topic Is there a way to adjust the amount of unsettled transaction? in Integration and Testing

Is there a way to adjust the amount of unsettled transaction?

ittigorn — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 03:34:37 GMT

Hi! A little background about my project. I'm buiding a system for restaurant online food ordering. Sometimes people might want a refund on certain items in their order so I need to create a partial refund function. I'm working with PHP.

So... my questions are:

1. Do credit(refund) and void always set the amount of the transaction to zero?

2. Is there a way to adjust the amount of settled and unsettled transaction (after an authCapture transaction type) without having to void the whole transaction and creating a brand new transaction again?

3. I'm kind of confused about API types. Which type of API is the one that's on this pager here? http://developer.authorize.net/api/reference/

I looked through a lot of posts but couldn't seem to find the answer.

Thank you for your time!

Re: Is there a way to adjust the amount of unsettled transaction?

RichardH — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 17:49:11 GMT

Hello @ittigorn

Before a transaction settles, your only option is to Void the entire transaction. After a transaction has settled, you can refund (credit) using the previous transaction ID.

These are the relevent API Methods:

http://developer.authorize.net/api/reference/index.html#payment-transactions-charge-a-credit-card

http://developer.authorize.net/api/reference/index.html#payment-transactions-void-a-transaction

http://developer.authorize.net/api/reference/index.html#payment-transactions-refund-a-transaction

Richard

Re: Is there a way to adjust the amount of unsettled transaction?

ittigorn — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 23:50:31 GMT

Thank you for your time, Richard. That clears things up a lot.

Also, is it possible to Authorize-only a transaction and then Capture it later with different amount? (both lower or higher amount)

Say... Authorize for $10 and at the end of the day, before the cut-off time, capture it for $8 or $15 instead?

If that's possible then it seems like a better solution if there's ever a need to change the amount before settlement.

Re: Is there a way to adjust the amount of unsettled transaction?

RichardH — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 02:28:00 GMT

You can do a Prior Authorization and Capture up to the total amount authorized, but not more.

Richard

Re: Is there a way to adjust the amount of unsettled transaction?

ittigorn — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 03:03:14 GMT

Ok so I can capture at the lower amount than the authorized amount then. Thank you again, Richard.

I think I'll go with that solution. :)