3-D Secure (version 1)

If you are unsure, please contact our Support Team for assistance.
The following documentation explains how to manually perform 3-D Secure using version 1 through our Webservices API.
The process described below only supports 3-D Secure version 1.
We recommend all merchants utilise 3-D Secure version 2 by using our JavaScript Library.
If you are already processing e-commerce payments using our JavaScript Library, you do not need to follow the process described below, as the JavaScript Library will handle the 3-D Secure process automatically.
3-D Secure is a protocol designed to reduce fraud and chargebacks during e-commerce transactions. It allows Mastercard and Visa card issuers to provide an extra level of protection, by authenticating the customer’s identity at the point of sale, sometimes by prompting for a previously-agreed PIN and/or password.

Process overview

- Your system will need to send a THREEDQUERY request using our Webservices API (including the customer’s card details) and interpret the response returned.
- Trust Payments will check whether the customer’s card is enrolled in 3-D Secure.

If the customer is enrolled in 3-D Secure, your system will need to redirect the customer to the card issuer’s server (ACS URL) and handle the customer being redirected to your server (Term URL).

Your system will need to send an AUTH request using our Webservices API and interpret the response returned.
1. Check customer enrolment
To determine whether or not the customer’s card is enrolled in the 3-D Secure scheme, you need to manually submit a THREEDQUERY request using our Webservices API.
THREEDQUERY Request
The following example demonstrates how to structure a THREEDQUERY request:
#!/usr/bin/python import securetrading stconfig = securetrading.Config() stconfig.username = "[email protected]" stconfig.password = "Password1^" st = securetrading.Api(stconfig) threedquery= { "termurl":"https://termurl.com", "accept":"text/html,*/*", "pan": "4111111111111111", "expirydate": "12/2020", "securitycode": "123", "currencyiso3a":"GBP", "requesttypedescriptions": ["THREEDQUERY"], "accounttypedescription":"ECOM", "sitereference": "test_site12345", "baseamount": "1050" } strequest = securetrading.Request() strequest.update(threedquery) stresponse = st.process(strequest) #stresponse contains the transaction response
<?php if (!($autoload = realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../../autoload.php')) && !($autoload = realpath(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php'))) { throw new Exception('Composer autoloader file could not be found.'); } require_once($autoload); $configData = array( 'username' => '[email protected]', 'password' => 'Password1^', ); $requestData = array( 'termurl' => 'https://termurl.com', 'accept' => 'text/html,*/*', 'pan' => '4111111111111111', 'expirydate' => '12/2020', 'securitycode' => '123', 'currencyiso3a' => 'GBP', 'requesttypedescriptions' => array('THREEDQUERY'), 'accounttypedescription' => 'ECOM', 'sitereference' => 'test_site12345', 'baseamount' => '1050' ); $api = \Securetrading\api($configData); $response = $api->process($requestData); var_dump($response->toArray()); ?>
curl --user [email protected]:Password1^ https://webservices.securetrading.net/json/ -H "Content-type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" -X POST -d '{ "alias": "[email protected]", "version": "1.00", "request": [{ "termurl":"https://termurl.com", "accept":"text/html,*/*", "pan": "4111111111111111", "expirydate": "12/2020", "securitycode": "123", "currencyiso3a":"GBP", "requesttypedescriptions": ["THREEDQUERY"], "accounttypedescription":"ECOM", "sitereference": "test_site12345", "baseamount": "1050" }]}'
Here is the specification of the fields included in the THREEDQUERY request described above:

Key
Field name | Type | Length | Request | Description |
accept | Alphanumeric | 1024 | ![]() |
The exact content of the HTTP accept-header field as received from the cardholder’s user agent. |
accounttypedescription | Alpha | 20 | ![]() |
This must be submitted as “ECOM” (e-commerce). |
baseamount | Numeric | 13 | ![]() |
The amount of the transaction in base units, with no commas or decimal points, so £10 is submitted as 1000. This value must be greater than zero. (Max length may vary depending on your acquiring bank – Contact your bank for further info) |
currencyiso3a | Alpha | 3 | ![]() |
The currency that the transaction will be processed in. |
expirydate | Date MM/YYYY | 7 | ![]() |
The expiration date printed on the card. |
pan |
Numeric | 12-19 | ![]() |
This is the long number printed on the front of the customer’s card.
We return a masked version of this PAN in the response, in the field maskedpan. e.g. “411111######1111” |
requesttypedescriptions | Alpha | 20 | ![]() |
The request type required is “THREEDQUERY”. |
securitycode |
Numeric | 3-4 | ![]() |
This is the three digit security code printed on the back of the card. (For AMEX cards, this is a 4 digit code found on the front of the card)This field is not strictly required field by Trust Payments, but it is highly recommended for the processing of security code checks.Additionally, some banks may decline the payment if the security code is not present. |
sitereference | Alphanumeric including underscore |
50 | ![]() |
The site reference relates to your individual account which you received on setup. If you do not know your site reference, please contact our Support team. |
termurl | URL | 1024
More info |
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This field value is a URL of a script/file located on your system that is able to manage customers who are returned to your system. It is used to instruct the card issuer where to send the customer’s browser after they have been authenticated on the card issuer’s ACS. |
useragent | Alphanumeric | 255 | ![]() |
The exact content of the HTTP user-agent header field as received from the cardholder’s user agent. We strongly recommend you submit this field, as failure to do so may forfeit the liability shift. |
THREEDQUERY Response
This section documents how to interpret a THREEDQUERY response, which is used to indicate whether or not the customer’s card is enrolled in the card issuer’s 3-D Secure scheme.

The example below demonstrates the structure of a THREEDQUERY response, indicating that the customer’s card is enrolled in a 3-D Secure scheme:
{ u 'requestreference': u 'Aw5mpjtv6', u 'version': u '1.00', u 'response': [{ u 'transactionstartedtimestamp': u '2016-12-07 16:55:47', u 'livestatus': u '0', u 'issuer': u 'SecureTrading Test Issuer1', u 'xid': u 'amh1OCtINGpuemJaVmQreU5YT2Y=', u 'pareq': u 'eJxVUmFPw9C12xiQowlCopiIqGji5Yqj25lPCwOutoQKHZzxqOQgF5soqzk=', u 'dccenabled': u '0', u 'settleduedate': u '2016-12-07', u 'errorcode': u '0', u 'threedversion': u '1.0.2', u 'tid': u '27882788', u 'merchantnumber': u '00000000', u 'merchantcountryiso2a': u 'GB', u 'transactionreference': u '1-2-345678', u 'merchantname': u 'Test Merchant', u 'paymenttypedescription': u 'VISA', u 'acsurl': u 'https://webapp.securetrading.net/acs/visa.cgi', u 'accounttypedescription': u 'ECOM', u 'requesttypedescription': u 'THREEDQUERY', u 'md': u 'UEZOVVBqeE5SRDQ4VFVSSVBucE9abUp5WWtTlDR0NLaFVSZUV5aStFPQ==', u 'maskedpan': u '411111######0211', u 'errormessage': u 'Ok', u 'operatorname': u '[email protected]', u 'enrolled': u 'Y', u 'issuercountryiso2a': u 'US', u 'settlestatus': u '0' }] }
array(3) { ["requestreference"] => string(9) "A2cjnruwy" ["version"] => string(4) "1.00" ["response"] => array(1) { [0] => array(25) { ["transactionstartedtimestamp"] => string(19) "2016-12-09 11:25:36" ["livestatus"] => string(1) "0" ["issuer"] => string(26) "SecureTrading Test Issuer1" ["xid"] => string(28) "ZlcyU1hQcUhmaEtzd2I1SmkrMnM=" ["pareq"] => string(27) "eJxVUstuwjAQ/BXEHZxjoOrXA==" ["dccenabled"] => string(1) "0" ["settleduedate"] => string(10) "2016-12-09" ["errorcode"] => string(1) "0" ["threedversion"] => string(5) "1.0.2" ["tid"] => string(8) 27882788" ["merchantnumber"] => string(8) "00000000" ["merchantcountryiso2a"] => string(2) "GB" ["transactionreference"] => string(10) "1-2-345678" ["merchantname"] => string(13) "Test Merchant" ["paymenttypedescription"] => string(4) "VISA" ["acsurl"] => string(45) "https://webapp.securetrading.net/acs/visa.cgi" ["accounttypedescription"] => string(4) "ECOM" ["requesttypedescription"] => string(11) "THREEDQUERY" ["md"] => string(72) "UEZOVVBqeVQand2VTFRKzptZGY2RXZXOGQrS2V5Tko5cEk9" ["maskedpan"] => string(16) "411111######0211" ["errormessage"] => string(2) "Ok" ["operatorname"] => string(23) "[email protected]" ["enrolled"] => string(1) "Y" ["issuercountryiso2a"] => string(2) "US" ["settlestatus"] => string(1) "0" } } }
{"requestreference":"W23-08yvq0db","version":"1.00","response":[{"transactionstartedtimestamp":"2016-12-07 16:57:44","livestatus":"0","issuer":"SecureTrading Test Issuer1","xid":"KzRLRmhSUEZ0OWZJSkJIMDU1dDk=","pareq":"eJxVUu9PwjAQ\/NtY9ts6tP8Ac1Rqq+","dccenabled":"0","settleduedate":"2016-12-07","errorcode":"0","threedversion":"1.0.2","tid":"27882788","merchantnumber":"00000000","merchantcountryiso2a":"GB","transactionreference":"1-2-345678","merchantname":"Test Merchant","paymenttypedescription":"VISA","acsurl":"https:\/\/webapp.securetrading.net\/acs\/visa.cgi","accounttypedescription":"ECOM","requesttypedescription":"THREEDQUERY","md":"UEZOVVBqeE5SRD06bWRzS1dBbnFZY01JRjEwZGOWhrPQ==","maskedpan":"411111######0211","errormessage":"Ok","operatorname":"[email protected]","enrolled":"Y","issuercountryiso2a":"US","settlestatus":"0"}],"secrand":"0gqEPDTnCWlvTr6G"}

Check the error code field value
If the errorcode value returned in the response is not ‘0’, an error has occurred. If an errorcode other than ‘0’ is returned, please consult the table below and attempt to resolve the issue:
Error code | Description |
0 | Request was successful. |
30000 | Invalid field. |
60031 | The THREEDQUERY request used a payment type that is not supported by Trust Payments 3-D Secure. |
other | Other errors will require further investigation. Click here for a full list of possible error codes. |
If you were unable to resolve the issue, you can instruct your system to perform a standard AUTH without using 3-D Secure.
Check the enrolled field value
If the enrolled value returned in the response is “Y”, the customer’s card is enrolled in 3-D secure. Please refer to the following table for enrolled values:
Enrolled | Description | Action |
Y | The card is enrolled in the card issuer’s 3-D Secure scheme. | Send the customer to the card issuer’s Access Control Server (ACS). The URL for the ACS is provided in the acsurl of the THREEDQUERY response. |
N | The card is not enrolled in the card issuer’s 3-D Secure scheme. | Perform an AUTH Request, including the transactionreference returned in the THREEDQUERY response (example can be found below). |
U | The card’s enrolment in the card issuer’s 3-D Secure scheme could not be determined. | This typically indicates a temporary problem with the card issuer’s systems. You can configure your system to resubmit the same THREEDQUERY request. If this continues to fail, submit a standard AUTH request using our Webservices API, including the transactionreference returned in the THREEDQUERY response. |
Here is the specification of the fields included in the THREEDQUERY response described above:
Key
Field name | Type | Length | Response | Description |
requesttypedescription | Alpha | 20 | ![]() |
“THREEDQUERY” is always returned in the response. |
xid | Alphanumeric | 255 | ![]() |
The unique identifier for the transaction, assigned by the MPI (Merchant Plug-In) (in this case, Trust Payments). |
enrolled | Char | 1 | ![]() |
Determines if the cardholder is enrolled in a 3-D Secure scheme.
|
pareq | Alphanumeric including symbols | 2048 | ![]() |
The unique identifier for the transaction, assigned by the MPI (Merchant Plug-In) (in this case, Trust Payments). |
md | Alphanumeric including symbols | 1024 | ![]() |
Returned if card is enrolled.
The unique 3-D Secure reference for this transaction. |
acsurl | URL | 1024 | ![]() |
Returned if card is enrolled.
The URL of the Access Control Server (ACS) to be used in authenticating the cardholder. |
threedversion | Numeric | 6 | ![]() |
Only returned for accounts with certain acquiring banks.
The version of the 3-D Secure protocol. |
Your progress
Following the instructions above, your system should now be able to determine whether or not a customer’s card is enrolled in a 3-D Secure scheme. If the customer’s card is enrolled, follow the “Authenticate the customer” section below, otherwise skip ahead to the “Authorisation” section.
2. Authenticate the customer

If the card is not enrolled, skip ahead to the “Authorisation” section.
If the customer is enrolled in the card issuer’s 3-D Secure scheme, your system must send the customer’s browser to the card issuer-hosted Access Control Server (ACS) using an HTTPS POST. The URL for the ACS can be found in the acsurl field of the THREEDQUERY response.
On the ACS, the customer will be authenticated, sometimes by prompting for a previously-agreed PIN and/or password. The browser must send data from the termurl, pareq and md in HTML fields ‘TermUrl’, ‘PaReq’ and ‘MD’, respectively (These field names are case sensitive).

Following authentication, the customer will be returned to your servers using an HTTPS POST. You will need to parse this response, as it will contain the ‘PaRes’ and ‘MD’ fields, for constructing the subsequent AUTH Request needed to process the payment.

The following is an example of how to redirect the cardholder to the card issuer’s ACS :
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN'> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <title>Processing payment</title> <style type="text/css"> h3,h3,h4 { font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;} #logo {float: left;} </style> </head> <body OnLoad="document.form.submit();" > <form name="form" id="form" action="$acsurl" method="POST"> <div> <input type="hidden" name="PaReq" value="$pareq" /> <input type="hidden" name="TermUrl" value="$termurl" /> <input type="hidden" name="MD" value="$md" /> </div> <noscript> <div> <h3>JavaScript is currently disabled or is not supported by your browser.</h3> <h4>Please click Submit to continue processing your 3-D Secure transaction.</h4> <input type="submit" value="Submit"> </div> </noscript> </form> </body> </html>
Referencing 3-D Secure transactions
In most circumstances, your system will need to store data about the transaction in your database while the customer is being authenticated on the card issuer’s ACS, to be retrieved when the customer returns to your system via the termurl. As the 3-D Secure specification requires that only the md and pares fields are returned to your system, it is recommended that the md field is used to look up any corresponding customer session to complete the transaction.
Waiting for the customer to return from the ACS
Your system will need to consider the length of time it may take for the customer to enter their details on the card issuer’s ACS. The time the customer will spend on the ACS will depend on a number of factors. Longer wait times may occur when the customer is signing up to a 3-D Secure scheme for the first time, or recovering a forgotten password. While your system needs to allow time for the customer to return, it is entirely possible for the customer to close their browser on the card issuer’s ACS and not return at all. There are no specific regulations as to how long your system must wait for the customer to be redirected from the ACS to your Term URL, but we recommend waiting for no more than two hours.
Your progress
Following the instructions above, your system should now be able to redirect the browsers of customers with cards enrolled in a 3-D Secure scheme to the ACS for authentication. Your system can now proceed and submit an AUTH request using our Webservices API to process the payment, by following the instructions below.
3. Authorisation
3-D authorisations are used to seek authorisation for authenticated transactions from your acquiring bank. This is performed by manually submitting an AUTH Request using our Webservices API and interpreting the response returned.
AUTH Request
For enrolled cards only
The following example demonstrates how to structure a 3-D AUTH request when the card is enrolled in a 3-D Secure scheme:
#!/usr/bin/python import securetrading stconfig = securetrading.Config() stconfig.username = "[email protected]" stconfig.password = "Password1^" st = securetrading.Api(stconfig) auth= { "requesttypedescriptions": ["AUTH"], "md":"UEZOVVBqeE5SRDQ4VFVSSVBrRjVXSGhOZFZReVUzVlalBVeE", "pares":"eJzVWFmzosgSfudXdPQ8Gt1sbkzYRhQ7KCjI/sYOsimgoL/+lp7Tp5" } strequest = securetrading.Request() strequest.update(auth) stresponse = st.process(strequest) #stresponse contains the transaction response
<?php if (!($autoload = realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../../autoload.php')) && !($autoload = realpath(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php'))) { throw new Exception('Composer autoloader file could not be found.'); } require_once($autoload); $configData = array( 'username' => '[email protected]', 'password' => 'Password1^', ); $requestData = array( 'requesttypedescriptions' => array('AUTH'), 'md' => 'UEZOVVBqeE5SRDQ4VFVSSVBtSllOVTlMYVdaUlJXWnZVRTA0UVdwVlJXZFpRo5cEk9', 'pares' => 'eJztWEnTqsi2nfMrKqqGxik6UajwJFCOxLb5BNvgHdPneIihB/fq2eNv777/BdaScGg=' ); $api = \Securetrading\api($configData); $response = $api->process($requestData); var_dump($response->toArray()); ?>
curl --user [email protected]:Password1^ https://webservices.securetrading.net/json/ -H "Content-type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" -X POST -d '{ "alias": "[email protected]", "version": "1.00", "request": [{ "requesttypedescriptions": ["AUTH"], "md":"UEZOVVBqeE5SRDVS1FLVG9aenQrRGhaNk1NPQ==", "pares":"eJztWMmyq7iynfMVFVVDxyk6Y0OX0U1wTQ==" }]}'

For non-enrolled cards only
For cards that are NOT enrolled in the card issuer’s 3-D Secure scheme (or have unknown enrolment), you will need to submit the following fields in order to inherit transaction information needed to perform the authorisation:
#!/usr/bin/python import securetrading stconfig = securetrading.Config() stconfig.username = "[email protected]" stconfig.password = "Password1^" st = securetrading.Api(stconfig) auth= { "requesttypedescriptions": ["AUTH"], "sitereference": "test_site12345", "parenttransactionreference": "1-2-345678" } strequest = securetrading.Request() strequest.update(auth) stresponse = st.process(strequest) #stresponse contains the transaction response
<?php if (!($autoload = realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../../autoload.php')) && !($autoload = realpath(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php'))) { throw new Exception('Composer autoloader file could not be found.'); } require_once($autoload); $configData = array( 'username' => '[email protected]', 'password' => 'Password1^', ); $requestData = array( 'requesttypedescriptions' => array('AUTH'), 'sitereference' => 'test_site12345', 'parenttransactionreference' => '1-2-345678' ); $api = \Securetrading\api($configData); $response = $api->process($requestData); var_dump($response->toArray()); ?>
curl --user [email protected]:Password1^ https://webservices.securetrading.net/json/ -H "Content-type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" -X POST -d '{ "alias": "[email protected]", "version": "1.00", "request": [{ "requesttypedescriptions": ["AUTH"], "sitereference": "test_site12345", "parenttransactionreference": "1-2-345678" }]}'
Inheritance
The example AUTH requests shown above (both enrolled and not-enrolled) contain all the fields that are required for submission. All other information required to seek authorisation will be inherited from the previous THREEDQUERY request stored on our system.
We allow the submission of additional fields in the AUTH request that have not been submitted in the THREEDQUERY request (e.g. the customer name, if omitted in the query).
Click here for a full list of fields that can be submitted in an AUTH request.
Here is the specification of the fields included in the AUTH requests described above:
Key
Field name | Type | Length | Request | Description |
pares | Alphanumeric including symbols | 1024 | ![]() |
Only send if card is enrolled.
Must be the value returned in the pares field of the HTTPS POST from the card issuer’s ACS, otherwise this may forfeit the liability shift. |
md | Alphanumeric including symbols | 65536 | ![]() |
Only send if card is enrolled.
The unique 3-D Secure reference for this transaction. Supplied if enrolled is “Y” |
parenttransactionreference | Alphanumeric including hyphens | 25 | ![]() |
Only send if card is NOT enrolled.
Unique reference of the parent THREEDQUERY request. |
sitereference | Alphanumeric including underscore | 50 | ![]() |
Only send if card is NOT enrolled.
The site reference processing the transaction. |
AUTH Response
The data returned in the AUTH response will depend on both the card enrollment status, and whether or not the customer was successfully authenticated on the card issuer’s ACS.
Your system should be able to interpret the response data in each of the following scenarios.
Enrolled and authenticated
{ u 'requestreference': u 'Av87m7xq9', u 'version': u '1.00', u 'response': [{ u 'transactionstartedtimestamp': u '2016-12-08 08:34:48', u 'parenttransactionreference': u '1-2-345678', u 'livestatus': u '0', u 'issuer': u 'SecureTrading Test Issuer1', u 'splitfinalnumber': u '1', u 'xid': u 'amh1OCtINGpuemJaVmQreU5YT2Y=', u 'dccenabled': u '0', u 'settleduedate': u '2016-12-07', u 'errorcode': u '0', u 'cavv': u 'Q0FWVkNBVlZDQVZWQ0FWVkNBVlY=', u 'merchantnumber': u '00000000', u 'merchantcountryiso2a': u 'GB', u 'status': u 'Y', u 'transactionreference': u '1-2-345679', u 'merchantname': u 'Test Merchant', u 'paymenttypedescription': u 'VISA', u 'baseamount': u '1050', u 'eci': u '05', u 'accounttypedescription': u 'ECOM', u 'tid': u '27882788', u 'acquirerresponsecode': u '00', u 'requesttypedescription': u 'AUTH', u 'securityresponsesecuritycode': u '2', u 'currencyiso3a': u 'GBP', u 'authcode': u 'TEST40', u 'errormessage': u 'Ok', u 'operatorname': u '[email protected]', u 'maskedpan': u '411111######0211', u 'securityresponsepostcode': u '0', u 'enrolled': u 'Y', u 'securityresponseaddress': u '0', u 'issuercountryiso2a': u 'US', u 'settlestatus': u '0' }] }
array(3) { ["requestreference"] => string(9) "A278afgrx" ["version"] => string(4) "1.00" ["response"] => array(1) { [0] => array(33) { ["transactionstartedtimestamp"] => string(19) "2016-12-09 11:46:34" ["parenttransactionreference"] => string(10) "1-2-345678" ["livestatus"] => string(1) "0" ["issuer"] => string(26) "SecureTrading Test Issuer1" ["splitfinalnumber"] => string(1) "1" ["xid"] => string(28) "ZlcyU1hQcUhmaEtzd2I1SmkrMnM=" ["dccenabled"] => string(1) "0" ["settleduedate"] => string(10) "2016-12-09" ["errorcode"] => string(1) "0" ["tid"] => string(8) "27882788" ["merchantnumber"] => string(8) "00000000" ["merchantcountryiso2a"] => string(2) "GB" ["status"] => string(1) "Y" ["transactionreference"] => string(10) "1-2-345679" ["merchantname"] => string(13) "Test Merchant" ["paymenttypedescription"] => string(4) "VISA" ["baseamount"] => string(4) "1050" ["enrolled"] => string(1) "Y" ["eci"] => string(2) "05" ["accounttypedescription"] => string(4) "ECOM" ["cavv"] => string(28) "Q0FWVkNBVlZDQVZWQ0FWVkNBVlY=" ["acquirerresponsecode"] => string(2) "00" ["requesttypedescription"] => string(4) "AUTH" ["securityresponsesecuritycode"] => string(1) "2" ["currencyiso3a"] => string(3) "GBP" ["authcode"] => string(6) "TEST30" ["errormessage"] => string(2) "Ok" ["operatorname"] => string(23) "[email protected]" ["securityresponsepostcode"] => string(1) "0" ["maskedpan"] => string(16) "411111######0211" ["securityresponseaddress"] => string(1) "0" ["issuercountryiso2a"] => string(2) "US" ["settlestatus"] => string(1) "0" } } }
{"requestreference":"W23-n68rw97k","version":"1.00","response":[{"transactionstartedtimestamp":"2016-12-07 17:21:59","parenttransactionreference":"1-2-345678","livestatus":"0","issuer":"SecureTrading Test Issuer1","splitfinalnumber":"1","xid":"ZldiREFPMW5HYi90UDhxMDJTV2Q=","dccenabled":"0","settleduedate":"2016-12-07","errorcode":"0","tid":"27882788","merchantnumber":"00000000","merchantcountryiso2a":"GB","status":"Y","transactionreference":"1-2-345679","merchantname":"Test Merchant","paymenttypedescription":"VISA","baseamount":"1050","enrolled":"Y","eci":"05","accounttypedescription":"ECOM","cavv":"Q0FWVkNBVlZDQVZWQ0FWVkNBVlY=","acquirerresponsecode":"00","requesttypedescription":"AUTH","securityresponsesecuritycode":"2","currencyiso3a":"GBP","authcode":"TEST05","errormessage":"Ok","operatorname":"[email protected]","securityresponsepostcode":"0","maskedpan":"411111######0211","securityresponseaddress":"0","issuercountryiso2a":"US","settlestatus":"0"}],"secrand":"bsZP"}
Enrolled but NOT authenticated
{ u 'requestreference': u 'Aq2qmp0j3', u 'version': u '1.00', u 'response': [{ u 'transactionstartedtimestamp': u '2016-12-13 11:11:58', u 'parenttransactionreference': u '1-2-345678', u 'livestatus': u '0', u 'issuer': u 'SecureTrading Test Issuer1', u 'splitfinalnumber': u '1', u 'dccenabled': u '0', u 'settleduedate': u '2016-12-13', u 'errorcode': u '60022', u 'tid': u '27882788', u 'merchantnumber': u '00000000', u 'merchantcountryiso2a': u 'GB', u 'status': u 'N', u 'transactionreference': u '1-2-345679', u 'merchantname': u 'Test Merchant', u 'paymenttypedescription': u 'VISA', u 'baseamount': u '1050', u 'accounttypedescription': u 'ECOM', u 'requesttypedescription': u 'AUTH', u 'currencyiso3a': u 'GBP', u 'maskedpan': u '411111######0211', u 'errormessage': u 'Unauthenticated', u 'operatorname': u '[email protected]', u 'enrolled': u 'Y', u 'issuercountryiso2a': u 'US', u 'settlestatus': u '3' }] }
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{ "requestreference": "W23-mjuwx1f5", "version": "1.00", "response": [{ "transactionstartedtimestamp": "2016-12-13 11:00:44", "parenttransactionreference": "1-2-345678", "livestatus": "0", "issuer": "SecureTrading Test Issuer1", "splitfinalnumber": "1", "dccenabled": "0", "settleduedate": "2016-12-13", "errorcode": "60022", "tid": "27882788", "merchantnumber": "00000000", "merchantcountryiso2a": "GB", "status": "N", "transactionreference": "1-2-345679", "merchantname": "Test Merchant", "paymenttypedescription": "VISA", "baseamount": "1050", "accounttypedescription": "ECOM", "requesttypedescription": "AUTH", "currencyiso3a": "GBP", "maskedpan": "411111######0211", "errormessage": "Unauthenticated", "operatorname": "[email protected]", "enrolled": "Y", "issuercountryiso2a": "US", "settlestatus": "3" }], "secrand": "3J"
Not enrolled
{ u 'requestreference': u 'Adyw3fdbw', u 'version': u '1.00', u 'response': [{ u 'transactionstartedtimestamp': u '2016-12-07 16:47:39', u 'parenttransactionreference': u '1-2-345678', u 'livestatus': u '0', u 'issuer': u 'SecureTrading Test Issuer1', u 'splitfinalnumber': u '1', u 'dccenabled': u '0', u 'settleduedate': u '2016-12-07', u 'errorcode': u '0', u 'tid': u '27882788', u 'merchantnumber': u '00000000', u 'merchantcountryiso2a': u 'GB', u 'transactionreference': u '1-2-345679', u 'merchantname': u 'Test Merchant', u 'paymenttypedescription': u 'VISA', u 'baseamount': u '1050', u 'accounttypedescription': u 'ECOM', u 'acquirerresponsecode': u '00', u 'requesttypedescription': u 'AUTH', u 'securityresponsesecuritycode': u '2', u 'currencyiso3a': u 'GBP', u 'authcode': u 'TEST23', u 'errormessage': u 'Ok', u 'operatorname': u '[email protected]', u 'maskedpan': u '411111######0021', u 'securityresponsepostcode': u '0', u 'enrolled': u 'N', u 'securityresponseaddress': u '0', u 'issuercountryiso2a': u 'US', u 'settlestatus': u '0' }] }
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{"requestreference":"W23-fwpp74eu","version":"1.00","response":[{"transactionstartedtimestamp":"2016-12-07 17:24:51","parenttransactionreference":"1-2-345678","livestatus":"0","issuer":"SecureTrading Test Issuer1","splitfinalnumber":"1","dccenabled":"0","settleduedate":"2016-12-07","errorcode":"0","tid":"27882788","merchantnumber":"00000000","merchantcountryiso2a":"GB","transactionreference":"1-2-345679","merchantname":"Test Merchant","paymenttypedescription":"VISA","baseamount":"1050","enrolled":"N","accounttypedescription":"ECOM","acquirerresponsecode":"00","requesttypedescription":"AUTH","securityresponsesecuritycode":"2","currencyiso3a":"GBP","authcode":"TEST42","errormessage":"Ok","operatorname":"[email protected]","securityresponsepostcode":"0","maskedpan":"411111######0021","securityresponseaddress":"0","issuercountryiso2a":"US","settlestatus":"0"}],"secrand":"O3L"}
Managing authorisation response
Your system will need to interpret the AUTH response in order to determine if the transaction was successful. The most important field to check in the response is the errorcode.
Error code | Description |
0 | Cardholder was successfully authenticated on the card issuer’s ACS. Customer’s bank authorised the transaction. Funds will be transferred. |
70000 | Cardholder was successfully authenticated on the card issuer’s ACS. Customer’s bank declined the transaction. Funds will NOT be transferred. |
60022 | Cardholder was NOT successfully authenticated on the card issuer’s ACS. Trust Payments did not contact the acquiring bank to seek authorisation. Funds will NOT be transferred. |
99999 | An error code of ‘99999’ indicates an unknown error occurred, which requires manual inspection. We recommend contacting our Support Team for assistance, providing a copy of the entire request submitted and the response returned. In the interest of security, ensure you omit or mask sensitive field values, such as card details. |
other | Click here for a full list of error codes used by Trust Payments. |
Regardless of the errorcode returned in the response, we strongly recommend that you refer to our best practices and configure your system to perform all of the checks outlined.
Here is the specification of the fields that are included in the AUTH responses described above, which are specific to 3-D Secure:

Key
Field name | Type | Length | Response | Description |
enrolled | Char | 1 | ![]() |
Indicates if the cardholder is enrolled in a 3-D Secure scheme:
|
xid | Alphanumeric | 255 | ![]() |
The unique identifier for the transaction, assigned by the MPI (Merchant Plug-In) (in this case, Trust Payments). |
status | Char | 1 | ![]() |
Returned if card is enrolled.
Indicates whether or not the customer was authenticated on the card issuer’s ACS:
|
cavv | Alphanumeric | 32 | ![]() |
Returned if card is enrolled and authenticated.
The unique Cardholder Authentication Verification Value (CAVV) associated with the transaction, provided by the card issuer. |
eci | Alphanumeric | 2 | ![]() |
Returned if card is enrolled and authenticated.
The ECI (E-Commerce Indicator) security level associated with the transaction. |

Testing
We recommend that you thoroughly test your solution before processing live payments.
Click here for test card details that you can submit when testing.