MasterCard Payment Gateway API Reference: Operations -
Version 10,
Protocol: REST-JSON

Initiate Browser Payment

Request to initiate a browser payment. You must use the URL provided in the response to redirect the customer's browser to the Browser Payment Provider's website.

URL https://ap-gateway.mastercard.com/api/rest/version/10/merchant/{merchantId}/order/{orderid}/transaction/{transactionid}
HTTP Method PUT
Authentication This operation requires authentication via one of the following methods:
  • Certificate authentication.
  • Basic HTTP authentication as described at w3.org. To authenticate to the API, leave the userid portion (to the left of the colon) blank and fill the password section with the API password provided to you.

Request Parameters

apiOperation  String =INITIATE_BROWSER_PAYMENT FIXED

Existence
FIXED
Fixed value
INITIATE_BROWSER_PAYMENT
Validation Rules
Any sequence of zero or more unicode characters.
XSD type
string

browserPayment   = COMPULSORY

Provides information required to initiate a browser payment.
Fixed value

browserPayment.returnUrl  Url = COMPULSORY

URL to which the customer's browser is redirected after they complete the payment on the Browser Payment Provider's website.
The same redirect URL is used independent of the success or otherwise of the payment.
Existence
COMPULSORY
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Ensure that the URL is longer than 11 characters.
JSON type
String

sourceOfFunds   = COMPULSORY

Information about the payment type selected by the payer for this payment and the source of the funds.
Depending on the payment type the source of the funds can be a debit or credit card, bank account, or account with a browser payment provider (such as PayPal).

For card payments the source of funds information may be represented by combining one or more of the following: explicitly provided card details, a session identifier which the gateway will use to look up the card details and/or a card token. Precedence rules will be applied in that explicitly provided card details will override session card details which will override card token details. Each of these may represent partial card details, however the combination must result in a full and complete set of card details. See Using Multiple Sources of Card Details for examples.
Fixed value

sourceOfFunds.type  Enumeration = COMPULSORY

Existence
COMPULSORY
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Defines the payment type for this payment.
JSON type
String
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
GIROPAY
The customer selected the payment method giropay.
PAYPAL
The customer selected the payment method PayPal.
SOFORT
The customer selected the payment method Sofortbanking.

transaction   = COMPULSORY

Fixed value

transaction.amount  Decimal = COMPULSORY

Transaction Amount.
Expressed as a decimal number in the units of the currency. For example 12.34 in USD is the amount 12 dollars and 34 cents.
Existence
COMPULSORY
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9 and '.' and represents a valid decimal number.
JSON type
String
minimum length
1
maximum length
14

transaction.currency  Upper case alphabetic text = COMPULSORY

The currency of the transaction expressed as an ISO 4217 alpha code, e.g. USD.
Existence
COMPULSORY
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data must consist of the characters A-Z
JSON type
String
minimum length
3
maximum length
3

apiOperation  String =INITIATE_BROWSER_PAYMENT FIXED

Existence
FIXED
Fixed value
INITIATE_BROWSER_PAYMENT
Validation Rules
Any sequence of zero or more unicode characters.
XSD type
string

browserPayment   = COMPULSORY

Provides information required to initiate a browser payment.
Fixed value

browserPayment.paypal   = OPTIONAL

Defines PayPal specific details required to initiate the PayPal browser payment.
Defines parameters for the Express Checkout flow on the PayPal website.
Fixed value

browserPayment.paypal.displayShippingAddress  Boolean = OPTIONAL

Defines if the shipping address for the order is displayed to the customer on the PayPal website.
If you set displayShippingAddress to true and provide a shipping address in this request, it will be validated by PayPal. If the shipping address is invalid and overrideShippingAddress=false, the request is rejected. If the shipping address is invalid and overrideShippingAddress=true, the address is replaced by the customer's PayPal shipping address. If no shipping address is provided, the customer's PayPal shipping address is displayed.
If not provided, this defaults to 'true'.
Existence
OPTIONAL
Fixed value
Validation Rules
JSON boolean values 'true' or 'false'.
JSON type
Boolean

browserPayment.paypal.operation  Enumeration = COMPULSORY

Defines the initial operation performed when the customer commits to the payment.
PayPal supports three operations: Sale, Authorize, and Order. The gateway supports the Sale and Authorize operation only.
Existence
COMPULSORY
Fixed value
Validation Rules
JSON type
String
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
AUTHORIZE
The transaction created in the gateway is an AUTHORIZATION transaction.
PAY
The transaction created in the gateway is a PAYMENT transaction.

browserPayment.paypal.overrideShippingAddress  Boolean = OPTIONAL

Defines if the customer is allowed to change the shipping address for the order on the PayPal website.
If not provided, this defaults to 'true'.
Existence
OPTIONAL
Fixed value
Validation Rules
JSON boolean values 'true' or 'false'.
JSON type
Boolean

browserPayment.paypal.paymentConfirmation  Enumeration = COMPULSORY

PayPal offers two Express Checkout flows: the customer commits to the payment on the PayPal website, or the customer commits to the payment on the merchant's website.
Existence
COMPULSORY
Fixed value
Validation Rules
JSON type
String
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
CONFIRM_AT_MERCHANT
The customer commits to the payment on your website.
CONFIRM_AT_PROVIDER
The customer commits to the payment on the PayPal website.

browserPayment.returnUrl  Url = COMPULSORY

URL to which the customer's browser is redirected after they complete the payment on the Browser Payment Provider's website.
The same redirect URL is used independent of the success or otherwise of the payment.
Existence
COMPULSORY
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Ensure that the URL is longer than 11 characters.
JSON type
String

correlationId  String = OPTIONAL

A transient identifier for the request, that can be used to match the response to the request.
The value provided is not validated, does not persist in the gateway, and is returned as provided in the response to the request.
Existence
OPTIONAL
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data can consist of any characters
XSD type
string
minimum length
1
maximum length
100

order   = OPTIONAL

Fixed value

order.reference  String = OPTIONAL

Optional identifier of the order that you can provide, for example, a shopping cart number, an order number, or an invoice number.
Existence
OPTIONAL
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data can consist of any characters
JSON type
String
minimum length
1
maximum length
40

shipping   = OPTIONAL

Fixed value

shipping.address   = OPTIONAL

The shipping address of the person.
Fixed value

shipping.address.city  String = OPTIONAL

The city portion of the payers address.
Existence
OPTIONAL
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data can consist of any characters
JSON type
String
minimum length
1
maximum length
100

shipping.address.country  Upper case alphabetic text = OPTIONAL

The 3 letter ISO standard alpha country code of the payers address.
Existence
OPTIONAL
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data must consist of the characters A-Z
JSON type
String
minimum length
3
maximum length
3

shipping.address.postcodeZip  Alphanumeric + additional characters = OPTIONAL

The post code or zip code of the payers address.
Existence
OPTIONAL
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z, ' ', '-'
JSON type
String
minimum length
1
maximum length
10

shipping.address.stateProvince  String = OPTIONAL

The state or province of the payers address.
Existence
OPTIONAL
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data can consist of any characters
JSON type
String
minimum length
1
maximum length
20

shipping.address.street  String = OPTIONAL

The first line of the address.
For example, this may be the street name and number, or the Post Office Box details.
Existence
OPTIONAL
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data can consist of any characters
JSON type
String
minimum length
1
maximum length
100

shipping.address.street2  String = OPTIONAL

The second line of the address (if provided).
Existence
OPTIONAL
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data can consist of any characters
JSON type
String
minimum length
1
maximum length
100

shipping.firstName  String = OPTIONAL

The first name of the person to whom the order is being shipped.
Existence
OPTIONAL
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data can consist of any characters
JSON type
String
minimum length
1
maximum length
50

shipping.fullName  String = OPTIONAL

The full name of the person to whom the order is being shipped.
Existence
OPTIONAL
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data can consist of any characters
JSON type
String
minimum length
1
maximum length
100

shipping.lastName  String = OPTIONAL

The last name or surname of the person to whom the order is being shipped.
Existence
OPTIONAL
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data can consist of any characters
JSON type
String
minimum length
1
maximum length
50

shipping.method  Enumeration = OPTIONAL

The shipping method code to indicate the time frame and the priority of the order.
Existence
OPTIONAL
Fixed value
Validation Rules
JSON type
String
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
ELECTRONIC
Electronic delivery.
GROUND
Ground (4 or more days).
OVERNIGHT
Overnight (next day).
PRIORITY
Priority (2-3 days).
SAME_DAY
Same day.

shipping.middleName  String = OPTIONAL

The middle name of the person to whom the order is being shipped.
If there is more than one middle name, this is the first middle name.
Existence
OPTIONAL
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data can consist of any characters
JSON type
String
minimum length
1
maximum length
50

shipping.phone  String = OPTIONAL

The phone number of the person to whom the order is being shipped.
Existence
OPTIONAL
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data can consist of any characters
JSON type
String
minimum length
1
maximum length
20

shipping.title  String = OPTIONAL

The title of the person to whom the order is being shipped.
Existence
OPTIONAL
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data can consist of any characters
JSON type
String
minimum length
1
maximum length
20

sourceOfFunds   = COMPULSORY

Information about the payment type selected by the payer for this payment and the source of the funds.
Depending on the payment type the source of the funds can be a debit or credit card, bank account, or account with a browser payment provider (such as PayPal).

For card payments the source of funds information may be represented by combining one or more of the following: explicitly provided card details, a session identifier which the gateway will use to look up the card details and/or a card token. Precedence rules will be applied in that explicitly provided card details will override session card details which will override card token details. Each of these may represent partial card details, however the combination must result in a full and complete set of card details. See Using Multiple Sources of Card Details for examples.
Fixed value

sourceOfFunds.provided   = OPTIONAL

The details of the source of funds directly provided by the payer.
Fixed value

sourceOfFunds.provided.giropay   = OPTIONAL

Additional information required by the gateway to initiate a giropay browser payment.
Fixed value

sourceOfFunds.provided.giropay.bankIdentifier  Digits = COMPULSORY

German bank identifier (Bankleitzahl) for the payer's bank account.
Existence
COMPULSORY
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9.
JSON type
String
minimum length
8
maximum length
8

sourceOfFunds.type  Enumeration = COMPULSORY

Existence
COMPULSORY
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Defines the payment type for this payment.
JSON type
String
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
GIROPAY
The customer selected the payment method giropay.
PAYPAL
The customer selected the payment method PayPal.
SOFORT
The customer selected the payment method Sofortbanking.

transaction   = COMPULSORY

Fixed value

transaction.amount  Decimal = COMPULSORY

Transaction Amount.
Expressed as a decimal number in the units of the currency. For example 12.34 in USD is the amount 12 dollars and 34 cents.
Existence
COMPULSORY
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9 and '.' and represents a valid decimal number.
JSON type
String
minimum length
1
maximum length
14

transaction.currency  Upper case alphabetic text = COMPULSORY

The currency of the transaction expressed as an ISO 4217 alpha code, e.g. USD.
Existence
COMPULSORY
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data must consist of the characters A-Z
JSON type
String
minimum length
3
maximum length
3

transaction.reference  String = OPTIONAL

Optional identifier of the transaction that you can provide.
Existence
OPTIONAL
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data can consist of any characters
JSON type
String
minimum length
1
maximum length
40

{merchantId}  Alphanumeric + additional characters COMPULSORY

The unique identifier issued to you by your payment provider.
Existence
COMPULSORY
Validation Rules
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z, '-', '_'
XSD type
string
minimum length
1
maximum length
40

{orderid}  String COMPULSORY

A unique identifier for this order to distinguish it from any other order you create.
Use this identifier when referring to this order in subsequent transactions and in retrieval operations. This value must be unique for every order created by your merchant profile.
Existence
COMPULSORY
Validation Rules
Data can consist of any characters
XSD type
string
minimum length
1
maximum length
40

{transactionid}  String COMPULSORY

Unique identifier for this transaction to distinguish it from any other transactions on the order.
Existence
COMPULSORY
Validation Rules
Data can consist of any characters
XSD type
string
minimum length
1
maximum length
40

Response Parameters

browserPayment   = CONDITIONAL

Provides information required to initiate a browser payment.
Fixed value

browserPayment.redirectUrl  Url = CONDITIONAL

URL issued by the gateway that you must use to redirect the customer's browser to the Browser Payment Provider's website for this payment.
Existence
CONDITIONAL
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Ensure that the URL is longer than 11 characters.
JSON type
String

merchant  Alphanumeric + additional characters = Always Provided

Your identifier issued to you by your provider.
Existence
Always Provided
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z, '-', '_'
JSON type
String
minimum length
1
maximum length
40

order   = Always Provided

Information about the order
Fixed value

order.id  String = Always Provided

The unique identifier of the order, that distinguishes it from any other order you ever issue.
Existence
Always Provided
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data can consist of any characters
JSON type
String
minimum length
1
maximum length
40

order.totalAuthorizedAmount  Decimal = Always Provided

The transaction amount
Existence
Always Provided
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data is a decimal number.
JSON type
Number
maximum value
1000000000000
minimum value
0
maximum post-decimal digits
3

order.totalCapturedAmount  Decimal = Always Provided

The transaction amount
Existence
Always Provided
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data is a decimal number.
JSON type
Number
maximum value
1000000000000
minimum value
0
maximum post-decimal digits
3

order.totalRefundedAmount  Decimal = Always Provided

The transaction amount
Existence
Always Provided
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data is a decimal number.
JSON type
Number
maximum value
1000000000000
minimum value
0
maximum post-decimal digits
3

response   = Always Provided

Fixed value

response.gatewayCode  Enumeration = Always Provided

Summary of the success or otherwise of the proposed operation.
Existence
Always Provided
Fixed value
Validation Rules
JSON type
String
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
ABORTED
Transaction aborted by payer
ACQUIRER_SYSTEM_ERROR
Acquirer system error occurred processing the transaction
APPROVED
Transaction Approved
APPROVED_PENDING_SETTLEMENT
Transaction Approved - pending batch settlement
AUTHENTICATION_FAILED
Payer authentication failed
BLOCKED
Transaction blocked due to Risk or 3D Secure blocking rules
CANCELLED
Transaction cancelled by payer
DECLINED
The requested operation was not successful. For example, a payment was declined by issuer or payer authentication was not able to be successfully completed.
DECLINED_AVS
Transaction declined due to address verification
DECLINED_AVS_CSC
Transaction declined due to address verification and card security code
DECLINED_CSC
Transaction declined due to card security code
DECLINED_DO_NOT_CONTACT
Transaction declined - do not contact issuer
DECLINED_PAYMENT_PLAN
Transaction declined due to payment plan
DEFERRED_TRANSACTION_RECEIVED
Deferred transaction received and awaiting processing
DUPLICATE_BATCH
Transaction declined due to duplicate batch
EXCEEDED_RETRY_LIMIT
Transaction retry limit exceeded
EXPIRED_CARD
Transaction declined due to expired card
INSUFFICIENT_FUNDS
Transaction declined due to insufficient funds
INVALID_CSC
Invalid card security code
LOCK_FAILURE
Order locked - another transaction is in progress for this order
NOT_ENROLLED_3D_SECURE
Card holder is not enrolled in 3D Secure
NOT_SUPPORTED
Transaction type not supported
PENDING
Transaction is pending
REFERRED
Transaction declined - refer to issuer
SUBMITTED
The transaction has successfully been created in the gateway. It is either awaiting submission to the acquirer or has been submitted to the acquirer but the gateway has not yet received a response about the success or otherwise of the payment.
SYSTEM_ERROR
Internal system error occurred processing the transaction
TIMED_OUT
The gateway has timed out the request to the acquirer because it did not receive a response. You can handle the transaction as a declined transaction. Where possible the gateway will attempt to reverse the transaction.
UNKNOWN
The transaction has been submitted to the acquirer but the gateway was not able to find out about the success or otherwise of the payment. If the gateway subsequently finds out about the success of the payment it will update the response code.
UNSPECIFIED_FAILURE
Transaction could not be processed

result  Enumeration = Always Provided

A system-generated high level overall result of the operation.
Existence
Always Provided
Fixed value
Validation Rules
JSON type
String
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
FAILURE
The operation was declined or rejected by the gateway, acquirer or issuer
PENDING
The operation is currently in progress or pending processing
SUCCESS
The operation was successfully processed
UNKNOWN
The result of the operation is unknown

transaction   = Always Provided

Fixed value

transaction.acquirer   = Always Provided

Fixed value

transaction.acquirer.id  String = Always Provided

The ID for the acquirer used to process the transaction.
Existence
Always Provided
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data can consist of any characters
JSON type
String
minimum length
1
maximum length
40

transaction.amount  Decimal = Always Provided

Transaction Amount.
Expressed as a decimal number in the units of the currency. For example 12.34 in USD is the amount 12 dollars and 34 cents.
Existence
Always Provided
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data is a decimal number.
JSON type
Number
maximum value
1000000000000
minimum value
0
maximum post-decimal digits
3

transaction.currency  Upper case alphabetic text = Always Provided

The currency of the order expressed as an ISO 4217 alpha code.
Existence
Always Provided
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data must consist of the characters A-Z
JSON type
String
minimum length
3
maximum length
3

transaction.id  String = Always Provided

The unique identifier of the transaction, that distinguishes it from other transactions on the order.
Existence
Always Provided
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data can consist of any characters
JSON type
String
minimum length
1
maximum length
40

transaction.type  Enumeration = Always Provided

Indicates the type of action performed on the order.
Existence
Always Provided
Fixed value
Validation Rules
JSON type
String
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
AUTHORIZATION
Authorization
CAPTURE
Capture
PAYMENT
Payment (Purchase)
REFUND
Refund
VERIFICATION
Verification
VOID_AUTHORIZATION
Void Authorization
VOID_CAPTURE
Void Capture
VOID_PAYMENT
Void Payment
VOID_REFUND
Void Refund

Response parameters are the same as Transaction: Retrieve Transaction

error   = CONDITIONAL

Information on possible error conditions that may occur while processing an operation using the API.
Fixed value

error.cause  Enumeration = CONDITIONAL

Broadly categorizes the cause of the error.
For example, errors may occur due to invalid requests or internal system failures.
Fixed value
Validation Rules
JSON type
String
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
INVALID_REQUEST
The request was rejected because it did not conform to the API protocol.
REQUEST_REJECTED
The request was rejected due to security reasons such as firewall rules, expired certificate, etc.
SERVER_BUSY
The server did not have enough resources to process the request at the moment.
SERVER_FAILED
There was an internal system failure.

error.explanation  String = CONDITIONAL

Textual description of the error based on the cause.
This field is returned only if the cause is INVALID_REQUEST or SERVER_BUSY.
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data can consist of any characters
JSON type
String
minimum length
1
maximum length
1000

error.field  String = CONDITIONAL

Indicates the name of the field that failed validation.
This field is returned only if the cause is INVALID_REQUEST and a field level validation error was encountered.
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data can consist of any characters
JSON type
String
minimum length
1
maximum length
100

error.supportCode  String = CONDITIONAL

Indicates the code that helps the support team to quickly identify the exact cause of the error.
This field is returned only if the cause is SERVER_FAILED or REQUEST_REJECTED.
Fixed value
Validation Rules
Data can consist of any characters
JSON type
String
minimum length
1
maximum length
100

error.validationType  Enumeration = CONDITIONAL

Indicates the type of field validation error.
This field is returned only if the cause is INVALID_REQUEST and a field level validation error was encountered.
Fixed value
Validation Rules
JSON type
String
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
INVALID
The request contained a field with a value that did not pass validation.
MISSING
The request was missing a mandatory field.
UNSUPPORTED
The request contained a field that is unsupported.

result  Enumeration = CONDITIONAL

A system-generated high level overall result of the operation.
Fixed value
Validation Rules
JSON type
String
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
ERROR
The operation resulted in an error and hence cannot be processed.

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