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Credit Card Transactions
Submitting Authorization/Delayed Capture Transactions
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IMPORTANT:Only one Delayed Capture transaction is allowed per Authorization
transaction.
Required Authorization Transaction Parameters
To perform an Authorization transaction, you are required to pass the following parameters:
z ACCT
z AMT
z EXPDATE
Typical Authorization Transaction Parameter String
A typical parameter string passed in an Authorization transaction is the same as a Sale
transaction string. The only difference is that the TRXTYPE value is A in an Authorization.
TRXTYPE=A&TENDER=C&USER=SuperUser&PWD=SuperUserPassword&VENDOR=SuperUser&PA
RTNER=PayPal&ACCT=5105105105105100&EXPDATE=1209&CVV2=123&AMT=99.00&
FIRSTNAME=John&LASTNAME=Smith&STREET=123 Main St.&CITY=San Jose
&STATE=CA&ZIP=12345&COMMENT1=Reservation&INVNUM=1234567890&PONUM=C12345&CVV
2=567&VERBOSITY=MEDIUM
Required Delayed Capture Transaction Parameters
To perform a Delayed Capture transaction, you are required to pass the following parameter:
ORIGID
Set ORIGID to the PNREF (Transaction ID in PayPal Manager reports) value returned from the
original transaction. In addition, if the amount of the capture differs from the amount of the
Authorization, you also must pass a value for AMT.
Fields Copied From the Authorization Transaction into the Delayed Capture
Transaction
The following fields are copied from the Authorization transaction into the Delayed Capture
transaction (if they exist in the original transaction). If you provide a new value for any of
these parameters when submitting the Delayed Capture transaction, then the new value is
TABLE 4.2 Delayed Capture required parameter
Parameter Description
ORIGID (Required by some transaction types) ID of the original transaction that is being
referenced. This ID is returned by the PNREF parameter and appears as the
Transaction ID in PayPal Manager reports.
Limitations: 12 case-sensitive alphanumeric characters.