Merchant Approve Transaction

The Merchant Approve Transaction request lets you approve or decline transactions with invoice status of PENDING_MERCHANT_REVIEW.


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Request Content

The request must include either the transactionid or merchanttransactionid.

For example:

services/2/transactions/approval?transactionid=38612140&approvetransaction=true

OR

services/2/transactions/approval?merchanttransactionid=MyUniqueMTI&approvetransaction=true

Note: If approvetransaction is not included, true is assumed.

Response Details

If successful, the response HTTP status code is 204.
The response will be in MerchantApprovalResource and contain the following parameters.

Possible Responses

CaseExamples
Approve

  • Auth Only (with amount > 0)

with transactionId
json { "transactionId": "38611602", "transactionStatus": "Waiting" }

with merchantTransactionId
json { "transactionId": "38611602", "transactionStatus": "Waiting", "merchantTransactionId": "merchantTransactionId122222" }

  • Auth Only (with amount = 0)

  • Auth Capture

  • Create PayPal Transaction

  • Create Local Bank Transfer Transaction

with transactionId
json { "transactionId": "38611602", "transactionStatus": "Approved" }

with merchantTransactionId
json { "transactionId": "38611602", "transactionStatus": "Approved", "merchantTransactionId": "merchantTransactionId122222" }

  • Create Subscription

  • Create Merchant-Managed Subscription

with transactionId
json { "subscriptionId": 39606170, "transactionId": "38611602", "transactionStatus": "Approved" }

with merchantTransactionId
json { "subscriptionId": 39606170, "transactionId": "38611602", "transactionStatus": "Approved", "merchantTransactionId": "merchantTransactionId122222" }
Decline

  • Create Local Bank Transfer Transaction

with transactionId
json { "transactionId": "38523084", "transactionStatus": "Short OrderContext Declined By Vendor (Refund Needed)" }

with merchantTransactionId
json { "transactionId": "38523084", "transactionStatus": "Short OrderContext Declined By Vendor (Refund Needed)", "merchantTransactionId": "merchantTransactionId122222" }

  • All others

with transactionId
json { "transactionId": "38611592", "transactionStatus": "Canceled" }

with merchantTransactionId
json { "transactionId": "38611592", "transactionStatus": "Canceled", "merchantTransactionId": "merchantTransactionId122222" }

Example

Request Example

curl -v -X PUT https://sandbox.bluesnap.com/services/2/transactions/approval?transactionid=38612140&approvetransaction=true \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \ 
-H 'Authorization: Basic dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ=' \
-d '
curl -v -X PUT https://sandbox.bluesnap.com/services/2/transactions/approval?transactionid=38612140&approvetransaction=false \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \ 
-H 'Authorization: Basic dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ=' \
-d '

Response Examples

{
	"transactionId": "38611602",
	"transactionStatus": "Approved"
}
{
	"transactionId": "38611602",
	"transactionStatus": "Approved",
	"merchantTransactionId": "merchantTransactionId122222"
}

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To test a call, enter an existing transaction ID or merchant transaction ID. This automatically inserts the ID into the request URL.

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