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# Pay by Credit Card

API for direct payment by credit card number without using payment page.

{% hint style="warning" %}
Sending credit card information using API requires your server to be PCI compliant, if you don't have PCI certification - please see our documentation of [Credit Card iFrame ](/sensepay/transaction-api/sdk-and-iframes/credit-card-iframe.md)
{% endhint %}

### API Interface

## Pay by credit card

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `https://api.sensepass.com/api/transactions/pay`

**Authentication Request Body fields**

[See here our Authentication page](/sensepay/transaction-api/authentication.md)

{% hint style="info" %}
This API only support merchant API authentication - [See Authenticating page for examples](/sensepay/transaction-api/authentication.md#merchant-api-key-authentication)
{% endhint %}

#### Request Body

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th width="107">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>methodType</td><td>string</td><td>Transaction Type:<br>1. 'payment' = Regular Payment<br>2. 'tokenize' = Tokenization<br>3. 'authorize' = Authorization<br>4. 'credit' = Credit transaction (Refund transaction without a reference to original payment transaction)</td></tr><tr><td>amount<mark style="color:red;">*</mark></td><td>number</td><td><p>The required amount for this transaction (Cents). </p><p>If products are a part of the transaction - they are all summed up &#x26; calculated via the following formula: </p><p>(amount + vat - discount) * quantity e.g. (10 + 1.7 - 1) * 2.</p></td></tr><tr><td>creditCardDetails.cardNumber<mark style="color:red;">*</mark></td><td>string</td><td>Credit card number</td></tr><tr><td>currency<mark style="color:red;">*</mark></td><td>string</td><td>[ USD, CAD, ILS, EUR, RUB ]</td></tr><tr><td>creditCardDetails.securityCode<mark style="color:red;">*</mark></td><td>string</td><td>Credit card CVV</td></tr><tr><td>reason</td><td>string</td><td>The reason for this payment - This field will be presented to the consumer</td></tr><tr><td>creditCardDetails.socialID</td><td>String</td><td>Israel Only - Social ID of the credit card owner</td></tr><tr><td>creditCardDetails.cardExpiration<mark style="color:red;">*</mark></td><td>string</td><td>Credit card expiration MM/YY</td></tr><tr><td>installments</td><td>number</td><td>Israel Only - Installments</td></tr><tr><td>metadata</td><td>array</td><td><a data-mention href="/sensepay/transaction-api/models/metadata-model.md">Metadata Model</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200: OK OK" %}
**See Transactions entity schema:** [Transaction Model](/sensepay/transaction-api/models/transaction-model.md#transaction-entity)

```javascript
{
  "success": true,
  "message": null,
  "code": null,
  "error": null,
  "approvalID": null,
  "requestID": null,
  "transactionNumber": "cf04ea0faf73988c1f545add1ec2bd9fcd87c7a292566536e8395b1b",
  "transactionPaymentID": null,
  "transactionStatus": "TransactionApproved",
  "confirmation":
    {
      "paymentType": "Regular",
      "confirmationNumber": "063-d9j09YsY1",
      "fullConfirmationCode": "063-d9j09YsY1",
      "dateApproval": "2019-12-19T09:47:59.105Z",
      "installments": 1,
      "paymentMethodName": "Credit Card",
      "approvedBy": "Cardknox",
      "providerId": "uGfNuwEGiP18SUnTUEo1/atTdesDnhDhZ/8i7G9NAEg=",
      "requestID": "a4dbf66e-d3f1-4a29-baf7-2591424a9a0c",
      "authNumber": "123213dsf13111",
      "referenceNumber": "1778298289",
      "acquirer": "Visa",
      "voucher": "yyyAbnlmlfm1323",
      "lastFourDigits": "8858",
      "cardExpiration": "0127",
      "sensePassReferenceId": "34e209ea8b24cc831cf"
    },
    "cardMask": "",
    "token": "060a4330-abd7-4845-b8e9-809f454a2d6c"
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="400: Bad Request Invalid Input" %}

```javascript
{
    // Response
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="500: Internal Server Error Internal Error" %}

```javascript
{
    // Response
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Examples

Basic request example to pay using credit card

```json
{
  "deviceId": "93sa20e3b9c05d0670f00924a5384185aa4e5fe913b71014",
  "amount": 500,
  "currency": "USD",
  "reason": "Invoice of December 2023",
  "creditCardDetails": {
    "cardNumber": "375510190366075",
    "cardExpiration": "12/34",
    "securityCode": "0123"
  }
}
```

Response

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "message": null,
  "code": null,
  "error": null,
  "approvalID": null,
  "requestID": null,
  "transactionNumber": "cf04ea0faf73988c1f545add1ec2bd9fcd87c7a292566536e8395b1b",
  "transactionPaymentID": null,
  "transactionStatus": "TransactionApproved",
  "confirmation": {
      "paymentType": "Regular",
      "confirmationNumber": "063-d9j09YsY1",
      "fullConfirmationCode": "063-d9j09YsY1",
      "dateApproval": "2019-12-19T09:47:59.105Z",
      "installments": 1,
      "paymentMethodName": "Credit Card",
      "approvedBy": "Cardknox",
      "providerId": "uGfNuwEGiP18SUnTUEo1/atTdesDnhDhZ/8i7G9NAEg=",
      "requestID": "a4dbf66e-d3f1-4a29-baf7-2591424a9a0c",
      "authNumber": "123213dsf13111",
      "referenceNumber": "1778298289",
      "acquirer": "Visa",
      "voucher": "yyyAbnlmlfm1323",
      "lastFourDigits": "8858",
      "cardExpiration": "0127",
      "sensePassReferenceId": "34e209ea8b24cc831cf"
   },
   "cardMask": "",
   "token": "060a4330-abd7-4845-b8e9-809f454a2d6c"
}
```

### Transaction Status Flow

[See our transaction status flow here](/sensepay/transaction-api/flow-charts/transaction-status-flow.md)


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