Cancel/Refund request

An overview of the Cancel/Refund request message for Android.

Overview

👉 The Cancel/Refund request is used to Cancel/Void a payment which occurred within the same calendar day or to Refund a successful payment - either partially or fully. See below for further details

Cancellations/Voids: You can cancel/void (reverse) a payment made on the same calendar day. This means you are able to ‘undo’ a payment you have made, ensuring no money is charged from the customer’s card. In such cases, the cancellation appears in the customer’s account instantly.

Refunds: This is available for transactions which are cleared and ready to be settled in your account. You are able to refund the entire payment amount or just a portion of it (i.e. a ‘partial refund’). The time it takes for the refund to appear in the customer’s account can vary depending on the customer’s bank or card issuer. Please note: even if you trigger a same-day partial refund, the refund will be processed after clearance of the original transaction.

The Cancel/Refund request is relevant for both Sale and Pre-auth transactions

The client app must implement a mechanism to send messages using Android intents and URI calls and to receive the result in a custom URI callback.

This request will only produce a success response in Viva Wallet’s Production environment. Testing this functionality in the VW POS Demo environment will result in an UNEXPECTED (-999) error or display a blank transactions list

Cancel/Refund request

For a typical Cancel/Refund request, the client app must provide the following information:

Field Description Example Required Card terminal support Character limit Type
scheme The Viva's custom URL scheme, the host and the version. 'vivapayclient://pay/v1' Android Card Terminals'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android
merchantKey The merchant's key. For successful validation, should not be empty.
Deprecated: you may pass any value.
'SG23323424EXS3' Android Card Terminals'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android
appId The client app ID. For successful validation, should not be empty. 'com.example.myapp' Android Card Terminals'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android
action Cancel transaction. For successful validation, should not be empty. 'cancel' Android Card Terminals'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android
referenceNumber The STAN number of the transaction to be cancelled. If empty, after card presentment, the app will provide a list of the last 3 transactions made with the presented card, allowing the user to select the transaction to be canceled. If action is cancel and if not empty should be integer bigger than zero. '123789' Please note the following options (if using the 'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android):

- Pass one or more of the identification parameters (referenceNumber, orderCode, shortOrderCode), but no date parameters: this will allow the cancellation to be completed directly

- Pass both of the date parameters (txnDateFrom & txnDateTo), but no identification parameters: this will allow the POS user to locate the desired transaction with filters (with the date range pre-filled but amendable), or to prompt the customer to present their card

- Pass neither the identification parameters or the date parameters: this will allow the POS user to locate the desired transaction with filters (with the date range not pre-filled), or to prompt the customer to present their card
Android Card Terminals'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android integer (int32)
orderCode If not empty should be integer bigger than zero and length 16. '1020304050607080' Android Card Terminals'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android integer (int32)
shortOrderCode If not empty should be integer bigger than zero and length 10. '1234567890' Android Card Terminals'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android integer (int32)
txnDateFrom If action is cancel and if not empty should be in "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'" format. '2021-03-18T14:42:53.341Z' 'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android date-time
txnDateTo If action is cancel and if not empty should be in "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'" format, txnDateFrom should be provided and txnDateTo should be after txnDateFrom. '2021-03-19T14:42:53.341Z' 'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android date-time
amount The amount to refund in cents, without any decimal digits. If no amount provided, a full refund will be performed. '100' = 1 euro (optional) Android Card Terminals'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android 10 integer (int32)
show_receipt A flag indicating if the receipt and transaction result will be shown. If true both transaction result and receipt will be shown. If false receipt will not be shown and result will be shown if show_transaction_result is true. 'true' 'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android Boolean
show_transaction_result A flag indicating if transaction result will be shown. 'true' 'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android Boolean
show_rating A flag indicating if the rating flow will be shown. 'true' 'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android Boolean
callback The URI callback that will handle the result. For successful validation, should not be empty. 'mycallbackscheme://result' Android Card Terminals'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android
protocol The protocol used. Always pass this value: int_default Required for Paydroid devices Android Card Terminals

The above information elements must create a URI call, i.e.

Intent payIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse( "vivapayclient://pay/v1"
                + "?merchantKey="MY_MERCHANT_KEY"
                + "&appId=com.example.myapp"
                + "&action=cancel"
                + "&referenceNumber=123456"
                + "&callback=mycallbackscheme://result"
                + "&orderCode=1020304050607080"
                + "&shortOrderCode=1234567890"
                + "&txnDateFrom=2021-03-18T14:42:53.341Z"
                + "&txnDateTo=2021-03-19T14:42:53.341Z"
                + "&amount=100"
                + "&show_receipt="+true
                + "&show_transaction_result="+true
                + "&show_rating="+true ));

payIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
payIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_EXCLUDE_FROM_RECENTS);
//        Those two flags should be added for paydroid implementations
//        payIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK);
//        payIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY);
                startActivity(payIntent);

Cancel/Refund response

After executing a Cancel/Refund request, the ‘viva.com | Terminal’ application responds with a cancel response result to indicate if the refund has been approved or not.

The result is received as a URI in the callback activity intent:

Uri result = getIntent().getData()

The table below summarises the contents of an approved response.

Field Description Example Card terminal support
callback The URI callback that will handle the result. 'mycallbackscheme://result' Android Card Terminals'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android
status The status of the transaction 'success' Android Card Terminals'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android
message A string containing information about the transaction status. 'Transaction successful' Android Card Terminals'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android
action Cancel transaction. 'cancel' Android Card Terminals'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android
amount The amount in cents without any decimal digits. '1200' = 12 euro Android Card Terminals'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android
cardType The card type. 'VISA' Android Card Terminals'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android
accountNumber The card number. Note that only the 6 first and the 4 last digits are provided. All other digits are masked with stars. '479275\*\*\*\*\*\*9999' Android Card Terminals'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android
tid A 12-character string indicating the terminal's TID number. '16016684' Android Card Terminals'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android
orderCode 16-digit integer. '1020304050607080' Android Card Terminals'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android
shortOrderCode 10-digit integer. '1234567890' Android Card Terminals'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android
transactionDate The transaction date in ISO 8601 format. '2019-09-13T12:14:19.8703452+03:00' Android Card Terminals'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android
transactionId A unique identifier for the transaction. 'a78e045c-49c3-4743-9071-f1e0ed71810c' Android Card Terminals'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android
aid A string indicating the AID of the card.
(Used in successful receipts)
'A000000003101001' Android Card Terminals
vatNumber The VAT number of merchant.
(if print VAT is enabled in the 'viva.com | Terminal' application settings)
(Used in successful and declined receipts)
'123412341' Android Card Terminals
address The address of merchant
(if print address is enabled in the 'viva.com | Terminal' application settings)
(Used in successful receipts)
‘Main St 123, 12312 Anytown’ Android Card Terminals
businessDescription Merchant’s Business/Trade/Store name (depending on what option is selected in the 'viva.com | Terminal' application settings),
(Used in successful receipts)
'Wonka Industries' Android Card Terminals
printLogoOnMerchantReceipt A boolean indicating weather the VivaWallet logo should be printed on merchant receipt.
(Used in successful receipts)
'false' Android Card Terminals
merchantReceiptPAN This field contains the value of the PAN (and additional clipping) that should be printed in merchant receipt. If is empty, then apply the default clipping.
(Used in successful receipts)
'629914XXXXXXXXX6770' Android Card Terminals
cardholderReceiptPAN This field contains the value of the PAN (and additional clipping) that should be printed in customer receipt. If is empty, then apply the default clipping. '629914XXXXXXXXX6770' Android Card Terminals
transactionReceiptAcquirerZone If it is not empty then this value should be printed at the end of the customer receipt.
(Used in successful receipts)
'qwerty123456' Android Card Terminals
cardholderReceiptText If is not empty then this value should be printed at the end of the customer receipt.
(Used in successful receipts)
'qwerty123456' Android Card Terminals
merchantReceiptText If is not empty then this value should be printed at the end of the customer receipt.
(Used in successful receipts)
'qwerty123456' Android Card Terminals
cardholderName Name of the cardholder.
(Used in successful receipts)
'JOHN DOE' Android Card Terminals
cardExpirationDate Expiration date of the card (YYMM).
(Used in successful receipts)
'2212' Android Card Terminals
cardholderNameExpirationDateFlags Each char may be 0 (false) or 1 (true) and indicates if the cardholder name and the expiration date should be printed on the merchant/cardholder receipts)

1st char: if 1 then the Cardholder Name should be printed in the merchant's receipt. If 0, then it should not.

2nd char: if 1 then the Cardholder Name should be printed in the cardholder's receipt. If 0, then it should not.

3rd char: if 1 then the Expiration Date should be printed in the merchant's receipt. If 0, then it should not.

4rd char: if 1 then the Expiration Date should be printed in the cardholder's receipt. If 0, then it should not.
(Used in successful receipts)
'1010' Android Card Terminals
needsSignature A boolean indicating if the receipt needs a signature section.
(Used in successful receipts)
false Android Card Terminals
addQRCode A boolean indicating if the order code should be printed as a QR.
(Used in successful receipts)
false Android Card Terminals
terminalSerialNumber The serial number of the terminal.
(Used in successful receipts)
“1234567891“ Android Card Terminals
currency The currency of the transaction.
(Used in successful receipts)
“EUR“ Android Card Terminals
errorText Text to print on the receipt stating the error description and the error ccode.
(Used in declined receipts)
“Transaction failed - Z-3“ Android Card Terminals
rrn The Retrieval Reference Number of the transaction RRN.
(Used in successful and declined receipts)
'123456833121' Android Card Terminals'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android
applicationVersion The version off the application.
(Used in declined receipts)
'v3.7.0(1956)' Android Card Terminals

A cancel response result for an approved refund looks as follows:

It is expected that certain transactions will fail for various reasons. A cancel response result for a failed refund looks as follows:

The structure of the message is the same as in the case of an approved refund.

Key to card terminal product categories

To understand the icons used on the above tables, see the below table.

Product category Terminal models Icon
Android Card Terminals Android Card Terminal Ethernet, Android Card Terminal 4G, Mobile Card Terminal Plus, Mobile Card Terminal. Android Card Terminals
'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android Mini Card Reader, Pocket Card Terminal connected via Bluetooth or USB to the 'viva.com | Terminal' application for Android. Android Card Terminals
Linux Card Terminals Countertop, IM20, S900, S800, D200. Linux Card Terminals

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