[POST] Create Payment
Request Description
POST /v1/payment
The request is intended to create a payment object. When you execute the request, the Payment object is created. It has the not paid status. Further actions with the payment object depend on what scenario is put to use.
Usage scenarios:
- Payment via payment forms provided by Noventiq Payments
- Auto-payments with payment being processed first
NOTE: The lifetime of the payment object having the not paid status is 90 days. After that, the status changes to deleted automatically.
Connection Data
- Endpoints URL:
- Production environment: https://api.ecommerce.noventiq.com/v1/payment
- Test environment: https://api.ecommerce.noventiq.com.demoslweb.com/v1/payment
- Request Method: POST
- Format: JSON
- Authorization: token-based
- Format:
Bearer [token]
- Where [token] is substituted by the token, value obtained through the authentication API
- Format: ISO 4217 alpha-3. 3 characters
- For the value options, see the reference guide
- Format: Numeral, up to 2 decimal places, separator - dot.
- The payment amount must be strictly greater than zero.
The customer is redirected automatically to it after successful online payment made via the payment form provided by the Noventiq Payments API. Automatic redirection to this URL also occurs when accessing the payment form page of the Noventiq Payments API, if the payment has the "Paid" status. For the rest of the scenarios, the value is not used.
Maximum is 255 characters.
- The list of payment methods available depends on the payment currency, see the reference guide
- If the next action executed with a payment is one-time card payment, then the payment method code must be equal to CreditCard
Value options:
- true - a payment is a parent one to process automatic payment,
- false - a payment is not a parent one.
Can be displayed to the customer during payment. See the description of parameter payment_description for more details.
- It is an information value. The identifier is not being verified for uniqueness.
- If requests containing the same ID are made repeatedly, new payment objects are created
- Allowed: Numerical digits, latin letters, and characters "-" and "_" are supported
Depending on the payment method, it can be displayed to the customer in the payment form, on the payment error pages. Displayed not for all payment methods.
- Maximum is 255 characters
- If not transferred, it will be generated to the template: "Payment [payment_id]"
Example: en_EN.
- For the value options, see the reference guide
- The list of supported language codes is decided on and provided upon connection. You have to contact support team if you need to customize the list
The language code received in the request is saved in the payment object if the transferred language code is correct. If the language code is correct but is not supported by the payment form, then it will be saved in the payment object, however, the payment form will open in the default language.
The customer's personal data is used to process payments and depends on the payment method selected. E.g., filling in some data on the customer's company may be required.
You can transfer fake data in these parameters, but such a payment may be rejected by the acquirer due to suspicion of fraud.
- * - This parameter must be transferred for companies
- When being paid by an individual, the parameter is not transferred.
- Maximum is 255 characters
E.g., it is used to transfer: DNI/CUIL or CUIT when payments are made in Argentine pesos.
- * - When being paid by a company, parameter transferring requirements depend on the payment method selected; for more details, see the reference guide
- When being paid by an individual, the parameter is not transferred
- Maximum is 255 characters
- Format: depending on the payment currency, see the reference guide for more details
- * - When being paid by a company, parameter transferring requirements depend on the payment method selected; for more details, see the reference guide
- When being paid by an individual, the parameter is not transferred
- Maximum is 255 characters
- * - When being paid by a company, parameter transferring requirements depend on the payment method selected; for more details, see the reference guide
- When being paid by an individual, the parameter is not transferred
- Maximum is 255 characters
The customer does not see this information in the payment form. The transferred values are stored in the payment information. More details on additional parameters. Please note that the time for storing additional parameters in payments is limited.
Request Example (complete set of parameters)
{
"currency": "EUR",
"amount": "112.50",
"return_success_url": "https://shop.com/successful_payment",
"payment_method": "CreditCard",
"recurring_indicator": false,
"payment_id": "TEST12025",
"payment_description": "Test payment",
"locale": "en_EN",
"customer": {
"email": "customer@gmail.com",
"first_name": "Marcel",
"last_name": "Laporte",
"phone": "7999991111",
"vat_number": "12345654321",
"company_name": "My company",
"company_billing_address": "Trocadéro, Avenue Anatole-France, 5",
"company_delivery_address": "Trocadéro, Avenue Anatole-France, 5"
},
"additional_data": {
"referer7": "test",
"referer8": "testA",
"referer9": "testB",
"referer10": "testC",
"referer11": "testD",
"referer12": "testF"
}
}
Request Example (minimum set of parameters)
{
"currency": "EUR",
"amount": "112.50",
"return_success_url": "https://shop.com/successful_payment",
"payment_method": "CreditCard",
"payment_id": "TEST12025",
"customer": {
"email": "customer@gmail.com",
"first_name": "Marcel",
"last_name": "Laporte"
}
}
Response Description
In response to the request, you receive the server response code corresponding to the processing result. Depending on the code, the response body may contain additional parameters.
Successful Response
If processing is successful, the following will return in response server response code: HTTP/1.1 200 OК and json with the payment data.
NOTE: The payment object having the not paid status is created in the Noventiq Payments. The lifetime of an unfulfilled payment is 90 days.
. It includes an additional GET parameter:
- lang - payment form interface language code, e.g, en_EN, es_MX. If the transferred request contains a correct language code in the locale field, then the language code is saved in the payment object and returns in this parameter.
The link is valid within the payment object lifetime (90 days) or until the payment is fulfilled. If the payment is fulfilled - no second payment fulfillment is possible.
When working in the test environment, payment form links intended for the test environment will return in response (such links will have the .demoslweb.com suffix added).
Example of Successful Response
{
"payment_url": "https://.../order/status/[order_id]/[hash]?lang=[local]",
"order_id": 123456
}
Error Response
If an error occurs while processing the request, you receive a server response code corresponding to the result of processing.
Depending on the code, the response body may contain additional parameters.
HTTP Server Response Error Code
HTTP code | Description |
HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request | The request is not valid (error in parameters; necessary data is not transferred, etc.). An additional error code (one or more) will be transferred in the response body. |
HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized | Unsuccessful authorization. An additional error code (one or more) will be transferred in the response body. |
HTTP/1.1 404 Not found | Invalid request URL or payment not found. |
HTTP/1.1 500 Request Error | Internal Server Error. Please try again later or contact support. |
Additional Error Codes for HTTP 400
Error | Message | Description |
If at least one error from the list below is found, then it returns in response to a request, other errors are not validated. | ||
110 | JSON is not valid. | The payment cannot be processed. Request field structure is not valid. Check the fields in the request body against the JSON format. |
111 | Invalid data format (Content-type). | The payment cannot be processed. Invalid request header. Content-type must be equal to application/json. |
6000 | Unable to generate payment. Please contact technical support. | The payment cannot be processed. It also includes the case when the payment currency transferred (currency) is not available. You have to contact technical support. |
If at least one error from the list below is found, then the request checking is not interrupted. Several errors may return in response. | ||
6010 | Invalid field value: [parameter name] | The request is not valid, e.g., the required parameter is not filled out, the parameter name is incorrect, the parameter value does not match with the data type provided, or the value format is incorrect. Moreover, the error will return if null is transferred in the parameter, and this value option is not set as valid in the parameter description. |
6020 | Locale not found. | Payment could not be created. The payment cannot be processed. The payment form interface language (locale) is not found. |
6030 | Сreation of zero-amount payments is not available. Enable recurring_indicator = true or set the amount strictly greater than zero. | The payment cannot be processed. The payment amount transferred (amount) does not meet the requirements. You can transfer zero-value amounts only for payments having "recurring_indicator":true . |
6060 | Email field is filled out incorrectly. Expected format: [name]@[domain].[zone] | The payment cannot be processed. An invalid email address has been transferred (customer.email). |
6080 | This payment method is not available. Change payment method (payment_method). | The payment cannot be processed. The payment method transferred (payment_method) is not supported. It also includes the case when payment via the payment method selected is available only for legal persons, and no name of the customer’s company is transferred in the request (customer.company_name). Change payment method. |
6090 | This payment method is not available for this payment amount. Change payment method (payment_method). | The payment cannot be processed. The payment method (payment_method) is not supported with the payment amount transferred (amount). Change payment method. |
6100 | This payment method does not support recurring payments. Change payment method (payment_method). | The payment cannot be processed. You transferred "recurring_indicator":true , but the payment method transferred (payment_method) is not supported auto-payments. Change payment method. |
Additional Error Codes for HTTP 401
The errors are the same for all the APIs that use token authorization.
Example of Error Response
{
"errors": [
{
"error": 63010,
"message": "Invalid field value: currency."
},
{
"error": 6010,
"message": "Invalid field value: amount."
}
]
}