Mohammed Aktaa
Posted on April 21, 2020
Request method and format
All transaction requests must be sent to the Hosted Payment Page gateway URL:
https://secure.telr.com/gateway/order.json
The HTTP POST data fields that contain the basic purchase information are as follows:
Field | Description |
---|---|
ivp_method | The request method being used |
ivp_store | Your store ID |
ivp_authkey | Your authentication key |
ivp_amount | Transaction amount |
ivp_currency | Currency the transaction is in |
ivp_test | Test mode indicator 0 or 1
|
ivp_cart | Cart ID / Order ID unique ID
|
ivp_desc | Purchase description |
return_auth | URL for authorised transactions |
return_decl | URL for declined transactions |
return_can | URL for cancelled transactions |
Test mode requests can be sent from any IP address, but live mode requests will only be accepted from a pre-approved list of IPs (the IP address details for your production systems will be required prior to any live processing)
The response is formatted as JSON.
Order created
{
"method":"create",
"order":{
"ref":"OrderRef",
"url":"https://secure.telr.com/gateway/process.html?o=OrderRef"
}
}
after that we need to open the url order.url
from the response to complete the payment operation.
Error
{
"method":"create",
"error":{
"message":"E56:Duplicate transaction",
"note":"Cart ID must be unique"
}
}
Optional additional request fields
In addition to the basic transaction request fields there are other fields that can be included within the request that can alter the way the request is processed.
Supplying customer details
If your systems have the customer details available then you should include the customer’s name, address and email information as part of the request.
Field | Description |
---|---|
bill_title | The customer’s title. |
bill_fname | Forenames |
bill_sname | Surname |
bill_addr1 | Address line 1 |
bill_addr2 | Address line 2 |
bill_addr3 | Address line 3 |
bill_city | City |
bill_region | Region/State |
bill_country | Country |
bill_zip | Post/Area/Zip code |
bill_email | Email address |
ivp_lang | Payment Page interface language |
ivp_update_url | Transaction advice service type URL |
If any part of the customer details are not supplied, or if they are not valid, then the payment pages will prompt for the correct details.
For example, if you have supplied name and email but not their address, then the payment pages will only ask for the address.
Stored Cards (Returning Customers)
The Hosted Payment Pages can provide customers with the option to store their card details for future use, making it simpler for a customer to complete the checkout process the next time they purchase from your store.
- There are some key requirements in order to enable stored cards: The acquiring bank that your merchant account is with must support continuous authority transactions.
- Your store must be operating from a HTTPS server. You must have a method of identifying each individual customer, with a unique ID for each.
- Customers must be required to provide some form of authentication (such as username and password) within your store. This must be done using a HTTPS server.
- Customer authentication details (such as their password) must be securely managed within your system, and must only be stored using strong hashing algorithms with a random salt for each hash.
To enable the stored card system, you first need to select the ‘Stored cards’ option within the payment page configuration in the Merchant Admin System.
Field | Description | Notes |
---|---|---|
bill_custref | Unique customer ID | Optional. If set, the customer may be given the option to store their card for future use if the transaction is authorised, and will be presented with a list of stored cards (if any) at the start of a transaction. |
The bill_custref field must not be set if the checkout is not for a registered customer – such as if the customer is using a guest checkout option, or if they have not yet registered within your store.
Recruitment Payment
The Repeat Billing system gives merchants who use the Hosted Payment Pages the ability to setup and manage automatic recurring payments, such as those used in a subscription service.
There elements that form a Payment Agreement are as follows:
- Initial payment amount
- Payment period (Monthly or Weekly)
- Payment interval (Interval between payment periods, e.g. every 2 weeks)
- Regular payment amount
- Start date (when to start the regular payments)
- Term (how many payments to take)
- Final payment amount (Any additional final payment to take after the last regular payment)
Sending the payment agreement details
Field | Description | Notes |
---|---|---|
repeat_amount | Regular payment amount | The amount to be taken at each payment interval. |
repeat_period | Agreement billing period | This can be set to either ‘M’ (Months) or ‘W’ (Weeks) |
repeat_interval | Number of Weeks/Months between each payment | Set to 1 to bill every month/week (as per billing period). |
repeat_start | Agreement start date | Formatted as DDMMYYYY. The start date cannot be the same date that the agreement is made on, and cannot be a date that has already past. |
repeat_term | Agreement term | Indicates the number of regular payments to take. Set this to zero to indicate an unlimited term. |
repeat_final | Final payment amount | 0 if there is no final payment amount. Final payment can only be set if there is a fixed term to the agreement. |
All payment amounts are taken in the same currency as used for the main transaction request (as sent in the field). The amounts must be sent in major units (for example, 9 dollars 50 cents must be sent as 9.50 not 950).
Immediate Payment Amount
This specifies an amount to be taken at the same time that the agreement is setup. The immediate payment amount is sent as the ivp_amount field in the main transaction request.
Regular Payment Amount
This is the amount that will be taken from the card holder for each payment.
Agreement period and interval
The period must be set to either ‘M’ or ’W’, which relates to Months or Weeks. The interval must be an integer value between 1 and 12.
Examples | |
---|---|
repeat_period=M , repeat_interval=1 , repeat_term=12 | 12 payments taken one month apart – agreement duration is 1 year. |
repeat_period=M , repeat_interval=3 , repeat_term=0 | Payments taken every quarter, no fixed term. Payments will continue until such time as the agreement is cancelled. |
Start date
This indicates when the first regular payment should be taken. It is an 8 digit value, formatted as DDMMYYYY where DD = 2 digit day, MM = 2 digit month and YYYY = 4 digit year.
repeat_start=20042020
is meaning 20 th of April 2020
Final payment amount
This specifies an amount to be taken at the end of the agreement. This is only applicable for fixed term agreements (where repeat_term is non-zero). This final amount is in addition to any amount that would be taken as part of the regular payment processing. It will be taken at one payment interval following the last regular payment.
For fixed term payments:
- Initial payment amount (ivp_amount)
- repeat_term * repeat_amount
- repeat_final
For unlimited term payments:
- Initial payment amount (ivp_amount)
- Continual payments of repeat_amount until the agreement is cancelled.
You can test it here.
Posted on April 21, 2020
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