN (Bank Identification Number) is the first 6 or 8 digits of the card number, and can be used to identify the card issuer, the card brand(s) (eg Visa, Cartes Bancaires), and the country. Card BINs are used to route transactions, check card capabilities, and in fraud assessments.

Example: "444433"

lastFourstring^[0-9*]+$

The last four digits of the card. Some characters may be obfuscated with a * if the PAN length is less than 16 characters.

Example: "1111"

categorystring

Whether the card is classed as a consumer card or a card for commercial use.

Enum"commercial""consumer"

countryCodestring= 2 characters^[A-Z]+$

The ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 format country code that the card was issued in. May return N/A where the country is unknown.

Example: "GB"

issuerNamestring

The name of the card issuer.

Example: "AN ISSUING BANK LTD"

fundingTypestring

How the card is funded.

Enum"credit""debit""prepaid""chargeCard""deferredDebit""unknown"

cardBrandstring

The card brand that the transaction was processed with. Sometimes referred to as the network or scheme.

Enum"visa""mastercard""amex""maestro""visaElectron""diners""discover""jcb""argencard""cabal"

paymentAccountReferencestring

The payment account reference (PAR) is a non-financial reference that uniquely identifies the underlying cardholder account. This allows you to correlate payments made from the same account with differing instruments (e.g. card/plain and card/wallet+applepay), where the same account funds the transaction. A PAR cannot be used to initiate a payment.

Example: "Q1HJZ28RKA1EBL470G9XYG90R5D3E"

expiryDateobject

The expiry date of the card or network token (where the supplied paymentInstrument was card/wallet+applepay, card/wallet+googlepay, card/networkToken, card/networkToken+applepay or card/networkToken+googlepay)

debitNetworkstring

The debit network that the transaction was routed through. Returned optionally for subscribing merchants.

Enum"accel""affn""alaskaOption""ath""culiancePrime""culiance""interlink""jeanie""maestro""nyce"

updatedPaymentInstrumentobject

Details of the updated payment instrument.

appliedNetworkTokenboolean

Returned if the payment instrument was swapped for a network token.

accountUpdaterMessagestring

Details on the type of payment instrument update.

Enum Value	Description
The account number was changed	A new card has been issued with a change in the card number. Returned for both Real-Time and Managed Account Updater.
The account was closed	The account is closed and the card is no longer valid. Ask your customer for an alternative payment method. Returned for both Real-Time and Managed Account Updater.
The expiry was changed	A new card has been issued with an updated expiry date. In most cases the card number remains unchanged. Returned for both Real-Time and Managed Account Updater.
The issuing bank does not participate in the update program	It is not known whether an account update is available. Returned for Managed Account Updater only.
Contact the cardholder for updated information	A match was found but you may need to contact the cardholder for updated card details. This could be due to cardholder opt-out or other reasons. Returned for both Real-Time and Managed Account Updater.

Example: "The account number was changed"

typestring

Example: "card/plain+masked"

cardBinstring^[0-9*]+$

The updated card BIN (Bank Identification Number).

Example: "444433"

lastFourstring^[0-9*]+$

The four digits of the updated card. Some characters may be obfuscated with a * if the PAN length is less than 16 characters.

Example: 1111

cardNumberstring[ 12 .. 19 ] characters^[0-9]*$

The full card number of the updated card. Returned only for merchants configured to receive card numbers that are not obfuscated.

expiryDateobject

cardBrandstring

The brand of the updated card. In rare circumstances a card may be reissued under a different brand.

countryCodestring= 2 characters^[A-Z]*$

Country code of the updated card in ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 format.

Example: "GB"

fundingTypestring

How the card is funded.

amountsobject

An object containing transaction amounts. Returned for partial authorizations.

requestedinteger

The requested amount.

Example: 1000

totalAuthorizedinteger

The total amount authorized by the card issuer.

Example: 700

currencystring= 3 characters^[A-Z]{3}$

The three character currency code. See list of supported currencies.

Example: "GBP"

partialAuthorizationboolean

Indicates that the authorized amount is less than what was requested.

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

Result of the verification.

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

detailstring

Enum"address""postcode"

schemeobject

An object containing information returned by the card scheme.

referencestringrequired

The reference returned by the scheme for this particular payment authorization. The scheme reference returned in a customer initiated transaction should be provided in all subsequent merchant initiated transactions.

Example: "MCCOLXT1C0104 "

_linksobject

cardPayments:cancelobject

An action link to cancel the full authorized amount.

cardPayments:partialCancelobject

An action link to cancel a portion of the authorized amount.

cardPayments:settleobject

An action link to send the full authorized amount for settlement.

cardPayments:partialSettleobject

An action link to send a portion of the authorized amount for settlement.

cardPayments:reverseobject

An action link to cancel or refund the full amount.

cardPayments:eventsobject

An action link to retrieve the last event of the payment.

Response

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Payment authorization for GBP 2.50 with a successful outcome

{
  "outcome": "authorized",
  "paymentId": "payI-dUcet9fk4_X4qZU0hpU0",
  "commandId": "cmd-Rjc4HJwnBdj3Ri9v10vT0",
  "riskFactors": [
    {
      "type": "cvc",
      "risk": "notSupplied"
    },
    {
      "type": "avs",
      "risk": "notChecked",
      "detail": "address"
    },
    {
      "type": "avs",
      "risk": "notChecked",
      "detail": "postcode"
    }
  ],
  "issuer": {
    "authorizationCode": "T75725"
  },
  "scheme": {
    "reference": "MCCOLXT1C0104  "
  },
  "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/linkData"
    },
    "cardPayments:partialCancel": {
      "href": "https://try.access.worldpay.com/payments/authorizations/cancellations/partials/linkData"
    },
    "cardPayments:settle": {
      "href": "https://try.access.worldpay.com/payments/settlements/full/linkData"
    },
    "cardPayments:partialSettle": {
      "href": "https://try.access.worldpay.com/payments/settlements/partials/linkData"
    },
    "cardPayments:events": {
      "href": "https://try.access.worldpay.com/payments/events/linkData"
    },
    "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.

Security

BasicAuth

Headers

Content-Typestringrequired

Example: application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Acceptstringrequired

Example: application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

transactionReferencestring[ 1 .. 64 ] characters^[-A-Za-z0-9_!@#$%()*=.:;?\[\]{}~`/+]*$required

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.

entitystring[ 1 .. 32 ] characters^([A-Za-z0-9]+[A-Za-z0-9 ]*)?$required

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

Example: "default"

mccstring^\d{4}$

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.

taxReferencestring[ 1 .. 20 ] characters^(?!\s*$)[a-zA-Z0-9\s-]*$

Merchant's tax reference.

instructionobjectrequired

An object that contains all information related to the payment.

requestAutoSettlementobjectrequired

Indicates 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.

requestAccountUpdaterboolean

Allows you to request a real-time account update when using a previously stored card. You can only use this with customerAgreement transactions with a storedCardUsage value of subsequent. If the stored card details that you provided for the transaction are no longer valid and new credentials are available, the authorization will be processed with the new card and its details will be returned in the paymentInstrument object in the response.

debtRepaymentboolean

Debt Repayment Indicator is a flag which identifies a payment with 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 (AFT)).

routingobject

An object containing specific routing preferences.

recipientobject

Additional transaction recipient data.

accountReferencestring[ 1 .. 10 ] characters^[a-zA-Z0-9]*$

Partial account reference of the primary recipient. Either partial card number (first 6 and last 4, no spaces), or a bank account number

Example: "4444331111"

lastNamestring[ 1 .. 60 ] characters^(@!£*#$+-_=.,/;:')[a-zA-Z0-9\s-]*$

The last name of the recipient. If for a business, then use the company name.

Example: "Smith"

addressobject

Address of the recipient

dateOfBirthobject

Birth date of the recipient

shippingobject

An object containing shipping details.

senderobject

recipientobject

orderobject

An object containing details about the order.

taxExemptboolean

A flag to indicate whether the purchase is exempt from tax. Must be set to true if order.salesTax is 0

orderDateobject

Date of the order.

itemsArray of objects

Array of order items. You can send up to 99 individual order objects within this array.

dutyAmountinteger

Total amount of duty costs for the order.

salesTaxinteger

Total amount of sales tax for the order. Must be provided if merchant.taxReference is supplied.

shippingAmountinteger

Total amount of shipping costs for the order.

invoiceReferencestring[ 1 .. 15 ] characters

Invoice reference for the order.

discountAmountinteger

Total amount of discounts for the order.

customerobject

Additional customer data.

documentReferencestring

Required for domestic processing in some Latin American countries.

referencestring

Merchant-generated customer reference.

industryDataobject

An object containing industry specific order data.

typestringrequired

Value"airline"

airlineNamestringrequired

The name of the airline (displayed as it would be on a bill).

Example: "Cobb Air"

ticketobjectrequired

An object containing ticket details.

agentNamestring

The name of the travel agent.

Example: "J Small & Co"

agentCodestringrequired

The IATA travel agency code.

Example: "12345678"

invoiceReferencestring

Billing Settlement Plan invoice reference.

airlineCodestringrequired

The two character IATA airline code.

Example: "CA"

passengerobjectrequired

An object containing passenger details.

riskProfilestring

Used to update the FraudSight data model to benefit future payments.

Example: "https://try.access.worldpay.com/riskProfile/{linkData}"

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

MIT 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  "
    }
  }
}

Responses

The payment authorization has been successfully created

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

outcomestringrequired

Outcome of the request. Sent for Settlement returned only if requestAutoSettlement is enabled in the request.

Discriminator

paymentIdstring[ 21 .. 36 ] characters^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$

Unique identifier generated by us for a single payment. Generated at authorization, and maintained through successive payment actions.

Example: "payI-dUcet9fk4_X4qZU0hpU0"

commandIdstring[ 21 .. 36 ] characters^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$

Unique identifier generated by us for a single instance of an interaction (command) with the Worldpay API.

Example: "cmdRvD-OxCyXgJLQ9_jbqXAC0"

issuerobject

An object containing information returned by the issuer.

authorizationCodestring^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$required

A code returned by the card issuer for a successful authorization. Used in reconciliation and dispute management.

Example: "T31306"

paymentInstrumentobject

Details of the paymentInstrument used.

typestring

cardBinstring^[0-9*]+$

The card BIN (Bank Identification Number) is the first 6 or 8 digits of the card number, and can be used to identify the card issuer, the card brand(s) (eg Visa, Cartes Bancaires), and the country. Card BINs are used to route transactions, check card capabilities, and in fraud assessments.

Example: "444433"

lastFourstring^[0-9*]+$

The last four digits of the card. Some characters may be obfuscated with a * if the PAN length is less than 16 characters.

Example: "1111"

categorystring

Whether the card is classed as a consumer card or a card for commercial use.

Enum"commercial""consumer"

countryCodestring= 2 characters^[A-Z]+$

The ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 format country code that the card was issued in. May return N/A where the country is unknown.

Example: "GB"

issuerNamestring

The name of the card issuer.

Example: "AN ISSUING BANK LTD"

fundingTypestring

How the card is funded.

Enum"credit""debit""prepaid""chargeCard""deferredDebit""unknown"

cardBrandstring

The card brand that the transaction was processed with. Sometimes referred to as the network or scheme.

Enum"visa""mastercard""amex""maestro""visaElectron""diners""discover""jcb""argencard""cabal"

paymentAccountReferencestring

The payment account reference (PAR) is a non-financial reference that uniquely identifies the underlying cardholder account. This allows you to correlate payments made from the same account with differing instruments (e.g. card/plain and card/wallet+applepay), where the same account funds the transaction. A PAR cannot be used to initiate a payment.

Example: "Q1HJZ28RKA1EBL470G9XYG90R5D3E"

expiryDateobject

The expiry date of the card or network token (where the supplied paymentInstrument was card/wallet+applepay, card/wallet+googlepay, card/networkToken, card/networkToken+applepay or card/networkToken+googlepay)

debitNetworkstring

The debit network that the transaction was routed through. Returned optionally for subscribing merchants.

Enum"accel""affn""alaskaOption""ath""culiancePrime""culiance""interlink""jeanie""maestro""nyce"

updatedPaymentInstrumentobject

Details of the updated payment instrument.

appliedNetworkTokenboolean

Returned if the payment instrument was swapped for a network token.

accountUpdaterMessagestring

Details on the type of payment instrument update.

Enum Value	Description
The account number was changed	A new card has been issued with a change in the card number. Returned for both Real-Time and Managed Account Updater.
The account was closed	The account is closed and the card is no longer valid. Ask your customer for an alternative payment method. Returned for both Real-Time and Managed Account Updater.
The expiry was changed	A new card has been issued with an updated expiry date. In most cases the card number remains unchanged. Returned for both Real-Time and Managed Account Updater.
The issuing bank does not participate in the update program	It is not known whether an account update is available. Returned for Managed Account Updater only.
Contact the cardholder for updated information	A match was found but you may need to contact the cardholder for updated card details. This could be due to cardholder opt-out or other reasons. Returned for both Real-Time and Managed Account Updater.

Example: "The account number was changed"

typestring

Example: "card/plain+masked"

cardBinstring^[0-9*]+$

The updated card BIN (Bank Identification Number).

Example: "444433"

lastFourstring^[0-9*]+$

The four digits of the updated card. Some characters may be obfuscated with a * if the PAN length is less than 16 characters.

Example: 1111

cardNumberstring[ 12 .. 19 ] characters^[0-9]*$

The full card number of the updated card. Returned only for merchants configured to receive card numbers that are not obfuscated.

expiryDateobject

cardBrandstring

The brand of the updated card. In rare circumstances a card may be reissued under a different brand.

countryCodestring= 2 characters^[A-Z]*$

Country code of the updated card in ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 format.

Example: "GB"

fundingTypestring

How the card is funded.

amountsobject

An object containing transaction amounts. Returned for partial authorizations.

requestedinteger

The requested amount.

Example: 1000

totalAuthorizedinteger

The total amount authorized by the card issuer.

Example: 700

currencystring= 3 characters^[A-Z]{3}$

The three character currency code. See list of supported currencies.

Example: "GBP"

partialAuthorizationboolean

Indicates that the authorized amount is less than what was requested.

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

Result of the verification.

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

detailstring

Enum"address""postcode"

schemeobject

An object containing information returned by the card scheme.

referencestringrequired

The reference returned by the scheme for this particular payment authorization. The scheme reference returned in a customer initiated transaction should be provided in all subsequent merchant initiated transactions.

Example: "MCCOLXT1C0104 "

_linksobject

cardPayments:cancelobject

An action link to cancel the full authorized amount.

cardPayments:partialCancelobject

An action link to cancel a portion of the authorized amount.

cardPayments:settleobject

An action link to send the full authorized amount for settlement.

cardPayments:partialSettleobject

An action link to send a portion of the authorized amount for settlement.

cardPayments:reverseobject

An action link to cancel or refund the full amount.

cardPayments:eventsobject

An action link to retrieve the last event of the payment.

Response

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Payment authorization for GBP 2.50 with a successful outcome

{
  "outcome": "authorized",
  "paymentId": "payI-dUcet9fk4_X4qZU0hpU0",
  "commandId": "cmdJ3o1eC1o3n6n31ol29l4y0",
  "riskFactors": [
    {
      "type": "cvc",
      "risk": "notSupplied"
    },
    {
      "type": "avs",
      "risk": "notChecked",
      "detail": "address"
    },
    {
      "type": "avs",
      "risk": "notChecked",
      "detail": "postcode"
    }
  ],
  "issuer": {
    "authorizationCode": "675725"
  },
  "scheme": {
    "reference": "MCCOLXT1C0104  "
  },
  "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.

Security

BasicAuth

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

merchantobject

Contains information about the merchant.

taxReferencestring

Merchant's tax reference.

customerobject

Additional customer data.

referencestring

Merchant-generated customer reference.

shippingobject

An object containing shipping details.

senderobject

recipientobject

orderobject

An object containing details about the order.

taxExemptboolean

A flag to indicate whether the purchase is exempt from tax. Must be set to true if order.salesTax is 0

orderDateobject

Date of the order.

itemsArray of objects

Array of order items. You can send up to 99 individual order objects within this array.

dutyAmountinteger

Total amount of duty costs for the order.

salesTaxinteger

Total amount of sales tax for the order. Must be provided if merchant.taxReference is supplied.

shippingAmountinteger

Total amount of shipping costs for the order.

invoiceReferencestring[ 1 .. 15 ] characters

Invoice reference for the order.

discountAmountinteger

Total amount of discounts for the order.

industryDataobject

An object containing industry specific order data.

typestringrequired

Value"airline"

airlineNamestringrequired

The name of the airline (displayed as it would be on a bill).

Example: "Cobb Air"

ticketobjectrequired

An object containing ticket details.

agentNamestring

The name of the travel agent.

Example: "J Small & Co"

agentCodestringrequired

The IATA travel agency code.

Example: "12345678"

invoiceReferencestring

Billing Settlement Plan invoice reference.

airlineCodestringrequired

The two character IATA airline code.

Example: "CA"

passengerobjectrequired

An object containing passenger details.

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Request to settle the authorization

Responses

The payment settlement has been accepted

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

paymentIdstring[ 21 .. 36 ] characters^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$

Unique identifier generated by us for a single payment. Generated at authorization, and maintained through successive payment actions.

Example: "payI-dUcet9fk4_X4qZU0hpU0"

commandIdstring[ 21 .. 36 ] characters^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$

Unique identifier generated by us for a single instance of an interaction (command) with the Worldpay API.

Example: "cmdRvD-OxCyXgJLQ9_jbqXAC0"

_linksobject

cardPayments:refundobject

An action link to refund the full settled amount.

cardPayments:partialRefundobject

An action link to refund a portion of the settled amount.

cardPayments:reverseobject

An action link to cancel or refund the full amount.

cardPayments:eventsobject

An action link to retrieve the last event of the payment.

Response

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Response to fully settle the authorization

{
  "paymentId": "payT7hS-8vS4h_95A2f7905v0",
  "commandId": "cmdp9D1t-ENYQxVnJkh0iPRC0",
  "_links": {
    "cardPayments:refund": {
      "href": "/payments/settlements/refunds/full/:linkData"
    },
    "cardPayments:partialRefund": {
      "href": "/payments/settlements/refunds/partials/:linkData"
    },
    "cardPayments:reverse": {
      "href": "/payments/authorizations/reversals/: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.

Security

BasicAuth

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

The payment amount. This is a whole number with an exponent e.g. if exponent is two, 250 is 2.50.

Example: 250

currencystringrequired

The three character currency code. See list of supported currencies.

Example: "USD"

referencestringrequired

merchantobject

Contains information about the merchant.

taxReferencestring

Merchant's tax reference.

marketplaceobject

Supply additional data for marketplace use cases.

customerobject

Additional customer data.

referencestring

Merchant-generated customer reference.

shippingobject

An object containing shipping details.

senderobject

recipientobject

orderobject

An object containing details about the order.

taxExemptboolean

A flag to indicate whether the purchase is exempt from tax. Must be set to true if order.salesTax is 0

orderDateobject

Date of the order.

itemsArray of objects

Array of order items. You can send up to 99 individual order objects within this array.

dutyAmountinteger

Total amount of duty costs for the order.

salesTaxinteger

Total amount of sales tax for the order. Must be provided if merchant.taxReference is supplied.

shippingAmountinteger

Total amount of shipping costs for the order.

invoiceReferencestring[ 1 .. 15 ] characters

Invoice reference for the order.

discountAmountinteger

Total amount of discounts for the order.

industryDataobject

An object containing industry specific order data.

typestringrequired

Value"airline"

airlineNamestringrequired

The name of the airline (displayed as it would be on a bill).

Example: "Cobb Air"

ticketobjectrequired

An object containing ticket details.

agentNamestring

The name of the travel agent.

Example: "J Small & Co"

agentCodestringrequired

The IATA travel agency code.

Example: "12345678"

invoiceReferencestring

Billing Settlement Plan invoice reference.

airlineCodestringrequired

The two character IATA airline code.

Example: "CA"

passengerobjectrequired

An object containing passenger details.

sequenceobject

The sequence number and total number of expected partial settlement requests for the payment.

numberintegerrequired

totalintegerrequired

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Request to partially settle the authorization

{
  "sequence": {
    "number": 1,
    "total": 2
  },
  "value": {
    "amount": 500,
    "currency": "EUR"
  },
  "reference": "partial-settle-reference"
}

Responses

The partial settlement has been accepted

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

paymentIdstring[ 21 .. 36 ] characters^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$

Unique identifier generated by us for a single payment. Generated at authorization, and maintained through successive payment actions.

Example: "payI-dUcet9fk4_X4qZU0hpU0"

commandIdstring[ 21 .. 36 ] characters^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$

Unique identifier generated by us for a single instance of an interaction (command) with the Worldpay API.

Example: "cmdRvD-OxCyXgJLQ9_jbqXAC0"

_linksobject

cardPayments:refundobject

An action link to refund the full settled amount.

cardPayments:partialRefundobject

An action link to refund a portion of the settled amount.

cardPayments:partialSettleobject

An action link to send a portion of the authorized amount for settlement.

cardPayments:cancelobject

An action link to cancel the full authorized amount.

cardPayments:reverseobject

An action link to cancel or refund the full amount.

cardPayments:eventsobject

An action link to retrieve the last event of the payment.

Response

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Response to partially settle the authorization

{
  "paymentId": "payI-dUcet9fk4_X4qZU0hpU0",
  "commandId": "cmdwZ5y_rSi1VmjD6CpgCuXG0",
  "_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:reverse": {
      "href": "/payments/authorizations/reversals/: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.

Security

BasicAuth

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

Responses

The refund request has been accepted

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

paymentIdstring[ 21 .. 36 ] characters^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$

Unique identifier generated by us for a single payment. Generated at authorization, and maintained through successive payment actions.

Example: "payI-dUcet9fk4_X4qZU0hpU0"

commandIdstring[ 21 .. 36 ] characters^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$

Unique identifier generated by us for a single instance of an interaction (command) with the Worldpay API.

Example: "cmdRvD-OxCyXgJLQ9_jbqXAC0"

_linksobject

cardPayments:eventsobject

An action link to retrieve the last event of the payment.

Response

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Response to refund an authorization

{
  "paymentId": "payI-dUcet9fk4_X4qZU0hpU0",
  "commandId": "cmdwZ5y_rSV1VmjD6CpgCuXG0",
  "_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.

Security

BasicAuth

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

The payment amount. This is a whole number with an exponent e.g. if exponent is two, 250 is 2.50.

Example: 250

currencystringrequired

The three character currency code. See list of supported currencies.

Example: "USD"

referencestring[ 1 .. 128 ] characters^[-A-Za-z0-9]*$required

merchantobject

Contains information about the merchant.

marketplaceobject

Supply additional data for marketplace use cases.

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Request to perform a partial refund of the settlement

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

Responses

The partial refund has been accepted

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

paymentIdstring[ 21 .. 36 ] characters^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$

Unique identifier generated by us for a single payment. Generated at authorization, and maintained through successive payment actions.

Example: "payI-dUcet9fk4_X4qZU0hpU0"

commandIdstring[ 21 .. 36 ] characters^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$

Unique identifier generated by us for a single instance of an interaction (command) with the Worldpay API.

Example: "cmdRvD-OxCyXgJLQ9_jbqXAC0"

_linksobject

cardPayments:partialRefundobject

An action link to refund a portion of the settled amount.

cardPayments:eventsobject

An action link to retrieve the last event of the payment.

Response

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Response to partially refund an authorization

{
  "paymentId": "payI-dUcet9fk4_X4qZU0hpU0",
  "commandId": "cmdwZ5y_rSV1VmjD6CpgCuXG0",
  "_links": {
    "cardPayments:events": {
      "href": "/payments/events/:linkData"
    },
    "curies": [
      {
        "name": "payments",
        "href": "/rels/payments/{rel}",
        "templated": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

Cancel full authorization

Request

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

Security

BasicAuth

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

Responses

The cancellation request has been accepted

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

_linksobject

cardPayments:eventsobject

An action link to retrieve the last event of the payment.

Response

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Response to cancel an authorization

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

Cancel partial authorization

Request

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

Security

BasicAuth

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

The payment amount. This is a whole number with an exponent e.g. if exponent is two, 250 is 2.50.

Example: 250

currencystringrequired

The three character currency code. See list of supported currencies.

Example: "USD"

referencestringrequired

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Request to partially cancel the authorization

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

Responses

The partial cancellation request has been accepted

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

_linksobject

cardPayments:cancelobject

An action link to cancel the full authorized amount.

cardPayments:partialCancelobject

An action link to cancel a portion of the authorized amount.

cardPayments:settleobject

An action link to send the full authorized amount for settlement.

cardPayments:partialSettleobject

An action link to send a portion of the authorized amount for settlement.

cardPayments:eventsobject

An action link to retrieve the last event of the payment.

Response

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Response to cancel an authorization

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

Increase authorization amount

Request

If you want to increase an initial estimated authorization amount (submitted with estimated flag true), you can send a incremental authorization request.

Security

BasicAuth

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

The payment amount. This is a whole number with an exponent e.g. if exponent is two, 250 is 2.50.

Example: 250

currencystringrequired

The three character currency code. See list of supported currencies.

Example: "USD"

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Request to increase the initial estimated authorization

{
  "value": {
    "amount": 500,
    "currency": "EUR"
  }
}

Responses

The request to increase the authorization amount has been successfully processed

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

outcomestring

Outcome of the request.

Example: "authorized"

Discriminator

amountsobject

An object containing transaction amounts.

totalAuthorizedinteger

The total amount authorized. The sum of the original estimated authorization and all subsequent successful requests to increase the authorized amount.

currencystring

The three character currency code. See list of supported currencies

Example: "USD"

issuerobject

An object containing information returned by the issuer.

authorizationCodestring^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$required

A code returned by the card issuer for a successful authorization. Used in reconciliation and dispute management.

Example: "T31306"

schemeobject

An object containing information returned by the card scheme.

referencestringrequired

The reference returned by the scheme for this particular payment authorization. The scheme reference returned in a customer initiated transaction should be provided in all subsequent merchant initiated transactions.

Example: "MCCOLXT1C0104 "

_linksobject

cardPayments:increaseAuthorizedAmountobject

An action link to increase the authorized amount.

cardPayments:cancelobject

An action link to cancel the full authorized amount.

cardPayments:partialCancelobject

An action link to cancel a portion of the authorized amount.

cardPayments:settleobject

An action link to send the full authorized amount for settlement.

cardPayments:partialSettleobject

An action link to send a portion of the authorized amount for settlement.

cardPayments:eventsobject

An action link to retrieve the last event of the payment.

Response

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Successful response to increase an estimated authorization amount

{
  "outcome": "authorized",
  "amounts": {
    "totalAuthorized": 1100,
    "currency": "EUR"
  },
  "issuer": {
    "authorizationCode": "T91252"
  },
  "scheme": {
    "reference": "MCCRU3I5U0701"
  },
  "_links": {
    "cardPayments:increaseAuthorizedAmount": {
      "href": "/payments/authorizations/incrementalAuthorizations/:linkData"
    },
    "cardPayments:cancel": {
      "href": "/payments/authorizations/cancellations/:linkData"
    },
    "cardPayments:partialCancel": {
      "href": "/payments/authorizations/cancellations/partials/:linkData"
    },
    "cardPayments:settle": {
      "href": "/payments/settlements/full/:linkData"
    },
    "cardPayments:partialSettle": {
      "href": "/payments/settlements/partials/:linkData"
    },
    "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.

Security

BasicAuth

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

Responses

The reversal request has been accepted

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

_linksobject

cardPayments:eventsobject

An action link to retrieve the last event of the payment.

Response

application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v7+json

Response 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

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Manage Payments

Settle for full amount

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Settle for partial amount

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Refund full amount

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Refund partial amount

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Cancel full authorization

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Cancel partial authorization

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Increase authorization amount

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Reversal

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Query a Payment

Request

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Request