Retrieve Token

Request to retrieve the payment details saved against the specified token.

GET https://test-gateway.mastercard.com/api/rest/version/84 / merchant / {merchantId} / token / {tokenid}

Authentication Copied to clipboard

This operation requires authentication via one of the following methods:


  • Certificate authentication.
  • Basic HTTP authentication as described at w3.org. Provide 'merchant.<your gateway merchant ID>' in the userid portion and your API password in the password portion.

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{merchantId} Copied to clipboard Alphanumeric + additional characters REQUIRED

The unique identifier issued to you by your payment provider.


This identifier can be up to 12 characters in length.


Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z, '-', '_'

Min length: 1 Max length: 40
{tokenid} Copied to clipboard Alphanumeric REQUIRED

On request, supply the token you wish to create or update.


You can only supply this value when creating a token if your token repository is configured to support merchant-supplied tokens.

On response, the format of the token depends on the token generation strategy configured for your repository. See Tokenization for more details.

You will receive a new token in field replacementToken when:

  • Your token repository is configured to use a 6.4 Token Generation Strategy, and
  • You set request.verificationStrategy = ACCOUNT_UPDATER or you are configured for the Token Maintenance Service functionality, and
  • The Account Updater service provided a new account identifier (with a different 6.4 mask).
You should use the new token in future operation requests and delete the old token.


Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z

Min length: 1 Max length: 40

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To view the optional fields, please toggle on the "Show optional fields" setting.

correlationId Copied to clipboard 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.

Data can consist of any characters

Min length: 1 Max length: 100
responseControls Copied to clipboard OPTIONAL

Container for fields that control the response returned for the request.

responseControls.sensitiveData Copied to clipboard String OPTIONAL

Indicates how sensitive data is returned in the response.

Data can consist of any characters

Min length: 1 Max length: 50
subMerchant Copied to clipboard OPTIONAL

Provide these parameters if you are a payment aggregator or facilitator and process payments on behalf of other merchants.

These merchants are referred to as your sub merchants. The sub merchant's details you provide may be displayed on the payer's cardholder statement. The gateway will use separate token repositories for each of your sub merchants

subMerchant.identifier Copied to clipboard Alphanumeric + additional characters REQUIRED

Your identifier for the sub-merchant.

Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z, '-', '_', ' ', '&', '+', '!', '$', '.'

Min length: 1 Max length: 100

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Fields Copied to clipboard

correlationId Copied to clipboard String CONDITIONAL

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.

Data can consist of any characters

Min length: 1 Max length: 100
referenceOrderId Copied to clipboard String CONDITIONAL

This is the reference to an order previously submitted by you to the gateway.

It is applicable to the following scenarios.

Tokenization requests:
Identifier for the order which will be used to generate a gateway token. The gateway will attempt tokenization of payment credentials linked to the order ID.
The order identifier provided in this field must be linked to a successfully processed order which has card (FPAN / DPAN) as the payment method.
When providing this field, you must not provide card details in the sourceOfFunds.provided.card parameter group.

Payment transactions:
When submitting:

  • an industry practice payment, this is the reference to the initial cardholder-initiated transaction.
  • a resubmission transaction, this is the reference to the order which is being resubmitted.

Data can consist of any characters

Min length: 1 Max length: 40
replacementToken Copied to clipboard Alphanumeric CONDITIONAL

If a replacement token for this token is provided, you must

  • start using the replacement token instead of this token and
  • delete this token

If a replacement token is provided, this token is not marked as invalid (status=INVALID) and has been updated to allow you to keep using it until you have started using the replacement token.

However, you will no longer be able to update this token. For more details see Gateway Tokenization

Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z

Min length: 1 Max length: 40
repositoryId Copied to clipboard ASCII Text CONDITIONAL

The unique identifier of the token repository associated with the merchant.

Data consists of ASCII characters

Min length: 1 Max length: 16
result Copied to clipboard Enumeration ALWAYS PROVIDED

A system-generated high level overall result of the transaction/operation.

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

schemeToken Copied to clipboard CONDITIONAL

Where a scheme token is stored against this gateway token, this group contains details about the scheme token, such as the token service provider.

schemeToken.provider Copied to clipboard Enumeration CONDITIONAL

The token service provider of a scheme token for the card details that are stored against the gateway token.

This field is returned once the token service provider can be identified. Note that it does not imply that a scheme token is available for use.

Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.

AETS

American Express Token Service

MDES

Mastercard Digital Enablement Service

VTS

Visa Token Service

shipping Copied to clipboard CONDITIONAL

Information on the shipping address including the contact details of the addressee.

shipping.address Copied to clipboard CONDITIONAL

The address to which the goods contained in this order are being shipped.

This data may be used to qualify for better interchange rates on corporate purchase card transactions.

shipping.address.city Copied to clipboard String CONDITIONAL

The city portion of the address.

Data can consist of any characters

Min length: 1 Max length: 100
shipping.address.country Copied to clipboard Upper case alphabetic text CONDITIONAL

The 3 letter ISO standard alpha country code of the address.

Data must consist of the characters A-Z

Min length: 3 Max length: 3
shipping.address.postcodeZip Copied to clipboard Alphanumeric + additional characters CONDITIONAL

The post code or zip code of the address.

Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z, ' ', '-'

Min length: 1 Max length: 10
shipping.address.source Copied to clipboard Enumeration CONDITIONAL

How you obtained the shipping address.

Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.

ADDRESS_ON_FILE

Order shipped to an address that you have on file.

NEW_ADDRESS

Order shipped to an address provided by the payer for this transaction.

shipping.address.stateProvince Copied to clipboard String CONDITIONAL

The state or province of the address.

Data can consist of any characters

Min length: 1 Max length: 20
shipping.address.stateProvinceCode Copied to clipboard String CONDITIONAL

The three character ISO 3166-2 country subdivision code for the state or province of the address.

Providing this field might improve your payer experience for 3-D Secure payer authentication.

Data can consist of any characters

Min length: 1 Max length: 3
shipping.address.street Copied to clipboard String CONDITIONAL

The first line of the address.

For example, this may be the street name and number, or the Post Office Box details.

Data can consist of any characters

Min length: 1 Max length: 100
shipping.address.street2 Copied to clipboard String CONDITIONAL

The second line of the address (if provided).

Data can consist of any characters

Min length: 1 Max length: 100
shipping.address.sameAsBilling Copied to clipboard Enumeration CONDITIONAL

Indicates whether the shipping address provided is the same as the payer's billing address.

Provide this value if you are not providing the full shipping and billing addresses, but you can affirm that they are the same or different.

The default value for this field is:

SAME - if the shipping and billing address are supplied, and all fields are the same (ignoring non-alphanumerics).
DIFFERENT - if the shipping and billing address are supplied, and at least one field is different (ignoring non-alphanumerics).
UNKNOWN - either shipping address or billing address is absent.

Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.

DIFFERENT

The shipping and billing addresses are different.

SAME

The shipping and billing addresses are the same.

UNKNOWN

It is not known if the shipping and billing addresses are the same.

shipping.contact Copied to clipboard CONDITIONAL

Details of the contact person at the address the goods will be shipped to.

shipping.contact.firstName Copied to clipboard String CONDITIONAL

The first name of the person to whom the order is being shipped.

Data can consist of any characters

Min length: 1 Max length: 50
shipping.contact.lastName Copied to clipboard String CONDITIONAL

The last name or surname of the person to whom the order is being shipped.

Data can consist of any characters

Min length: 1 Max length: 50
sourceOfFunds Copied to clipboard CONDITIONAL

Details about the source of the funds for this payment.

sourceOfFunds.provided Copied to clipboard CONDITIONAL

The details of the source of funds when they are directly provided as opposed to via a token or session.

sourceOfFunds.provided.ach Copied to clipboard CONDITIONAL

For ACH payments (sourceOfFunds.type=ACH) you must provide values for all fields within this parameter group, including details about the payers bank account as well as the type of ACH payment.

It is your responsibility to authenticate the payer and obtain authorization from the payer in accordance with the NACHA Operating Rules and Guidelines for the Standard Entry Class (SEC) associated with this payment. For details please refer to https://www.nacha.org/.

sourceOfFunds.provided.ach.accountIdentifier Copied to clipboard String CONDITIONAL

The unique identifier of the routing number and bank account at the receiving financial institution.

Retrieve this information from the payer.

Data can consist of any characters

Min length: 19 Max length: 27
sourceOfFunds.provided.ach.accountType Copied to clipboard Enumeration CONDITIONAL

An indicator identifying the type of bank account.

  • Consumer (checking or savings), or
  • Business

For pre-arranged payments (sourceOfFunds.provided.ach.secCode=PPD) retrieve this information from the payer.

If payments were telephone-initiated (sourceOfFunds.provided.ach.secCode=TEL) or internet-initiated (sourceOfFunds.provided.ach.secCode=WEB) you may choose to limit the payer's options (e.g. only support consumer checking accounts), depending on your type of business (e.g. B2C online webshop).

Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.

CONSUMER_CHECKING

Consumer Checking Account

CONSUMER_SAVINGS

Consumer Savings Account

CORPORATE_CHECKING

Business Checking Account

sourceOfFunds.provided.ach.bankAccountHolder Copied to clipboard String CONDITIONAL

The name of the bank account holder, as it appears on the account at the receiving financial institution.

Retrieve this information from the payer.

Data can consist of any characters

Min length: 1 Max length: 28
sourceOfFunds.provided.ach.bankAccountNumber Copied to clipboard Digits CONDITIONAL

The identifier of the bank account at the receiving financial institution.

Retrieve this information from the payer.

Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9.

Min length: 9 Max length: 17
sourceOfFunds.provided.ach.routingNumber Copied to clipboard Digits CONDITIONAL

The identifier of the receiving financial institution.

Also known as:

  • Routing number,
  • Transit number, or
  • ABA number

Retrieve this information from the payer.

See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Routing_transit_number.

Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9.

Min length: 9 Max length: 9
sourceOfFunds.provided.ach.secCode Copied to clipboard Enumeration CONDITIONAL

Identifies the Standard Entry Class (SEC) code to be sent to the issuer.

The SEC is defined by NACHA and describes the origin and intent of the payment. For details please refer to https://www.nacha.org/.

Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.

PPD

An ACH debit or credit payment (B2C) that has been authorized by an authenticated customer in written form (signed or similarly authenticated). PPD is used for pre-arranged payments (e.g. employee payroll, mortgage payments, expense reimbursement).

TEL

An ACH debit payment (B2C) that has been authorized by an authenticated customer via phone. TEL may only be used if a relationship already exists between you and the consumer, or, the consumer initiates the contact with you.

WEB

An ACH debit payment (B2C) that has been authorized by an authenticated customer via the internet or a wireless network.

sourceOfFunds.provided.card Copied to clipboard CONDITIONAL

Details about the card.

Use this parameter group when you have sourced payment details using:
Cards: the card details entered directly or collected using a Point of Sale (POS) terminal.
Device payment methods such as Apple Pay, Android Pay, Samsung Pay or Google Pay.
Digital wallets such as Masterpass, Visa Checkout or Amex Express Checkout.
Card scheme tokens where the card was tokenized using a card scheme tokenization service such as Mastercard Digital Enablement Service (MDES).

sourceOfFunds.provided.card.brand Copied to clipboard Enumeration ALWAYS PROVIDED

The brand name used to describe the card that is recognized and accepted globally.

For many major card types this will match the scheme name. In some markets, a card may also be co-branded with a local brand that is recognized and accepted within its country/region of origin (see card.localBrand).
You may use this information to support surcharging decisions. This information is gathered from 3rd party sources and may not be accurate in all circumstances.

Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.

AMEX

American Express

CHINA_UNIONPAY

China UnionPay

DINERS_CLUB

Diners Club

DISCOVER

Discover

JCB

JCB (Japan Credit Bureau)

LOCAL_BRAND_ONLY

The card does not have a global brand.

MAESTRO

Maestro

MASTERCARD

MasterCard

RUPAY

RuPay

UATP

UATP (Universal Air Travel Plan)

UNKNOWN

The brand of the card used in the transaction could not be identified

VISA

Visa

sourceOfFunds.provided.card.deviceSpecificExpiry Copied to clipboard CONDITIONAL

The expiry date of the account number associated with a digital payment method.

The associated account number is returned in sourceOfFunds.provided.card.deviceSpecificNumber. This field is returned for:

  • • Device payments: the expiry date for the Device Primary Account Number (DPAN).
  • • Digital wallets: the expiry date for the Token PAN.

sourceOfFunds.provided.card.deviceSpecificExpiry.month Copied to clipboard Digits CONDITIONAL

Month from the expiry date of the device specific account number.

Months are numbered January=1, through to December=12.

Data is a number between 1 and 12 represented as a string.

sourceOfFunds.provided.card.deviceSpecificExpiry.year Copied to clipboard Digits CONDITIONAL

Year from the expiry date of the device specific account number.

The Common Era year is 2000 plus this value.

Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9.

Min length: 2 Max length: 2
sourceOfFunds.provided.card.deviceSpecificNumber Copied to clipboard Masked digits CONDITIONAL

The payer's account number associated with a digital payment method.

Use this field for:

  • • Device payments: the payer's account number associated with the mobile device used for the payment. This is also known as the Device Primary Account Number (DPAN).
  • • Digital wallets: the Token PAN returned by a digital wallet. The gateway only returns this value for Amex Express Checkout.

Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9, plus 'x' for masking

Min length: 9 Max length: 19
sourceOfFunds.provided.card.expiry Copied to clipboard Digits ALWAYS PROVIDED

Expiry date as shown on the card in the format MMYY where months are numbered, so that for January MM=01, through to December MM=12 and the Common Era year is 2000 plus the value YY

Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9.

Min length: 4 Max length: 4
sourceOfFunds.provided.card.fundingMethod Copied to clipboard Enumeration ALWAYS PROVIDED

The method used by the payer to provide the funds for the payment.

You may use this information to support surcharging decisions. This information is gathered from 3rd party sources and may not be accurate in all circumstances.

Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.

CHARGE

The payer has a line of credit with the issuer which must be paid off monthly.

CREDIT

The payer has a revolving line of credit with the issuer.

DEBIT

Funds are immediately debited from the payer's account with the issuer.

UNKNOWN

The account funding method could not be determined.

sourceOfFunds.provided.card.issuer Copied to clipboard String CONDITIONAL

The issuer of the card, if known.

WARNING: This information may be incorrect or incomplete – use at your own risk.

Data can consist of any characters

Min length: 0 Max length: 255
sourceOfFunds.provided.card.localBrand Copied to clipboard String CONDITIONAL

The brand name used to describe a card that is recognized and accepted within its country/region of origin.

The card may also be co-branded with a brand name that is recognized and accepted globally (see card.brand).
You may use this information to support surcharging decisions. This information is gathered from 3rd party sources and may not be accurate in all circumstances.

Data can consist of any characters

Min length: 3 Max length: 50
sourceOfFunds.provided.card.nameOnCard Copied to clipboard String CONDITIONAL

The cardholder's name as printed on the card.

Data can consist of any characters

Min length: 1 Max length: 256
sourceOfFunds.provided.card.number Copied to clipboard Masked digits CONDITIONAL

The account number embossed onto the card.

By default, the card number will be returned in 6.4 masking format, for example, 000000xxxxxx0000.If you wish to return unmasked card numbers, you must have the requisite permission, set responseControls.sensitiveData field to UNMASK, and authenticate your call to the API using certificate authentication.

Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9, plus 'x' for masking

Min length: 9 Max length: 19
sourceOfFunds.provided.card.scheme Copied to clipboard Enumeration CONDITIONAL

The organization that owns a card brand and defines operating regulations for its use.

The card scheme also controls authorization and settlement of card transactions among issuers and acquirers.

Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.

AMEX

American Express

CHINA_UNIONPAY

China UnionPay

DINERS_CLUB

Diners Club

DISCOVER

Discover

JCB

JCB (Japan Credit Bureau)

MASTERCARD

MasterCard

OTHER

The scheme of the card used in the transaction could not be identified.

RUPAY

RuPay

UATP

UATP (Universal Air Travel Plan)

VISA

Visa

sourceOfFunds.provided.directDebitCanada Copied to clipboard CONDITIONAL

For Direct Debit Canada payments (sourceOfFunds.type=DIRECT_DEBIT_CANADA) you must provide values for all fields within this parameter group, including details about the payers bank account as well as the type of Direct Debit Canada payment.

sourceOfFunds.provided.directDebitCanada.accountType Copied to clipboard Enumeration CONDITIONAL

An indicator identifying the type of bank account.

Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.

CONSUMER_CHECKING

Consumer Checking Account

CONSUMER_SAVINGS

Consumer Savings Account

sourceOfFunds.provided.directDebitCanada.bankAccountHolder Copied to clipboard String ALWAYS PROVIDED

The name of the bank account holder, as it appears on the account at the receiving financial institution.

Retrieve this information from the payer.

Data can consist of any characters

Min length: 1 Max length: 28
sourceOfFunds.provided.directDebitCanada.bankAccountNumber Copied to clipboard Alphanumeric + additional characters ALWAYS PROVIDED

The identifier of the bank account at the receiving financial institution.

Retrieve this information from the payer.

Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z, ' ', '-', '/'

Min length: 7 Max length: 12
sourceOfFunds.provided.directDebitCanada.financialInstitutionNumber Copied to clipboard Digits ALWAYS PROVIDED

The identifier of the receiving financial institution.

Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9.

Min length: 3 Max length: 3
sourceOfFunds.provided.directDebitCanada.transitNumber Copied to clipboard Digits ALWAYS PROVIDED

The transit number identifying the branch of the receiving financial institution where the bank account is held.

Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9.

Min length: 5 Max length: 5
sourceOfFunds.provided.giftCard Copied to clipboard CONDITIONAL

Details as shown on the Gift Card.

sourceOfFunds.provided.giftCard.brand Copied to clipboard Enumeration ALWAYS PROVIDED

The brand name used to describe the card that is recognized and accepted globally.

For many major card types this will match the scheme name. In some markets, a card may also be co-branded with a local brand that is recognized and accepted within its country/region of origin (see card.localBrand).
You may use this information to support surcharging decisions. This information is gathered from 3rd party sources and may not be accurate in all circumstances.

Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.

LOCAL_BRAND_ONLY

The card does not have a global brand.

sourceOfFunds.provided.giftCard.localBrand Copied to clipboard String CONDITIONAL

The brand name used to describe a card that is recognized and accepted within its country/region of origin.

The card may also be co-branded with a brand name that is recognized and accepted globally (see card.brand).
You may use this information to support surcharging decisions. This information is gathered from 3rd party sources and may not be accurate in all circumstances.

Data can consist of any characters

Min length: 1 Max length: 50
sourceOfFunds.provided.giftCard.number Copied to clipboard Masked digits CONDITIONAL

The account number embossed onto the card.

By default, the card number will be returned in 6.4 masking format, for example, 000000xxxxxx0000.If you wish to return unmasked card numbers, you must have the requisite permission, set responseControls.sensitiveData field to UNMASK, and authenticate your call to the API using certificate authentication.

Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9, plus 'x' for masking

Min length: 9 Max length: 19
sourceOfFunds.provided.giftCard.pin Copied to clipboard Masked digits CONDITIONAL

PIN number for the gift card.

Data is a string that consists of the characters 0-9, plus 'x' for masking

Min length: 4 Max length: 8
sourceOfFunds.provided.giftCard.scheme Copied to clipboard Enumeration CONDITIONAL

The organization that owns a card brand and defines operating regulations for its use.

The card scheme also controls authorization and settlement of card transactions among issuers and acquirers.

Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.

OTHER

The scheme of the card used in the transaction could not be identified.

sourceOfFunds.provided.paypal Copied to clipboard CONDITIONAL

Information about the payer's PayPal account.

It is provided to you when the payer successfully makes a payment using PayPal or when you have established a billing agreement with the payer.

sourceOfFunds.provided.paypal.accountEmail Copied to clipboard Email CONDITIONAL

The email address of the payer's PayPal account.

Ensures that the email address is longer than 3 characters and adheres to a generous subset of valid RFC 2822 email addresses

sourceOfFunds.provided.paypal.accountHolder Copied to clipboard String CONDITIONAL

The name of the account holder of the payer's PayPal account.

Data can consist of any characters

Min length: 1 Max length: 255
sourceOfFunds.provided.paypal.billingAgreement Copied to clipboard CONDITIONAL

Details about the agreement you have established with the payer that allows you to bill the payer's PayPal account for goods or services.

sourceOfFunds.provided.paypal.billingAgreement.cardinality Copied to clipboard Enumeration CONDITIONAL

Indicates the number of billing agreements between you and this payer.

Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.

MULTIPLE

Indicates that you have multiple billing agreements with this payer. This means that a new agreement ID will be returned in response to each request.

SINGLE

Indicates that you have a single billing agreement with this payer. This means that the same agreement ID will be returned in response to each request.

sourceOfFunds.provided.paypal.billingAgreement.description Copied to clipboard String CONDITIONAL

Your description for the PayPal billing agreement.

This description is displayed to the payer when they are asked to approve the billing agreement.

Data can consist of any characters

Min length: 1 Max length: 255
sourceOfFunds.provided.paypal.billingAgreement.id Copied to clipboard String CONDITIONAL

An identifier provided by PayPal for the billing agreement.

Data can consist of any characters

Min length: 1 Max length: 100
sourceOfFunds.provided.paypal.billingAgreement.name Copied to clipboard String CONDITIONAL

Your name for the PayPal billing agreement.

Data can consist of any characters

Min length: 1 Max length: 255
sourceOfFunds.provided.paypal.payerId Copied to clipboard String CONDITIONAL

The unique identifier for the payer assigned by PayPal.

Data can consist of any characters

Min length: 1 Max length: 13
sourceOfFunds.type Copied to clipboard Enumeration CONDITIONAL

The payment method your payer has chosen for this payment.

Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.

CARD

Use this value for payments that obtained the card details either directly from the card, or from a POS terminal, or from a wallet, or through a device payment method.

DIRECT_DEBIT_CANADA

The payer chose to pay using Direct Debit in Canada, also known as pre-authorized bank debits (PADs). You must provide the payer's bank account details in the sourceOfFunds.provided.directDebitCanada parameter group.

GIFT_CARD

The payer chose to pay using a gift card. The payer's gift card details must be provided under the sourceOfFunds.provided.giftCard parameter group.

PAYPAL

The payer selected the payment method PayPal.

status Copied to clipboard Enumeration ALWAYS PROVIDED

An indicator of whether or not you can use this token in transaction requests.

Transaction requests using an invalid token are rejected by the gateway.

To change the token status, update the payment details stored against the token. Note that there are limitations on the update functionality depending on how your payment service provider has configured your token repository.

Card Details

A token that contains card details can become invalid in the following cases:

  • Scheme Token Provider: If a response or notification from the scheme token provider indicates that the card number for this scheme token has changed and the scheme token is no longer active.
  • Recurring Payment Advice: If the acquirer response for a recurring payment indicates that you must not attempt another recurring payment with the card number stored against this token.
  • Account Updater: If you are configured for Account Updater and an Account Updater response indicates that the card details are no longer valid.


PayPal Details

A token that contains PayPal payment details becomes invalid when the payer withdraws their consent to the Billing Agreement.

Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.

INVALID

The payment details stored against the token have been identified as invalid. The gateway will reject operation payment requests using this token.

VALID

The payment details stored against the token are considered to be valid. The gateway will attempt to process operation requests using this token.

subMerchant Copied to clipboard CONDITIONAL

Provide these parameters if you are a payment aggregator or facilitator and process payments on behalf of other merchants.

These merchants are referred to as your sub merchants. The sub merchant's details you provide may be displayed on the payer's cardholder statement. The gateway will use separate token repositories for each of your sub merchants

subMerchant.identifier Copied to clipboard Alphanumeric + additional characters ALWAYS PROVIDED

Your identifier for the sub-merchant.

Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z, '-', '_', ' ', '&', '+', '!', '$', '.'

Min length: 1 Max length: 100
token Copied to clipboard Alphanumeric CONDITIONAL

On request, supply the token you wish to create or update.

You can only supply this value when creating a token if your token repository is configured to support merchant-supplied tokens.

On response, the format of the token depends on the token generation strategy configured for your repository. See Tokenization for more details.

You will receive a new token in field replacementToken when:

  • Your token repository is configured to use a 6.4 Token Generation Strategy, and
  • You set request.verificationStrategy = ACCOUNT_UPDATER or you are configured for the Token Maintenance Service functionality, and
  • The Account Updater service provided a new account identifier (with a different 6.4 mask).


You should use the new token in future operation requests and delete the old token.

Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z

Min length: 1 Max length: 40
usage Copied to clipboard ALWAYS PROVIDED

Information about the usage of the token.

usage.lastUpdated.merchantId Copied to clipboard Alphanumeric + additional characters CONDITIONAL

If the token was last updated by a merchant this field contains the merchant ID of the merchant that made the update.

Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z, '-', '_'

Min length: 1 Max length: 40
usage.lastUpdated.source Copied to clipboard Enumeration CONDITIONAL

Indicates the source of the last update to the token.

Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.

CLIENT

The token was last updated by a merchant submitting a Tokenize request. Field usage.lastUpdated.merchantId will contain the ID of the merchant that made the update.

GATEWAY

The token was last updated by the gateway as a result of the Account Updater or Token Maintenance Service functionality.

usage.lastUpdated.time Copied to clipboard DateTime CONDITIONAL

The timestamp indicating the date and time the token was last updated.

An instant in time expressed in ISO8601 date + time format - "YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.SSSZ"

usage.lastUsedTime Copied to clipboard DateTime CONDITIONAL

The timestamp indicating the date and time the token was last used or saved.

An instant in time expressed in ISO8601 date + time format - "YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.SSSZ"

verificationStrategy Copied to clipboard Enumeration CONDITIONAL

The strategy used to verify the payment instrument details before they are stored.

You only need to specify the verification strategy if you want to override the default value configured for your merchant profile. When the verification strategy is

  • BASIC you must also provide the card expiry date in the sourceOfFunds.provided.card.expiry parameter group.
  • ACQUIRER you must also provide the card expiry date in the sourceOfFunds.provided.card.expiry parameter group and the currency in the transaction.currency field.
  • ACCOUNT_UPDATER you must also provide a currency in the transaction.currency field and the sourceOfFunds parameter group is optional.
To use this operation to request an account update
  • you need to be enabled for Account Updater by your payment service provider.
  • you can subsequently inquire about any updates the gateway has made to the token based on the Account Updater response using the RETRIEVE_TOKEN or SEARCH_TOKENS operations.
As a result of an account update the payment details stored against the token may be updated or the token may be marked as invalid. Any updates made to the payment details respect the token management strategy configured for your token repository. For example, if the token repository is configured with a token generation strategy of Preserve 6.4 and an account update indicates that the card number has changed, the token is marked as invalid. You can no longer use an invalid token and must ask your payer for new payment details.

Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.

ACQUIRER

The gateway performs a Web Services API Verify request. Depending on the payment type, you may need to provide additional details to enable the submission of a Verify request.

BASIC

The gateway verifies the syntax and supported ranges of the payment instrument details provided, .e.g for a card it validates the card number format and checks if the card number falls within a valid BIN range.

NONE

The gateway does not perform any validation or verification of the payment instrument details provided.

Errors Copied to clipboard

error Copied to clipboard

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

error.cause Copied to clipboard Enumeration

Broadly categorizes the cause of the error.

For example, errors may occur due to invalid requests or internal system failures.

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 Copied to clipboard String

Textual description of the error based on the cause.

This field is returned only if the cause is INVALID_REQUEST or SERVER_BUSY.

Data can consist of any characters

Min length: 1 Max length: 1000
error.field Copied to clipboard String

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.

Data can consist of any characters

Min length: 1 Max length: 100
error.supportCode Copied to clipboard String

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.

Data can consist of any characters

Min length: 1 Max length: 100
error.validationType Copied to clipboard Enumeration

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.

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 Copied to clipboard Enumeration

A system-generated high level overall result of the operation.

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.