Retrieve Agreement
Request to retrieve the details stored in the gateway of an agreement between the merchant and a cardholder.
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This operation requires authentication via one of the following methods:
- Certificate authentication.
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To authenticate to the API two additional NVP parameters must be supplied in the request.
Provide 'merchant.
<your gateway merchant ID>
' in the apiUsername field and your API password in the apiPassword field.
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String
REQUIRED
Your identifier for the agreement you have with the payer to process payments.
Data can consist of any characters
String
= RETRIEVE_AGREEMENT
FIXED
Any sequence of zero or more unicode characters.
String
OPTIONAL
A transient identifier for the request, that can be used to match the response to the request.
The value provided is not validated, does not persist in the gateway, and is returned as provided in the response to the request.
Data can consist of any characters
Alphanumeric + additional characters
REQUIRED
The unique identifier issued to you by your payment provider.
This identifier can be up to 12 characters in length.
Data may consist of the characters 0-9, a-z, A-Z, '-', '_'
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CONDITIONAL
A commercial agreement you have with the payer that allows you to store and use their payment details for later payments.
For example, an agreement to a series of recurring payments (a mobile phone subscription), an agreement to take payment for a purchase by a series of installments (hire purchase), an agreement to make additional payments when required (account top up), or to fulfil a standard industry practice (no show penalty charge).
Do not provide this parameter group if you are storing the payment details for subsequent payer-initiated payments only.
See Credential on File, Cardholder, and Merchant Initiated Transactions for details.
Enumeration
CONDITIONAL
Indicates if all the payments within the agreement use the same amount or if the amount differs between the payments.
The field must be provided for recurring payment agreements.
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
FIXED
All payments in the recurring payment agreement have the same amount. Examples include magazine subscriptions or gym memberships.
VARIABLE
The amount for the payments within the recurring payment agreement differs between payments. Examples include usage-based charges like utility or phone bills.
String
CONDITIONAL
Additional information requested for the agreement which cannot be passed using other available data fields.
This field must not contain sensitive data.
Data can consist of any characters, but sensitive data will be rejected
Date
CONDITIONAL
Date at which your agreement with the payer to process payments expires.
Data must comply with ISO 8601 extended date format, yyyy-mm-dd
String
CONDITIONAL
Your identifier for the agreement you have with the payer to process payments.
When you collect cards from your payers and store them for later use, you must provide an agreement ID when you use the stored values for:
- Recurring payments: you have an agreement with the payer that authorizes you to automatically debit their account at agreed intervals for fixed or variable amounts. For example, gym membership, phone bills, or magazine subscriptions.
- Installment payments: you have an agreement with the payer that authorizes you to process multiple payments over an agreed period of time for a single purchase. For example, the payer purchases an item for $1000 and pays for it in four monthly installments.
- Unscheduled: you have an agreement with the payer that authorizes you to process future payments when required. For example, the payer authorizes you to process an account top-up transaction for a transit card when the account balance drops below a certain threshold.
- Industry Practice: you have an agreement with the payer that authorizes you to initiate additional transactions to fulfil a standard business practice related to an original payment initiated by the payer. For example, a delayed charge for use of the hotel mini bar after the payer has checked out or a no show penalty charge when the payer fails to show for a booking.
Data can consist of any characters
Decimal
CONDITIONAL
The maximum amount for a single payment in the series as agreed with the payer under your agreement with them.
The amount must be provided in the currency of the order.
A sequence of digits 0-9 separated by a '.' as a decimal indicator. Leading and trailing zeroes are optional. If the fractional part is zero, the '.' and following zero(es) can be omitted. (For a complete description, see http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#decimal.)
Decimal
CONDITIONAL
The minimum amount for a single payment in the series as agreed with the payer under your agreement with them.
The amount must be provided in the currency of the order.
A sequence of digits 0-9 separated by a '.' as a decimal indicator. Leading and trailing zeroes are optional. If the fractional part is zero, the '.' and following zero(es) can be omitted. (For a complete description, see http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#decimal.)
Integer
CONDITIONAL
The minimum number of days between payments agreed with the payer under your agreement with them.
A number comprising the digits 0-9, having at least one digit. (For a complete description, see http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#nonNegativeInteger.)
Integer
CONDITIONAL
The number of merchant-initiated payments within the recurring payment agreement.
A number comprising the digits 0-9, having at least one digit. (For a complete description, see http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#nonNegativeInteger.)
Enumeration
CONDITIONAL
The frequency of the payments within the series as agreed with the payer under your agreement with them.
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
AD_HOC
The agreement if for payments on an ah-hoc basis.
DAILY
The agreement if for a daily payment.
FORTNIGHTLY
The agreement if for a fortnightly payment.
MONTHLY
The agreement if for a monthly payment.
OTHER
The agreement is for payments according to a schedule other than the ones listed in the other enumeration values for this field.
QUARTERLY
The agreement if for a quarterly payment.
TWICE_YEARLY
The agreement if for a payment twice a year.
WEEKLY
The agreement if for a weekly payment.
YEARLY
The agreement if for a yearly payment.
CONDITIONAL
For an installment agreement where the payer purchased goods and/or services from a retailer but entered an installment agreement to pay for this purchase with you, you must provide details about the retailer.
String
CONDITIONAL
Provide an abbreviation of the retailer's trading name that can be used by the issuer to indicate the retailer on the payer's statement.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
A 4-digit code used to classify the retailer's business by the type of goods or services it offers.
Data can consist of any characters
String
CONDITIONAL
The retailer's trading name.
Data can consist of any characters
Date
CONDITIONAL
This is the effective start date for the payment agreement.
Cannot be in the past.
Data must comply with ISO 8601 extended date format, yyyy-mm-dd
Enumeration
CONDITIONAL
The type of commercial agreement that the payer has with you.
Specify the agreement type when you have provided a value for agreement.id and this payment is the first in a series of payments. The default value is OTHER.
The gateway will use the value you specify for subsequent payments in the series.
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
INSTALLMENT
An agreement where the payer authorizes the payment for a single purchase to be split into a number of payments processed at agreed intervals. For example, pay for a purchase in six monthly installments.
OTHER
An agreement where you want to link related payments for any purpose other than processing recurring, installment, or unscheduled payments. For example, split tender payments.
RECURRING
An agreement where the payer authorizes you to process repeat payments for bills or invoices at agreed intervals (for example, weekly, monthly). The amount might be fixed or variable.
UNSCHEDULED
An agreement where the payer authorizes you to automatically deduct funds for a payment for an agreed purchase when required (unscheduled). For example, auto top-ups when the account value falls below a threshold.
Enumeration
ALWAYS PROVIDED
The status of the agreement (ACTIVE or CANCELLED) as per the issuer or a third-party provider that maintains the agreements.
The gateway obtains/refreshes the status of the agreement when.
You submit a request to the gateway to authorize or cancel an agreement (the gateway passes this information to the regulator/third-party provider)
OR
Your acquirer updates the gateway when the payer has directly cancelled the agreement with their issuing bank.
For all other integrations, the value will be set to UNKNOWN_IN_VERSION.
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
ACTIVE
The agreement has been registered and is active.
CANCELLED
The agreement is no longer active. It has been cancelled by either you or the payer.
UNKNOWN_IN_VERSION
The status of the agreement is UNKNOWN_IN_VERSION.
String
CONDITIONAL
A transient identifier for the request, that can be used to match the response to the request.
The value provided is not validated, does not persist in the gateway, and is returned as provided in the response to the request.
Data can consist of any characters
Enumeration
ALWAYS PROVIDED
A system-generated high level overall result of the operation.
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
FAILURE
The operation was declined or rejected by the gateway, acquirer or issuer
PENDING
The operation is currently in progress or pending processing
SUCCESS
The operation was successfully processed
UNKNOWN
The result of the operation is unknown
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Information on possible error conditions that may occur while processing an operation using the API.
Enumeration
Broadly categorizes the cause of the error.
For example, errors may occur due to invalid requests or internal system failures.
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
INVALID_REQUEST
The request was rejected because it did not conform to the API protocol.
REQUEST_REJECTED
The request was rejected due to security reasons such as firewall rules, expired certificate, etc.
SERVER_BUSY
The server did not have enough resources to process the request at the moment.
SERVER_FAILED
There was an internal system failure.
String
Textual description of the error based on the cause.
This field is returned only if the cause is INVALID_REQUEST or SERVER_BUSY.
Data can consist of any characters
String
Indicates the name of the field that failed validation.
This field is returned only if the cause is INVALID_REQUEST and a field level validation error was encountered.
Data can consist of any characters
String
Indicates the code that helps the support team to quickly identify the exact cause of the error.
This field is returned only if the cause is SERVER_FAILED or REQUEST_REJECTED.
Data can consist of any characters
Enumeration
Indicates the type of field validation error.
This field is returned only if the cause is INVALID_REQUEST and a field level validation error was encountered.
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
INVALID
The request contained a field with a value that did not pass validation.
MISSING
The request was missing a mandatory field.
UNSUPPORTED
The request contained a field that is unsupported.
Enumeration
A system-generated high level overall result of the operation.
Value must be a member of the following list. The values are case sensitive.
ERROR
The operation resulted in an error and hence cannot be processed.