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Payments API (2024-06-01)

Authentication Set your headers

    Authorization: {your_credentials}
    Content-Type: application/json
    WP-Api-Version: 2024-06-01

Replace {your_credentials} with your base64-encoded Basic Auth username and password.

DNS Whitelisting

Whitelist the following URLs:

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

Please ensure you use DNS whitelisting, not explicit IP whitelisting. When you make a request within Access Worldpay, you should always cache the response returned.

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Overview
License Worldpay
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Servers
Try
https://try.access.worldpay.com/
Live
https://access.worldpay.com/

Submit a payment request

Request

Initiate Payment

Headers
WP-Api-Versionstringrequired

The API version

Value"2024-06-01"
Example:

2024-06-01

Bodyapplication/jsonrequired
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

Used to route the request in Access Worldpay, created as part of on-boarding.

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.

instructionobjectrequired

An object that contains all information related to the payment and API configurations.

methodstringrequired
Value"card"
Discriminator
paymentInstrumentobjectrequired
narrativeobjectrequired

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

tokenCreationobject

Use this object if you want to create a token after the payment.

valueobjectrequired
debtRepaymentboolean

A flag which identifies a payment as being for the purpose of repaying a debt.

fraudobject

Fraud assessment to detect potential fraud and prevent the transaction from proceeding.

threeDSobject

An object containing 3DS authentication preferences.

settlementobject

Automatically settle a payment following authorization.

customerobject
shippingobject
customerAgreementobject
recipientobject

An object containing information about the recipient of financial services. Required for MCC 6012 transactions in the Visa Europe region. The recipient may or may not be the cardholder.

consumerBillPaymentboolean

An attribute that identifies a bill payment paid by providers on behalf of consumers. 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.

application/json

A one-off card payment using a plain card number

{
  "transactionReference": "Memory265-13/08/1876",
  "merchant": {
    "entity": "default"
  },
  "instruction": {
    "method": "card",
    "paymentInstrument": {
      "type": "plain",
      "cardHolderName": "Sherlock Holmes",
      "cardNumber": "4000000000001091",
      "expiryDate": {
        "month": 5,
        "year": 2035
      },
      "billingAddress": {
        "address1": "221B Baker Street",
        "address2": "Marylebone",
        "address3": "Westminster",
        "postalCode": "SW1 1AA",
        "city": "London",
        "state": "Greater London",
        "countryCode": "GB"
      },
      "cvc": "123"
    },
    "narrative": {
      "line1": "trading name"
    },
    "value": {
      "currency": "GBP",
      "amount": 42
    }
  }
}
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Responses

Created

Bodyapplication/json
outcomestring
Enum"3dsDeviceDataRequired""authorized""3dsChallenged""sentForSettlement""sentForCancellation""refused""3dsAuthenticationFailed""3dsUnavailable""fraudHighRisk""sentForRefund"
Discriminator
transactionReferencestring[ 1 .. 64 ] characters^[-A-Za-z0-9_!@#$%()*=.:;?\[\]{}~`/+]*$

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

riskFactorsArray of objects

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

riskstring
Enum"notChecked""notMatched""notSupplied""verificationFailed"
detailstring
Enum"address""postcode"
typestring
Enum"avs""cvc""riskProfile"
fraudobject

Details of the outcome of the Fraud assessment

outcomestring

outcome of the fraud assessment. highRisk outcomes stop the transaction before payment.

Enum"lowRisk""highRisk""review""error""lowRisk(silentMode)""highRisk(silentMode)""review(silentMode)""error(silentMode)"
scorenumber(double)

The score calculated by the fraud assessment, set score thresholds are used to define lowRisk, highRisk and review outcomes

Example:

44

threeDSobject

Details of the outcome of the 3DS authentication

outcomestring

If the request was authenticated successfully

Default "authenticated"
issuerResponsestring

If the issuer decides to challenge the customer or proceed (frictionless)

Enum"frictionless""challenged"
tokenobject

Details of the token created

hrefstring
Example:

"https://try.access.worldpay.com/tokens/eyJrIjoxLCJkIjoiUW5rZHBXZDZ1MzBBY0I0MTVJQUdPeGE3ZkFobE1lTjJyYk05eDZxQUJ2RT0ifQ"

tokenIdstring
Example:

"9997095516055002467"

tokenExpiryDateTimestring
Example:

"2024-04-12T11:49:56Z"

cardNumberstring
Example:

"4000********1091"

cardHolderNamestring
Example:

"Sherlock Holmes"

cardExpiryobject
binstring
Example:

"400000"

fundingTypestring
Example:

"debit"

countryCodestring
schemeReferencestring
Example:

"060720116005060"

conflictsobject
_linksobject

Return details about the status of the payment

selfobject
_actionsobject
cancelPaymentobject
settlePaymentobject

Fully settle the payment. See details

partiallySettlePaymentobject

Partially settle the payment. See details including what to add in the request body.

paymentInstrumentobject
typestring
cardBinstring
lastFourstring
countryCodestring
expiryDateobject
cardBrandstring
fundingTypestring
categorystring
issuerNamestring
paymentAccountReferencestring
Response
application/json

Example of an authorized response. Use the action settlePayment to complete the transaction

  • 3DS is not enabled
  • includes fraud and token objects
{
  "outcome": "authorized",
  "transactionReference": "Memory265-13/08/1876",
  "riskFactors": [
    {
      "risk": "notChecked",
      "type": "cvc"
    },
    {
      "risk": "notChecked",
      "detail": "address",
      "type": "avs"
    },
    {
      "risk": "notChecked",
      "detail": "postcode",
      "type": "avs"
    }
  ],
  "fraud": {
    "outcome": "lowRisk",
    "score": 44.6
  },
  "token": {
    "href": "https://try.access.worldpay.com/tokens/eyJrIjoxLCJkIjoiRVl3SDBtNnpEVmVTR3UzRUV3VEJEVDExTkxuVDVydXNiREdLR01hUXUwVT0ifQ",
    "tokenId": "9968110159504301628",
    "tokenExpiryDateTime": "2024-04-11T15:59:23Z",
    "cardNumber": "4000********1000",
    "cardHolderName": "test",
    "cardExpiry": {
      "year": 2035,
      "month": 5
    },
    "bin": "400000",
    "fundingType": "debit",
    "countryCode": "GB",
    "schemeReference": "060720116005060"
  },
  "paymentInstrument": {
    "type": "card/plain+masked",
    "cardBin": "400000",
    "lastFour": "1000",
    "countryCode": "GB",
    "expiryDate": {
      "year": 2035,
      "month": 5
    },
    "cardBrand": "mastercard",
    "fundingType": "debit",
    "category": "consumer",
    "issuerName": "BANK LIMITED",
    "paymentAccountReference": "3001DBT34Q41D6J7PFC5W0UACOT4C",
    "conflicts": {
      "conflictsExpiryDateTime": "2024-07-04T06:40:32.310316518Z",
      "paymentInstrument": {
        "cardHolderName": "John Snow"
      }
    }
  },
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "https://try.access.worldpay.com/api/payments/eyJrIjoiazNhYjYzMiIsImxpbmtWZXJzaW9uIjoiNS4wLjAifQ%3D%3D.sN%3Ag8wd64bwkbrp0md%2BbPxcanBnk2zLdsIqSa1pR99GeDrCwEtsymFb5gQw9WlrStDTK3eIWPy93y%3A7njc4649JSrU7%2BvFDl1J36%2BcwOkX0lW4Z%2BfnZKMutoUGX3m1%3AmZ%2BxHZ9nDpadu%2BBh7pRyJwnWeiSFTlqKvbrBxNm3HV0xann55pFjZ7qi4DNGZtx9zW6eOLVNOsPL6ecsn3Dp377s7pWRQKSZJKSFIJvAisP8cBzFPzqireuqfCu5ojcm60gRSsqS3glurO24RJkg5SrpRjgY6g7ca8uoA7tKDk9OVOIwORF5sGPHSSGMa2bEl2lMUkAANoWclQHiGzxWQQ%3AAwSoo6RsrBugbhEp0K8HxZkfVrqy4oVlW8FdQ7kIuZOH78i6pPLzArc%2BOtMdnU%3ArZ%3AVhRHFzbbwymcuTiRbNw%3D"
    }
  },
  "_actions": {
    "cancelPayment": {
      "href": "https://try.access.worldpay.com/api/payments/eyJrIjoiazNhYjYzMiIsImxpbmtWZXJzaW9uIjoiNS4wLjAifQ%3D%3D.sN%3Ag8wd64bwkbrp0md%2BbPxcanBnk2zLdsIqSa1pR99GeDrCwEtsymFb5gQw9WlrStDTK3eIWPy93y%3A7njc4649JSrU7%2BvFDl1J36%2BcwOkX0lW4Z%2BfnZKMutoUGX3m1%3AmZ%2BxHZ9nDpadu%2BBh7pRyJwnWeiSFTlqKvbrBxNm3HV0xann55pFjZ7qi4DNGZtx9zW6eOLVNOsPL6ecsn3Dp377s7pWRQKSZJKSFIJvAisP8cBzFPzqireuqfCu5ojcm60gRSsqS3glurO24RJkg5SrpRjgY6g7ca8uoA7tKDk9OVOIwORF5sGPHSSGMa2bEl2lMUkAANoWclQHiGzxWQQ%3AAwSoo6RsrBugbhEp0K8HxZkfVrqy4oVlW8FdQ7kIuZOH78i6pPLzArc%2BOtMdnU%3ArZ%3AVhRHFzbbwymcuTiRbNw%3D/cancellations",
      "method": "POST"
    },
    "settlePayment": {
      "href": "https://try.access.worldpay.com/api/payments/eyJrIjoiazNhYjYzMiIsImxpbmtWZXJzaW9uIjoiNS4wLjAifQ%3D%3D.sN%3Ag8wd64bwkbrp0md%2BbPxcanBnk2zLdsIqSa1pR99GeDrCwEtsymFb5gQw9WlrStDTK3eIWPy93y%3A7njc4649JSrU7%2BvFDl1J36%2BcwOkX0lW4Z%2BfnZKMutoUGX3m1%3AmZ%2BxHZ9nDpadu%2BBh7pRyJwnWeiSFTlqKvbrBxNm3HV0xann55pFjZ7qi4DNGZtx9zW6eOLVNOsPL6ecsn3Dp377s7pWRQKSZJKSFIJvAisP8cBzFPzqireuqfCu5ojcm60gRSsqS3glurO24RJkg5SrpRjgY6g7ca8uoA7tKDk9OVOIwORF5sGPHSSGMa2bEl2lMUkAANoWclQHiGzxWQQ%3AAwSoo6RsrBugbhEp0K8HxZkfVrqy4oVlW8FdQ7kIuZOH78i6pPLzArc%2BOtMdnU%3ArZ%3AVhRHFzbbwymcuTiRbNw%3D/settlements",
      "method": "POST"
    },
    "partiallySettlePayment": {
      "href": "https://try.access.worldpay.com/api/payments/eyJrIjoiazNhYjYzMiIsImxpbmtWZXJzaW9uIjoiNS4wLjAifQ%3D%3D.sN%3Ag8wd64bwkbrp0md%2BbPxcanBnk2zLdsIqSa1pR99GeDrCwEtsymFb5gQw9WlrStDTK3eIWPy93y%3A7njc4649JSrU7%2BvFDl1J36%2BcwOkX0lW4Z%2BfnZKMutoUGX3m1%3AmZ%2BxHZ9nDpadu%2BBh7pRyJwnWeiSFTlqKvbrBxNm3HV0xann55pFjZ7qi4DNGZtx9zW6eOLVNOsPL6ecsn3Dp377s7pWRQKSZJKSFIJvAisP8cBzFPzqireuqfCu5ojcm60gRSsqS3glurO24RJkg5SrpRjgY6g7ca8uoA7tKDk9OVOIwORF5sGPHSSGMa2bEl2lMUkAANoWclQHiGzxWQQ%3AAwSoo6RsrBugbhEp0K8HxZkfVrqy4oVlW8FdQ7kIuZOH78i6pPLzArc%2BOtMdnU%3ArZ%3AVhRHFzbbwymcuTiRbNw%3D/partialSettlements",
      "method": "POST"
    }
  }
}

3DS Actions

Operations

Payments Lifecycle

Operations