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Last updated: 13-Mar-2024

MobilePay Transactions

Resources

MobilePay Direct API Reference
API Authentication

These are the steps for processing a MobilePay transaction with the API:

  1. Generate a unique merchant_reference that will be linked to this transaction. This reference needs to be used to link the order of the customer with the transaction id generated by Verifone.
  2. Perform the create transaction API call and set the redirect_url to include the merchant_reference so you can display the transaction result when they return to your server. The redirect_url can include the reference as part of the url (/order/1234) or as a query parameter (/order?merchant_reference=1234).
  3. Redirect the shopper to the redirect_url provided by MobilePay in the response of the API call. When the customer has completed the payment on their telephone, they are returned to the redirect_url you provided in the request body.
  4. When the customer visits the redirect_url you initially provided, there are two options for retrieving the transaction status:
    • Use the notification functionality and wait until the webhook is received that the transaction has been completed ("eventType":"TxnSaleApproved")
    • Query the GET transaction endpoint using the id returned in the API call from step 3

Required fields

parameters Description
payment_provider_contract In the Payment Provider Contracts section in Verifone Central, set the Payment Type to MobilePay, select your contract and copy the Payment Provider Contract ID. Please note this value is different in Sandbox and in Production.
redirect_url Generate a unique link and include the merchant_reference either as a query parameter or as part of the URL (https://merchant.com/order/1234 or https://merchant.com/order?merchant_reference=1234)
amount Amount of the transaction
customer Customer ID
merchant_reference Unique UUID you generate and can link the transaction to when the customer returns
currency_code Accepted values are EUR, NOK, SEK and DKK

1. Generate a unique merchant_reference

The merchant_reference needs to be unique to identify the shopper when they are redirected to your server by MobilePay. In the next step, you will be creating a transaction through the API, the transaction will return an id that needs to be stored safely with the reference. When the shopper returns, you can use this reference to confirm either through the webhook or through the GET transaction API call if the shopper has successfully completed the transaction.

2. Create Transaction API call

POST the following example to the MobilePay endpoint: /oidc/api/v2/transactions/mobilepay.

Request

Headers

URL List of available servers
Endpoint /oidc/api/v2/transactions/mobilepay
x-vfi-api-idempotencyKey Unique UUID to identify the transaction
Authorization Basic {{your encoded user id and api secret}}
Content-Type application/json

Body

{
  "payment_provider_contract": "{{replace with your own payment_provider_contract}}",
  "redirect_url": "https://yourwebsite.com/order/{{replace with your merchant_reference}}",
  "amount": 100,
  "customer": "{{replace with your own customer object}}",
  "merchant_reference": "{{generate a unique merchant_reference}}",
  "currency_code": "EUR"
}

Response

   The redirect_url in the request is the site where the shopper is sent to after completing the transaction.  The redirect_url that is returned in the response is the MobilePay URL the shopper must visit to complete the payment.

From the response, the id of the transaction should now be stored along with the merchant_reference from the first step. When the shopper returns to your environment, you can confirm the merchant_reference by cross referencing it with the transaction status using the id.

You should now use the redirect_url from the response to redirect the shopper to MobilePay's website.

{
    "amount": 100,
    "blocked": false,
    "created_at": "2022-03-23T13:00:53.191575Z",
    "customer": "{{customer_id}},
    "details": {
        "auto_capture": true
    },
    "merchant_reference": "{{merchant_reference}}",
    "status": "INITIATED",
    "created_by": "{{created_by}}",
    "country_code": "FI",
    "id": "4cbcf8af-b36e-451a-8874-c6fa9976362c",
    "redirect_url": "https://sandprod-products.mobilepay.dk/remote-website/index.html?page=request&id={{id}}",
    "processor": "NETS",
    "payment_product": "CARD",
    "payment_product_type": "Unknown"
}

3. Redirect the shopper

Redirect the shopper to the redirect_url from the previous step. The shopper will now complete the MobilePay payment. After completion or cancellation, the shopper will be sent back to the redirect_url.

4. Retrieving the transaction status

When the customer is returned to your environment, you have two options to confirm the status of the transaction:

  1. Confirm the transaction through the notification service with webhooks/emails
  2. Query the GET transaction endpoint /oidc/api/v2/transaction/{{id}} using the id from the response in step 2

4.1 Retrieving the transaction status using the notification service

Following the steps in the notification service documentation, set up a webhook to be sent for the event type TxnSaleApproved and TxnSaleDeclined for your organization. When Verifone receives a notification that the transaction has been completed or declined, the webhook will be sent. Here is an example of a webhook:

{
  "eventId": "1",
  "eventDateTime": "2022-03-23T11:07:28Z",
  "recordId": "{{transaction id}}",
  "eventType": "TxnSaleApproved"
}

The recordId field will contain the transaction ID, and the eventType field can be parsed to view the outcome of the transaction. For the response in step 2 of this guide, you stored the combination of the merchant_reference and transaction id transaction.

4.2 Retrieving the transaction status by querying /oidc/api/v2/transaction/{{id}}

Alternatively, the direct API can be used to query the transaction status. After the shopper returns to your site, you can do a GET request to search for the status of the transaction:

Request

Headers

URL List of available servers
Endpoint /oidc/api/v2/transactions/{{id}}
Authorization Basic {{your encoded user id and api secret}}
Content-Type application/json

Response

The response will have the status field which can be used to determine the outcome of the transaction.

{
    "id": "46bf6f96-0103-4f53-a538-33444cea86ee",
    "amount": "1.00",
    "currency_code": "EUR",
    "created_at": "2022-03-23T14:24:45.241Z",
    "customer": "{{customer id}}",
    "shipping_information": {
        "phone": "633344455",
        "address": "Singel 250",
        "city": "Amsterdam",
        "state": "Noord-Holland",
        "postal_code": "1012 AB",
        "country": "FI"
    },
    "merchant_reference": "{{merchant reference}}",
    "payment_product": "CARD",
    "payment_product_type": "MASTERCARD",
    "status": "SALE AUTHORISED",
    "processor_reference": "MCC0124B60323",
    "arn": "231424000518",
    "rrn": "231424000518",
    "cvv_present": true,
    "authorization_code": "026257",
    "reason_code": "0000",
    "shopper_interaction": "ecommerce",
    "pos_device_id": "40000564",
    "stan": "518",
    "masked_card_number": "541303******0005"
}

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