Merchant Approve Transaction

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

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

Case	Examples
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 Transaction	with `transaction-id` `xml <merchant-approval xmlns="http://ws.plimus.com"> <transaction-id>38611602</transaction-id> <transaction-status>Short OrderContext Declined By Vendor (Refund Needed)</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 (Refund Needed)</transaction-status> <merchant-transaction-id>MerchantTransactionID122222</merchant-transaction-id> </merchant-approval>`
* all others	with `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.