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Fraud Protection Services User’s Guide 65

Responses to Credit Card

Transaction Requests

This chapter describes the contents of a response to a credit card transaction request.

In This Chapter

 “An Example Response String” on page 65

 “Contents of a Response to a Credit Card Transaction Request” on page 65

 “PNREF Value” on page 66

 “RESULT Codes and RESPMSG Values” on page 67

An Example Response String

When a transaction finishes, the server returns a response string made up of name-value pairs.

For example, this is a response to a credit card Sale transaction request:

RESULT=0&PNREF=VXYZ01234567&RESPMSG=APPROVED&AUTHCODE=123456&AVSADDR=Y&AVSZ

IP=N&IAVS=Y&CVV2MATCH=Y

Contents of a Response to a Credit Card Transaction Request

All transaction responses include values for RESULT, PNREF, and RESPMSG. A value for

AUTHCODE is included for Voice Authorization transactions. Values for AVSADDR and

AVSZIP are included if you use address verification system (AVS). Table 8.1 describes the

values returned in a response string.

TABLE 8.1 Transaction response values

Field Description Type Length

PNREF Reference ID, a unique number that identifies the

transaction. PNREF is described in

“PNREF

Format” on page 67

Alpha-

numeric

RESULT The outcome of the attempted transaction. A result

of 0 (zero) indicates the transaction was approved.

Any other number indicates a decline or error.

RESULT codes are described in

“RESULT Codes

and RESPMSG Values” on page 67

Numeric Variable

1 2 ... 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 ... 107 108

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