Authorization Response

CLOWD9 will require a response from you as a result of an Authorization Request.

Field

Value

Format

Mandatory

message_type

“authorization”

string

Yes

message_qualifier

“response”

string

Yes

card

Contains vital information about the card as held in the CLOWD9 database

card_id

The Identifier of the card associated to the authorization request

uuid

Yes

transaction

Details of the transaction

transaction_id

The unique identifier of the transaction log entry in the CLOWD9 database

uuid

Yes

transaction_amount

The amount to be authorized with the transaction. Can be “0” for non-financial messages.
For Off Ledger, if your response code is 010, the approved amount is to be provided; not the original tranaction amount.
Note: we only accept integers format

string

Yes

transaction_currency_code

Carries additional amount information in partial authorizations and where account balances are supplied

string (3)

Yes

amount_type

Required for Balance Inquiry requests. Value supported is Available Balance

string

Yes if transaction_type = 30

amount

The Available Balance amount to be displayed to the Customer. To be returned in units, for example 1000 for the amount 10.00

string

Yes if transaction_type = 30

direction

To identify the if the amount is a Debit or Credit

string

Yes if transaction_type = 30

outcome

Yes

response_code

Numeric response code numeric value used by CLOWD9 and you for the final outcome of the request

Yes

response_source

This is the your preferred source name

Yes

response_reason

Alpha response value associated with the numeric response code provided

Yes