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Card Payments (6)

Payments root resource, returns links to available payments actions.

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Take a one-time payment

To take a payment, you must first create an authorization request. Your response contains links to your next available actions.

Operations

Take repeat payments

Take a payment using a stored credential

Operations

Manage payments

Cancel, settle, refund or reverse payments

Operations

Settle for full amount

Request

To receive all the funds from the customer, send us a settle request.

Security
BasicAuth
Path
linkDatastringrequired

Action link that's received in your request

Headers
Content-Typestringrequired
Example: application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6+json
Acceptstring
Example: application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6.hal+json
No request payload

Responses

The payment settlement has been accepted

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6.hal+json
Response
application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6.hal+json

Request to fully settle the authorization

{
  "_links": {
    "payments:refund": {
      "href": "/payments/settlements/refunds/full/:linkData"
    },
    "payments:partialRefund": {
      "href": "/payments/settlements/refunds/partials/:linkData"
    },
    "payments:events": {
      "href": "/payments/events/:linkData"
    },
    "curies": [
      {
        "name": "payments",
        "href": "/rels/payments/{rel}",
        "templated": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

Settle for partial amount

Request

To receive a portion of the funds of a payment, send us a partial settle request.

Security
BasicAuth
Path
linkDatastringrequired

Action link that's received in your request

Headers
Content-Typestringrequired
Example: application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6+json
Acceptstring
Example: application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6.hal+json
Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6+json
valueobjectrequired

An object that contains information about the value of the payment.

amountintegerrequired
currencystringrequired
referencestringrequired
application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6+json

Request to partially settle the authorization

{
  "value": {
    "amount": 500,
    "currency": "EUR"
  },
  "reference": "partial-settle-reference"
}

Responses

The partial settlement has been accepted

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6.hal+json
Response
application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6.hal+json

Request to partially settle the authorization

{
  "_links": {
    "payments:refund": {
      "href": "/payments/settlements/refunds/full/:linkData"
    },
    "payments:partialRefund": {
      "href": "/payments/settlements/refunds/partials/:linkData"
    },
    "payments:partialSettle": {
      "href": "/payments/settlements/partials/:linkData"
    },
    "payments:cancel": {
      "href": "/payments/authorizations/cancellations/:linkData"
    },
    "payments:events": {
      "href": "/payments/events/:linkData"
    },
    "curies": [
      {
        "name": "payments",
        "href": "/rels/payments/{rel}",
        "templated": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

Refund full amount

Request

Send a refund request to return the full settled amount to your customer. Note: No request body is needed for this request.

Security
BasicAuth
Path
linkDatastringrequired

Action link that's received in your request

Headers
Content-Typestringrequired
Example: application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6+json
Acceptstring
Example: application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6.hal+json
No request payload

Responses

The refund request has been accepted

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6.hal+json
Response
application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6.hal+json

Request to refund an authorization

{
  "_links": {
    "payments:events": {
      "href": "/payments/events/:linkData"
    },
    "curies": [
      {
        "name": "payments",
        "href": "/rels/payments/{rel}",
        "templated": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

Refund partial amount

Request

Send a partial refund request to return a portion of the settled amount to your customer. Send the amount to refund and the authorization currency in the body.

Security
BasicAuth
Path
linkDatastringrequired

Action link that's received in your request

Headers
Content-Typestringrequired
Example: application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6+json
Acceptstring
Example: application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6.hal+json
Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6+json
valueobjectrequired

An object that contains information about the value of the payment.

amountintegerrequired
currencystringrequired
referencestringrequired
application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6+json

Request to perform a partial refund of the settlement

{
  "value": {
    "amount": 10,
    "currency": "EUR"
  },
  "reference": "partial-refund-reference"
}

Responses

The partial refund has been accepted

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6.hal+json
Response
application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6.hal+json

Request to partially refund an authorization

{
  "_links": {
    "payments:events": {
      "href": "/payments/events/:linkData"
    },
    "curies": [
      {
        "name": "payments",
        "href": "/rels/payments/{rel}",
        "templated": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

Cancel authorization

Request

If you don’t want to proceed with a payment, you can send a cancel request Note: You can only cancel a payment which is authorized. If the payment is settled, you must create a refund.

Security
BasicAuth
Path
linkDatastringrequired

Action link that's received in your request

Headers
Content-Typestringrequired
Example: application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6+json
Acceptstring
Example: application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6.hal+json
No request payload

Responses

The cancellation request has been accepted

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6.hal+json
Response
application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6.hal+json

Request to cancel an authorization

{
  "_links": {
    "payments:events": {
      "href": "/payments/events/:linkData"
    },
    "curies": [
      {
        "name": "payments",
        "href": "/rels/payments/{rel}",
        "templated": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

Reversal

Request

Your reversal request is processed as a cancel or refund request. This depends on the time passed after your sale request was submitted. For US entities the payment is refunded after one day after a successful sale request. Any other payment moves to refunded after 15 minutes. Note: No request body is needed for this request.

Security
BasicAuth
Path
linkDatastringrequired

Action link that's received in your request

Headers
Content-Typestringrequired
Example: application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6+json
Acceptstring
Example: application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6.hal+json
No request payload

Responses

The reversal request has been accepted

Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6+json
Response
application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6+json

Request to reverse the settlement

{
  "_links": {
    "payments:events": {
      "href": "/payments/events/:linkData"
    },
    "curies": [
      {
        "name": "payments",
        "href": "/rels/payments/{rel}",
        "templated": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

Recurring mandate

Request

Create a recurring mandate using a scheme transaction ID

Security
BasicAuth
Bodyapplication/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6+json
schemeTransactionIdstringrequired
application/vnd.worldpay.payments-v6+json

Request to create a recurring mandate from a scheme transaction ID

{
  "schemeTransactionId": "123456789"
}

Responses

Recurring mandate created

Query a payment

Send a request to find out the current status of your payment after it has been authorized.

Operations