Merchant Approve Transaction

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The Merchant Approve Transaction request lets you approve or decline transactions with invoice status of PENDING_MERCHANT_REVIEW.

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Request Content

The request must include either the transactionid or merchanttransactionid.

For example:

services/2/transactions/approval?transactionid=38612140&approvetransaction=true

OR

services/2/transactions/approval?merchanttransactionid=MyUniqueMTI&approvetransaction=true

Note: If approvetransaction is not included, true is assumed.

Response Details

If successful, the response HTTP status code is 200 OK and will include the following parameters:

Possible Responses

CaseExamples
Approve
* Auth Only (with amount > 0)with transaction-id
xml <merchant-approval xmlns="http://ws.plimus.com"> <transaction-id>38611602</transaction-id> <transaction-status>Waiting</transaction-status> </merchant-approval>

with merchant-transaction-id
xml <merchant-approval xmlns="http://ws.plimus.com"> <transaction-id>38611602</transaction-id> <transaction-status>Waiting</transaction-status> <merchant-transaction-id>MerchantTransactionID122222</merchant-transaction-id> </merchant-approval>
Auth Only (with amount = 0)
Auth Capture
Create PayPal Transaction
Create Local Bank Transfer Transaction
with transaction-id
xml <merchant-approval xmlns="http://ws.plimus.com"> <transaction-id>38611602</transaction-id> <transaction-status>Approved</transaction-status> </merchant-approval>

with merchant-transaction-id
xml <merchant-approval xmlns="http://ws.plimus.com"> <transaction-id>38611602</transaction-id> <transaction-status>Approved</transaction-status> <merchant-transaction-id>MerchantTransactionID122222</merchant-transaction-id> </merchant-approval>
Create Subscription
Create Merchant-Managed Subscription
with transaction-id
xml <merchant-approval xmlns="http://ws.plimus.com"> <subscription-id>39606170</subscription-id> <transaction-id>38611602</transaction-id> <transaction-status>Approved</transaction-status> </merchant-approval>

with merchant-transaction-id
xml <merchant-approval xmlns="http://ws.plimus.com"> <subscription-id>39606170</subscription-id> <transaction-id>38611602</transaction-id> <transaction-status>Approved</transaction-status> <merchant-transaction-id>MerchantTransactionID122222</merchant-transaction-id> </merchant-approval>
Decline
* Create Local Bank Transfer Transactionwith transaction-id
xml <merchant-approval xmlns="http://ws.plimus.com"> <transaction-id>38611602</transaction-id> <transaction-status>Short OrderContext Declined By Vendor &#x28;Refund Needed&#x29;</transaction-status> </merchant-approval>

with merchant-transaction-id
xml <merchant-approval xmlns="http://ws.plimus.com"> <transaction-id>38611602</transaction-id> <transaction-status>Short OrderContext Declined By Vendor &#x28;Refund Needed&#x29;</transaction-status> <merchant-transaction-id>MerchantTransactionID122222</merchant-transaction-id> </merchant-approval>
* all otherswith transaction-id
xml <merchant-approval xmlns="http://ws.plimus.com"> <transaction-id>38611602</transaction-id> <transaction-status>Canceled</transaction-status> </merchant-approval>

with merchant-transaction-id
xml <merchant-approval xmlns="http://ws.plimus.com"> <transaction-id>38611602</transaction-id> <transaction-status>Canceled</transaction-status> <merchant-transaction-id>MerchantTransactionID122222</merchant-transaction-id> </merchant-approval>

Example

Request Example

curl -v -X PUT https://sandbox.bluesnap.com/services/2/transactions/approval?transactionid=38612140&approvetransaction=true \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -H 'Accept: application/json' \ -H 'Authorization: Basic dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ=' \ -d '
curl -v -X PUT https://sandbox.bluesnap.com/services/2/transactions/approval?transactionid=38612140&approvetransaction=false \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -H 'Accept: application/json' \ -H 'Authorization: Basic dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ=' \ -d '

Response Examples

<merchant-approval xmlns="http://ws.plimus.com"> <transaction-id>38611602</transaction-id> <transaction-status>Approved</transaction-status> </merchant-approval>
<merchant-approval xmlns="http://ws.plimus.com"> <transaction-id>38611602</transaction-id> <transaction-status>Approved</transaction-status> <merchant-transaction-id>MerchantTransactionID122222</merchant-transaction-id> </merchant-approval>

API Explorer

To test a call, enter an existing transaction ID in the transaction-id field. This automatically inserts the ID into the request URL.

Path Params
string
required

either transactionid or merchanttransactionid is required
ID of the transaction to be approved/declined

string
required

either transactionid or merchanttransactionid is required
merchant's transaction ID number for the transaction to be approved/declined

boolean
required
Defaults to true

Set to true to approve the transaction or to false to decline the transaction. Default value is true.

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