GetNet Documentation

Glossary

Term	XML Element	Definition
Access Control Server URL	three-d.acs-url	This is the issuer URL to where the merchant must direct the enrollment check request via the cardholders browser. It is returned only in case the cardholder is enrolled in 3D Secure program.
Account Holder	account-holder	The person or entity that has been issued a credit, prepaid or debit card and is responsible for compliance with the rules of engagement as contracted with the card-issuing body. This information is provided in the card’s terms and conditions.
Account Number	bank-account.account-number	The number designating a bank account used nationally.
Bank Code	bank-account.bank-code	The national bank sorting code for national bank transfers.
Cancel-Redirect-URL	payment.cancel-redirect-url	The URL to which the account holder will be re-directed after he has cancelled a payment. This is normally a page on the merchant website.
Capture		Takes funds from the cardholder account. Must follow an authorization.
Card Account Number	card.account-number	The embossed or encoded number that identifies the card issuer to which a transaction is to be routed and the account to which it is to be charged unless specific instructions indicate otherwise. In the case of a Credit Card, this is the Primary Account Number.
Cardholder Authentication Verification Value	three-d.cardholder-authentication-value	The CAVV is a cryptographic value generated by the Issuer. For Visa transaction it is called CAVV (Cardholder Authentication Verification Value) for MasterCard it is either called Accountholder Authentication Value (AAV) or Universal Cardholder Authentication Field (UCAF).
Card Expiry Month	card.expiry-month	The 2-digit representation of the expiration month of the card account.
Card Expiry Year	card.expiry-year	The 4-digit representation of the expiration year of the card account.
Card Masked Account Number	card.masked-account-number	A code used to represent the card masked account.
Card Security Code	card.security-code	A security feature for credit or debit card transactions, providing increased protection against credit card fraud. The Card Security Code is located on the back of MasterCard, Visa and Discover credit or debit cards and is typically a separate group of 3 Digits to the right of the signature strip. On American Express cards, the Card Security Code is a printed, not embossed, group of four digits on the front towards the right.
Card Token Id	card.token-id	A unique identifier assigned for every card token. This is a surrogate value for the Primary Account Number.
Card Type	card.card-type	A card scheme accepted by the processing system. This includes physically issued cards.
Credit		Gives funds to the cardholder account, referring to an eligible purchase or capture.
Currency		A generally accepted form of money, including coins and paper notes, which is issued by a government and circulated within an economy. Used as a medium of exchange for goods and services, currency is the basis for trade. For more information see ISO 4217 (International standard for currency codes).
Eci	three-d.eci	In a 3D Secure process, this indicates the status of the VERes.
Fail Redirect URL	payment.fail-redirect-url	The URL to which the account holder will be re-directed after an unsuccessful payment. This is normally a page on the merchant website notifying the account holder of a failed payment often with the option to try another payment method.
Merchant		A person or firm contractually affiliated with the Payment Service Provider for accepting payments for services rendered.
Merchant Account		Other terminology for Merchant Processing Account.
Merchant Account ID (MAID)	merchant-account-id	A unique identifier assigned for every merchant account.
Merchant Data	three-d.md	A parameter in the 3D Secure process reserved for specific merchant data. The MD may be useful for retrieving transaction data from the database or recalling a transaction.
MPI		Merchant Plug-In
Parent Transaction		The transaction that precedes the current transaction in a transaction group. For example, a capture transaction must have an authorization transaction as its parent.
PaReq	three-d.pareq	In a 3D Secure transaction, this is a base64-encoded request message created for cards participating in the 3D program. The PaReq is returned by the issuer’s ACS via the card schemes’ directory servers to the Payment Gateway and from here passed on to the merchant.
PARes	three-d.pares	In a 3D Secure transaction, this is the digitally signed, base64-encoded authentication response message received from the issuer.
Payment Service Provider		A company that offers merchant online services for accepting electronic payments by a variety of payment methods. The online services are provided by the operating company.
Processing Redirect URL	payment.processing-redirect-url	The URL to which the account holder will be re-directed after an unsuccessful payment. This is normally a page on the merchant website notifying the account holder of a failed payment.
Purchase		A transaction type initiated by a consumer or merchant which combines both a Pre-Auth and a Completion The Purchase transaction verifies funds on the customer’s card, removes the funds and readies them for deposit into the merchant’s account. Purchase combines both and Auth and a Capture into one transaction (or both a Pre-auth and a Completion). Known as one-step transaction processing.
Refund		Gives funds to the cardholder account, without referring to an eligible purchase or capture.
Requested Amount	requested-amount	The only amount that accompanies the transaction when it is created and/or requested. In the case of a Sale or Refund, this is what the Merchant requests. In the case of a chargeback, this is the amount that is being contested.
Status Code	statuses.status-code	The status of a transaction. This is primarily used in conjunction with the transaction state to determine the exact details of the status of the transaction.
Success Redirect URL	payment.success-redirect-url	The URL to which the account holder will be re-directed after a successful payment. This is normally a success confirmation page on the merchant website.
Status Description	statuses.status-description	Text used to describe the transaction status.
Status Severity	statuses.status-severity	The severity of the transaction, can be information, warning, error.
Term URL	three-d.termURL	In a 3D Secure transaction, this is the URL to where the card holder is redirected to after being at the Issuer’s page.
Transaction		An act between a merchant and an account holder that results in an electronic representation of the account holder promise to pay for goods or services received from the act. This includes all transaction types, including purchases, refunds, and chargebacks. Each transaction is issued a unique transaction identifier. If there are two steps required for funds to transfer, such as a pre-authorization followed by a capture, these are considered two transactions.
Transaction State	state	The current status of a transaction. Typically, a transaction will start from an "In-Progress" state, and then finish in either the "success" or "failed" state.
Transaction Type	transaction-type	The type of transaction that determines its behavior in transaction processing and merchant settlement. Examples are: authorization, capture, credit, purchase, refund, void-authorization, void-capture, void-credit and void-purchase.
Xid	three-d.xid	In a 3-D Secure process, this is the unique transaction identifier.

Term

XML Element

Definition

Access Control Server URL

three-d.acs-url

This is the issuer URL to where the merchant must direct the enrollment check request via the cardholders browser. It is returned only in case the cardholder is enrolled in 3D Secure program.

Account Holder

account-holder

The person or entity that has been issued a credit, prepaid or debit card and is responsible for compliance with the rules of engagement as contracted with the card-issuing body. This information is provided in the card’s terms and conditions.

Account Number

bank-account.account-number

The number designating a bank account used nationally.

Bank Code

bank-account.bank-code

The national bank sorting code for national bank transfers.

Cancel-Redirect-URL

payment.cancel-redirect-url

The URL to which the account holder will be re-directed after he has cancelled a payment. This is normally a page on the merchant website.

Capture

Takes funds from the cardholder account. Must follow an authorization.

Card Account Number

card.account-number

The embossed or encoded number that identifies the card issuer to which a transaction is to be routed and the account to which it is to be charged unless specific instructions indicate otherwise. In the case of a Credit Card, this is the Primary Account Number.

Cardholder Authentication Verification Value

three-d.cardholder-authentication-value

The CAVV is a cryptographic value generated by the Issuer. For Visa transaction it is called CAVV (Cardholder Authentication Verification Value) for MasterCard it is either called Accountholder Authentication Value (AAV) or Universal Cardholder Authentication Field (UCAF).

Card Expiry Month

card.expiry-month

The 2-digit representation of the expiration month of the card account.

Card Expiry Year

card.expiry-year

The 4-digit representation of the expiration year of the card account.

Card Masked Account Number

card.masked-account-number

A code used to represent the card masked account.

Card Security Code

card.security-code

A security feature for credit or debit card transactions, providing increased protection against credit card fraud. The Card Security Code is located on the back of MasterCard, Visa and Discover credit or debit cards and is typically a separate group of 3 Digits to the right of the signature strip. On American Express cards, the Card Security Code is a printed, not embossed, group of four digits on the front towards the right.

Card Token Id

card.token-id

A unique identifier assigned for every card token. This is a surrogate value for the Primary Account Number.

Card Type

card.card-type

A card scheme accepted by the processing system. This includes physically issued cards.

Credit

Gives funds to the cardholder account, referring to an eligible purchase or capture.

Currency

A generally accepted form of money, including coins and paper notes, which is issued by a government and circulated within an economy. Used as a medium of exchange for goods and services, currency is the basis for trade.
For more information see ISO 4217 (International standard for currency codes).

Eci

three-d.eci

In a 3D Secure process, this indicates the status of the VERes.

Fail Redirect URL

payment.fail-redirect-url

The URL to which the account holder will be re-directed after an unsuccessful payment. This is normally a page on the merchant website notifying the account holder of a failed payment often with the option to try another payment method.

Merchant

A person or firm contractually affiliated with the Payment Service Provider for accepting payments for services rendered.

Merchant Account

Other terminology for Merchant Processing Account.

Merchant Account ID (MAID)

merchant-account-id

A unique identifier assigned for every merchant account.

Merchant Data

three-d.md

A parameter in the 3D Secure process reserved for specific merchant data. The MD may be useful for retrieving transaction data from the database or recalling a transaction.

MPI

Merchant Plug-In

Parent Transaction

The transaction that precedes the current transaction in a transaction group. For example, a capture transaction must have an authorization transaction as its parent.

PaReq

three-d.pareq

In a 3D Secure transaction, this is a base64-encoded request message created for cards participating in the 3D program. The PaReq is returned by the issuer’s ACS via the card schemes’ directory servers to the Payment Gateway and from here passed on to the merchant.

PARes

three-d.pares

In a 3D Secure transaction, this is the digitally signed, base64-encoded authentication response message received from the issuer.

Payment Service Provider

A company that offers merchant online services for accepting electronic payments by a variety of payment methods. The online services are provided by the operating company.

Processing Redirect URL

payment.processing-redirect-url

The URL to which the account holder will be re-directed after an unsuccessful payment. This is normally a page on the merchant website notifying the account holder of a failed payment.

Purchase

A transaction type initiated by a consumer or merchant which combines both a Pre-Auth and a Completion The Purchase transaction verifies funds on the customer’s card, removes the funds and readies them for deposit into the merchant’s account. Purchase combines both and Auth and a Capture into one transaction (or both a Pre-auth and a Completion). Known as one-step transaction processing.

Refund

Gives funds to the cardholder account, without referring to an eligible purchase or capture.

Requested Amount

requested-amount

The only amount that accompanies the transaction when it is created and/or requested. In the case of a Sale or Refund, this is what the Merchant requests. In the case of a chargeback, this is the amount that is being contested.

Status Code

statuses.status-code

The status of a transaction. This is primarily used in conjunction with the transaction state to determine the exact details of the status of the transaction.

Success Redirect URL

payment.success-redirect-url

The URL to which the account holder will be re-directed after a successful payment. This is normally a success confirmation page on the merchant website.

Status Description

statuses.status-description

Text used to describe the transaction status.

Status Severity

statuses.status-severity

The severity of the transaction, can be information, warning, error.

Term URL

three-d.termURL

In a 3D Secure transaction, this is the URL to where the card holder is redirected to after being at the Issuer’s page.

Transaction

An act between a merchant and an account holder that results in an electronic representation of the account holder promise to pay for goods or services received from the act. This includes all transaction types, including purchases, refunds, and chargebacks. Each transaction is issued a unique transaction identifier. If there are two steps required for funds to transfer, such as a pre-authorization followed by a capture, these are considered two transactions.

Transaction State

state

The current status of a transaction. Typically, a transaction will start from an "In-Progress" state, and then finish in either the "success" or "failed" state.

Transaction Type

transaction-type

The type of transaction that determines its behavior in transaction processing and merchant settlement. Examples are: authorization, capture, credit, purchase, refund, void-authorization, void-capture, void-credit and void-purchase.

Xid

three-d.xid

In a 3-D Secure process, this is the unique transaction identifier.