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

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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API Explorer

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