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Request types

 

Every request submitted to Trust Payments must specify a requesttypedescription. We use the value of this field to determine the type of request to be processed. Please refer to the table below for a summary of the request types that we support:

 

 

Overview

Request type Supported account types Description
ACCOUNTCHECK
  • ECOM
  • MOTO
 Performs basic checks on the card and billing address details submitted.
Learn more
AUTH
  • ECOM
  • MOTO
 Performs a payment, which debits funds from the customer’s account.
CURRENCYRATE
  • CURRENCYRATE
For calculating the transaction amounts in both the currency associated with your site and the local currency associated with the customer’s card. This is to facilitate offering your customers the ability to complete purchases in their preferred currency.
Learn more
ORDER (PayPal) ORDER (paysafecard)
  • ECOM
 Initiate a new payment with PayPal or paysafecard.
ORDERDETAILS
  • ECOM
 Retrieve the order details from PayPal, after the customer has signed in to their account and agreed to the payment on PayPal’s servers.
REFUND (Standard)
  • ECOM
  • MOTO
 For transferring funds back to the customer.
REFUND (Payout)
  • CFT
RISKDEC
  •  FRAUDCONTOL
 For processing requests to our Protect Plus system, for purposes of highlighting payments with suspicious characteristics.
Learn more

 

 

ACCOUNTCHECK

House
Perform checks on the cardholder’s first line of address, the cardholder’s postcode and the security code, without reserving funds on the customer’s account. An example of an ACCOUNTCHECK request to our Webservices API can be found below.

 

Click here for full documentation

 

You must obtain the necessary PCI certification to process and submit sensitive cardholder data in requests to our Webservices API. Click here to learn more.

#!/usr/bin/python
import securetrading

stconfig = securetrading.Config()
stconfig.username = "[email protected]"
stconfig.password = "Password1^"
st = securetrading.Api(stconfig)

accountcheck= {
    "currencyiso3a": "GBP",
    "requesttypedescription": "ACCOUNTCHECK",
    "sitereference": "test_site12345",
    "baseamount": "0",
    "orderreference": "My_Order_123",
    "accounttypedescription": "ECOM",
    "billingpremise": "789",
    "billingpostcode": "TE45 6ST",
    "pan": "4111111111111111",
    "expirydate": "12/2022",
    "securitycode": "123"
}

strequest = securetrading.Request()
strequest.update(accountcheck)
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(
'currencyiso3a' => 'GBP',
'requesttypedescription' => 'ACCOUNTCHECK',
'sitereference' => 'test_site12345',
'baseamount' => '0',
'orderreference' => 'My_Order_123',
'accounttypedescription' => 'ECOM',
'billingpremise' => '789',
'billingpostcode' => 'TE45 6ST',
'pan' => '4111111111111111',
'expirydate' => '12/2022',
'securitycode' => '123'
);

$api = \Securetrading\api($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": [{
  "currencyiso3a": "GBP",
  "requesttypedescription": "ACCOUNTCHECK",
  "sitereference": "test_site12345",
  "baseamount": "0",
  "orderreference": "My_Order_123",
  "accounttypedescription": "ECOM",
  "billingpremise": "789",
  "billingpostcode": "TE45 6ST",
  "pan": "4111111111111111",
  "expirydate": "12/2022",
  "securitycode": "123"
}]}'
{"alias":"[email protected]","version":"1.00","request":[{"currencyiso3a":"GBP","requesttypedescription":"ACCOUNTCHECK","sitereference":"test_site12345","baseamount":"0","orderreference":"My_Order_123","accounttypedescription":"ECOM","pan":"4111111111111111","expirydate":"12\/2020","securitycode":"123","billingpremise":"789","billingpostcode":"TE45 6ST"}]}
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<requestblock version="3.67">
  <alias>[email protected]</alias>
  <request type="ACCOUNTCHECK">
    <merchant>
      <orderreference>My_Order_123</orderreference>
    </merchant>
    <billing>
      <amount currencycode="GBP">0</amount>
      <postcode>TE45 6ST</postcode>
      <premise>789</premise>
      <payment>
        <pan>4111111111111111</pan>
        <securitycode>123</securitycode>
        <expirydate>12/2020</expirydate>
      </payment>
    </billing>
    <operation>
      <accounttypedescription>ECOM</accounttypedescription>
      <sitereference>test_site12345</sitereference>
    </operation>
  </request>
</requestblock>

 

 

AUTH

Authorisations
Performs a payment, which debits funds from the customer’s account. An example of an AUTH request to our Webservices API can be found below.

 

Hover over for links to full documentation

 

You must obtain the necessary PCI certification to process and submit sensitive cardholder data in requests to our Webservices API. Click here to learn more.

#!/usr/bin/python
import securetrading

stconfig = securetrading.Config()
stconfig.username = "[email protected]"
stconfig.password = "Password1^"
st = securetrading.Api(stconfig)

auth = {
  "sitereference": "test_site12345",
  "requesttypedescription": "AUTH",
  "accounttypedescription": "ECOM",
  "currencyiso3a": "GBP",
  "baseamount": "1050",
  "orderreference": "My_Order_123",
  "pan": "4111111111111111",
  "expirydate": "12/2022",
  "securitycode": "123"
}

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(
  'sitereference' => 'test_site12345', 
  'requesttypedescription' => 'AUTH',
  'accounttypedescription' => 'ECOM',
  'currencyiso3a' => 'GBP',
  'baseamount' => '1050',
  'orderreference' => 'My_Order_123',
  'pan' => '4111111111111111',
  'expirydate' => '12/2022',
  'securitycode' => '123'
);

$api = \Securetrading\api($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": [{
  "currencyiso3a": "GBP",
  "requesttypedescription": "AUTH",
  "sitereference": "test_site12345",
  "baseamount": "1050",
  "orderreference": "My_Order_123",
  "accounttypedescription": "ECOM",
  "pan": "4111111111111111",
  "expirydate": "12/2022",
  "securitycode": "123"
}]}'
{"alias":"[email protected]","version":"1.00","request":[{"currencyiso3a":"GBP","requesttypedescription":"AUTH","sitereference":"test_site12345","baseamount":"1050","orderreference":"My_Order_123","accounttypedescription":"ECOM","pan":"4111111111111111","expirydate":"12\/2020","securitycode":"123"}]}
<requestblock version="3.67">
  <alias>[email protected]</alias>
  <request type="AUTH">
    <merchant>
      <orderreference>My_Order_123</orderreference>
    </merchant>
    <billing>
      <payment>
        <expirydate>12/2020</expirydate>
        <pan>4111111111111111</pan>
        <securitycode>123</securitycode>
      </payment>
      <amount currencycode="GBP">1050</amount>
    </billing>
    <operation>
      <sitereference>test_site12345</sitereference>
      <accounttypedescription>ECOM</accounttypedescription>
    </operation>
  </request>
</requestblock>

 

 

CURRENCYRATE

PPG DCC
For calculating the transaction amounts in both the currency associated with your site and the local currency associated with the customer’s card. This is to facilitate offering your customers the ability to complete purchases in their preferred currency. An example of a CURRENCYRATE request to our Webservices API can be found below.

 

Click here for full documentation

 

You must obtain the necessary PCI certification to process and submit sensitive cardholder data in requests to our Webservices API. Click here to learn more.

#!/usr/bin/python
import securetrading

stconfig = securetrading.Config()
stconfig.username = "[email protected]"
stconfig.password = "Password1^"
st = securetrading.Api(stconfig)

currencyrate = {
  "sitereference": "test_site12345",
  "requesttypedescription": "CURRENCYRATE",
  "accounttypedescription": "CURRENCYRATE",
  "dcctype": "DCC",
  "dccbaseamount": "1050",
  "dcccurrencyiso3a": "GBP",
  "orderreference": "My_Order_123",
  "pan": "4111111111111111",
  "expirydate": "12/2022",
  "securitycode": "123"
}

strequest = securetrading.Request()
strequest.update(currencyrate)
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(
  'sitereference' => 'test_site12345', 
  'requesttypedescription' => 'CURRENCYRATE',
  'accounttypedescription' => 'CURRENCYRATE',
  'dcctype' => 'DCC',
  'dccbaseamount' => '1050',
  'dcccurrencyiso3a' => 'GBP',
  'orderreference' => 'My_Order_123',
  'pan' => '4111111111111111',
  'expirydate' => '12/2022',
  'securitycode' => '123'
);

$api = \Securetrading\api($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": [{
  "sitereference": "test_site12345",
  "requesttypedescription": "CURRENCYRATE",
  "accounttypedescription": "CURRENCYRATE",
  "dcctype": "DCC",
  "dccbaseamount": "1050",
  "dcccurrencyiso3a": "GBP",
  "orderreference": "My_Order_123",
  "pan": "4111111111111111",
  "expirydate": "12/2022",
  "securitycode": "123"
}]}'
{"alias":"[email protected]","version":"1.00","request":[{"sitereference":"test_site12345","requesttypedescription":"CURRENCYRATE","accounttypedescription":"CURRENCYRATE","dcctype":"DCC","dccbaseamount":"1050","dcccurrencyiso3a":"GBP","orderreference":"My_Order_123","pan":"4111111111111111","expirydate":"12\/2020","securitycode":"123"}]}
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<requestblock version="3.67">
  <alias>[email protected]</alias>
  <request type="CURRENCYRATE">
    <operation>
      <sitereference>test_site12345</sitereference>
      <accounttypedescription>CURRENCYRATE</accounttypedescription>
    </operation>
    <merchant>
      <orderreference>My_Order_123</orderreference>
    </merchant>
    <billing>
      <dcc type="DCC">
        <amount currencycode="GBP">1050</amount>
      </dcc>
      <payment>
	  <pan>4111111111111111</pan>
	  <expirydate>12/2020</expirydate>
	  <securitycode>123</securitycode>
	</payment>
    </billing>
  </request>
</requestblock>

 

 

ORDER

APM new
Initiate a new payment with PayPal or paysafecard. An example of an ORDER request to our Webservices API can be found below.

 

Hover over for full documentation for PayPal

 

Hover over for full documentation for paysafecard

 

You must obtain the necessary PCI certification to process and submit sensitive cardholder data in requests to our Webservices API. Click here to learn more.

#!/usr/bin/python
import securetrading

stconfig = securetrading.Config()
stconfig.username = "[email protected]"
stconfig.password = "Password1^"
st = securetrading.Api(stconfig)

order = {
    "currencyiso3a": "GBP",
    "requesttypedescription": "ORDER",
    "accounttypedescription": "ECOM",
    "sitereference": "test_site12345",
    "baseamount": "2001",
    "paymenttypedescription": "PAYPAL",
    "returnurl": "https://yourwebsite.com",
    "cancelurl": "https://yourwebsite.com",
    "paypallocale": "GB",
    "paypaladdressoverride": "1",
    "paypalemail": "[email protected]"
}

strequest = securetrading.Request()
strequest.update(order)
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(
    'currencyiso3a' => 'GBP',
    'requesttypedescription' => 'ORDER',
    'accounttypedescription' => 'ECOM',
    'sitereference' => 'test_site12345',
    'baseamount' => '2001',
    'paymenttypedescription' => 'PAYPAL',
    'returnurl' => 'https://yourwebsite.com',
    'cancelurl' => 'https://yourwebsite.com',
    'paypallocale' => 'GB',
    'paypaladdressoverride' => '1',
    'paypalemail' => '[email protected]'
);

$api = \Securetrading\api($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": [{
    "currencyiso3a": "GBP",
    "requesttypedescription": "ORDER",
    "accounttypedescription": "ECOM",
    "sitereference": "test_site12345",
    "baseamount": "2001",
    "paymenttypedescription": "PAYPAL",
    "returnurl": "https://yourwebsite.com",
    "cancelurl": "https://yourwebsite.com",
    "paypallocale": "GB",
    "paypaladdressoverride": "1",
    "paypalemail": "[email protected]"
}]}'
{"alias":"[email protected]","version":"1.00","request":[{"currencyiso3a":"GBP","requesttypedescription":"ORDER","accounttypedescription":"ECOM","sitereference":"test_site12345","baseamount":"2001","paymenttypedescription":"PAYPAL","returnurl":"https:\/\/yourwebsite.com","cancelurl":"https:\/\/yourwebsite.com","paypallocale":"GB","paypaladdressoverride":"1","paypalemail":"[email protected]"}]}
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<requestblock version="3.67">
  <alias>[email protected]</alias>
  <request type="ORDER">
    <merchant>
      <returnurl>https://www.example.com/return</returnurl>
      <cancelurl>https://www.example.com/cancel</cancelurl>
    </merchant>
    <billing>
      <amount currencycode="GBP">2001</amount>
      <payment type="PAYPAL">
        <locale>GB</locale>
        <paypaladdressoverride>1</paypaladdressoverride>
        <paypalemail>[email protected]</paypalemail>
      </payment>
    </billing>
    <operation>
      <sitereference>test_site12345</sitereference>
      <accounttypedescription>ECOM</accounttypedescription>
    </operation>
  </request>
</requestblock>

 

 

ORDERDETAILS

APM new
Retrieve the order details from PayPal, after the customer has signed in to their account and agreed to the payment on PayPal’s servers. An example of an ORDERDETAILS request to our Webservices API can be found below.

 

Hover over for full documentation for PayPal

 

You must obtain the necessary PCI certification to process and submit sensitive cardholder data in requests to our Webservices API. Click here to learn more.

#!/usr/bin/python
import securetrading

stconfig = securetrading.Config()
stconfig.username = "[email protected]"
stconfig.password = "Password1^"
st = securetrading.Api(stconfig)

orderdetails = {
    "requesttypedescription": "ORDERDETAILS",
    "sitereference": "test_site12345",
    "parenttransactionreference": "72-32-20002"
}

strequest = securetrading.Request()
strequest.update(orderdetails)
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(
                'requesttypedescription' => 'ORDERDETAILS',
                'sitereference' => 'test_site12345',
                'parenttransactionreference' => '72-32-20002'
);

$api = \Securetrading\api($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": [{
                "requesttypedescription": "ORDERDETAILS",
                "sitereference": "test_site12345",
                "parenttransactionreference": "72-32-20002"
		}]
}'
{"alias":"[email protected]","version":"1.00","request":[{"requesttypedescription":"ORDERDETAILS","sitereference":"test_site12345","parenttransactionreference":"72-32-20002"}]}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<requestblock version="3.67">
<alias>[email protected]</alias>
 <request type="ORDERDETAILS">
  <operation>
      <sitereference>test_site12345</sitereference>
      <parenttransactionreference>72-32-20002</parenttransactionreference>
  </operation>
 </request>
</requestblock>

 

 

REFUND

Refund new
For transferring funds back to the customer. An example of a REFUND request to our Webservices API can be found below.

 

Hover over for full documentation for standard refunds

 

Hover over for full documentation for payouts

 

You must obtain the necessary PCI certification to process and submit sensitive cardholder data in requests to our Webservices API. Click here to learn more.

#!/usr/bin/python
import securetrading
  
stconfig = securetrading.Config()
stconfig.username = "[email protected]"
stconfig.password = "Password1^"
st = securetrading.Api(stconfig)
  
refund= {
  "requesttypedescription": "REFUND",
  "sitereference": "test_site12345",
  "parenttransactionreference": "1-2-345678"
}
  
strequest = securetrading.Request()
strequest.update(refund)
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(
  'requesttypedescription' => 'REFUND',
  '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": [{
  "requesttypedescription": "REFUND",
  "sitereference": "test_site12345",
  "parenttransactionreference": "1-2-345678"
}]}'
{"alias":"[email protected]","version":"1.00","request":[{"requesttypedescription":"REFUND","sitereference":"test_site12345","parenttransactionreference":"1-2-345678"}]}
<requestblock version="3.67">
  <alias>[email protected]</alias>
  <request type="REFUND">
    <operation>
      <sitereference>test_site12345</sitereference>
      <parenttransactionreference>1-2-345678</parenttransactionreference>
    </operation>
  </request>
</requestblock>

 

 

RISKDEC

Protect Plus
To process requests to Protect Plus, our sophisticated counter-fraud service. It makes use of the industry’s largest negative database to perform a comprehensive suite of fraud assessments, including identity checks against the UK electoral roll and BT databases. An example of a RISKDEC request to our Webservices API can be found below.

 

Click here for full documentation

 

You must obtain the necessary PCI certification to process and submit sensitive cardholder data in requests to our Webservices API. Click here to learn more.

#!/usr/bin/python
import securetrading

stconfig = securetrading.Config()
stconfig.username = "[email protected]"
stconfig.password = "Password1^"
st = securetrading.Api(stconfig)

riskdec= {
    "sitereference": "test_site12345",
    "requesttypedescription": "RISKDEC",
    "accounttypedescription": "ECOM",
    "currencyiso3a": "GBP",
    "baseamount": "1011",
    "orderreference": "My_Order_123",
    "pan": "4111111111111111",
    "expirydate": "12/2020",
    "securitycode": "123"
}

strequest = securetrading.Request()
strequest.update(riskdec)
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(
  'sitereference' => 'test_site12345',
  'requesttypedescription' => 'RISKDEC',
  'accounttypedescription' => 'FRAUDCONTROL',
  'currencyiso3a' => 'GBP',
  'baseamount' => '1011',
  'orderreference' => 'My_Order_123',
  'pan' => '4111111111111111',
  'expirydate' => '12/2020',
  'securitycode' => '123'
);

$api = \Securetrading\api($configData);
$response = $api->process($requestData);
var_dump($response->toArray());

?>
curl --user [email protected]:Password1^ <DOMAIN>/json/ -H "Content-type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" -X POST -d '{
"alias": "[email protected]",
"version": "1.00",
"request": [{
  "currencyiso3a": "GBP",
  "requesttypedescription": "RISKDEC",
  "sitereference": "test_site12345",
  "baseamount": "1011",
  "orderreference": "My_Order_123",
  "accounttypedescription": "FRAUDCONTROL",
  "pan": "4111111111111111",
  "expirydate": "12/2020",
  "securitycode": "123"
}]}'
{"alias":"[email protected]","version":"1.00","request":[{"currencyiso3a":"GBP","requesttypedescription":"RISKDEC","sitereference":"test_site12345","baseamount":"1011","orderreference":"My_Order_123","accounttypedescription":"FRAUDCONTROL","pan":"4111111111111111","expirydate":"12\/2020"}]}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<requestblock version="3.67">
  <alias>[email protected]</alias>
  <request type="RISKDEC">
    <merchant>
      <orderreference>My_Order_123</orderreference>
    </merchant>
    <billing>
      <amount currencycode="GBP">1011</amount>       
      <payment>
        <expirydate>12/2020</expirydate>
        <pan>4111111111111111</pan>
      </payment>
    </billing>
    <operation>
      <accounttypedescription>FRAUDCONTROL</accounttypedescription>
      <sitereference>test_site12345</sitereference>
    </operation>
  </request>
</requestblock>