Multimerchant Sale request

An overview of our Multimerchant Sale request message ('reseller mode payments' functionality) for Android.

• Overview
• Multimerchant Sale request
• Multimerchant Sale response
• Key to card terminal product categories
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Overview

👉 The Multimerchant Sale request (also known as ‘reseller mode payments’ functionality) is used to create a Sale request with a particular merchant specified. Allowing different merchants to be specified on a per-sale basis is particularly useful for resellers or for cases in which money should be paid out to more than one merchant.

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.

• Multimerchant Sale request
• Multimerchant Sale response

Multimerchant Sale request

For a typical Multimerchant Sale request, the client app must provide the following information:

Field	Description	Example	Card terminal support	Character limit	Type
scheme	The Viva's custom URL scheme, the host and the version.	'vivapayclient://pay/v1'
merchantKey	The merchant's key. For successful validation, should not be empty.	'SG23323424EXS3'
appId	The client app ID. For successful validation, should not be empty.	'com.example.myapp'
action	For successful validation, should not be empty.	'mmSale'
amount	Amount in cents without any decimal digits. This value must not be empty and must be an integer larger than zero.	'1200' = 12 euro		10	integer (int32)
tipAmount	The tip that will be added on top of the amount. This must be less than or equal to the amount.	'200' = 2 euro		10	integer (int32)
show_receipt	A flag indicating if the receipt and transaction result will be shown.	'true'			Boolean
show_transaction_result	A flag indicating whether transaction result will be shown.	'true'			Boolean
show_rating	A flag indicating if the rating flow will be shown.	'true'			Boolean
multi_merchant_id	The id of the merchant that will receive the transaction.	'c21ac4b3-b1e1-4e7c-a65e-aedee7412321'
multi_merchant_reseller_source_code	The source code of the reseller (ISV Partner).	[A payment source (physical store) that is associated with a terminal] How to create a payment source for ISV		4	integer (int32)
multi_merchant_source_code	The source code of the merchant.	[A payment source (physical store) that is associated with a terminal] How to create a payment source for stores		4	integer (int32)
currencyCode	The currency code.	'978'		3	integer (int32)
clientTransactionId	A unique transaction ID transmitted to the host for storage with the transaction. Note that this value will be provided in the Merchant Reference field provided in the sales export response.	'12345678901234567890123456789012'		2048	String
withInstallments	Enable card installments. Only in Greek Merchants	'true'			Boolean
preferredInstallments	Number of preferred card installments. Only in Greek Merchants. If the number is between the allowed range and the card supports installments then the flow complete without any prompt for installments. If the number is 0 or > max allowed number of installments then the user will be prompt to enter the number in the app. If the card does not support installments then the app will request from the user how to proceed with the flow. If withInstallments is true preferredInstallments must be integer and not empty.	'10'		2	integer (int32)
customerTrns	The transaction description for customer.	'1234567890qwerty'		2048	String
callback	The URI callback that will handle the result. For successful validation, should not be empty.	'mycallbackscheme://result'

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=mmSale"
                                + "&clientTransactionId=1234567801234"
                                + "&amount=1200"
                                + "&tipAmount=200"
                                + "&show_receipt="+true
                                + "&show_transaction_result="+true
                                + "&show_rating="+true
                                + "&multi_merchant_id=MY_MULTI_MERCHANT_ID"
                                + "&multi_merchant_source_code=MY_MULTI_MERCHANT_SOURCE_CODE"
                                + "&multi_merchant_reseller_source_code=MY_MULTI_MERCHANT_RESELLER_SOURCE_CODE"
                                + "&currencyCode=978"
                                + "&clientTransactionId=12345678901234567890123456789012"
                                + "&withInstallments="+10
                                + "&preferredInstallments="+10
                                + "&customerTrns=1234567890qwerty"
                                + "&callback=mycallbackscheme://result"));

payIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
payIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_EXCLUDE_FROM_RECENTS);
startActivity(payIntent);

Multimerchant Sale response

After executing a Multimerchant Sale request, the ‘viva.com | Terminal’ application responds with a Multimerchant Sale response result to indicate if the payment has been approved or not.

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

Uri result = getIntent().getData();

The table below summarizes the contents of an approved response:

Field	Description	Example	Card terminal support
callback	The URI callback that will handle the result.	'mycallbackscheme://result'
status	The status of the transaction.	'success'
message	A string containing information about the transaction status.	'Transaction successful'
action	Sale transaction.	'sale'
clientTransactionId	The client transaction ID.	'12345678901234567890123456789012'
amount	The amount in cents without any decimal digits. If action is cancel and amount is not empty must be integer and bigger than zero. (Used in successful and declined receipts)	'1200' = 12 euro
tipAmount	How much of the amount in cents is considered as tip without any decimal digits. (Used in successful and declined receipts)	'200' = 2 euro
verificationMethod	The verification method used.	'CHIP-PIN'
rrn	The Retrieval Reference Number of the transaction RRN. (Used in successful and declined receipts)	'123456833121'
cardType	The card type.	'VISA'
referenceNumber	A 6-digit number indicating the transaction's STAN number.	'833121'
accountNumber	The card number masked. Note that only the 6 first and the 4 last digits are provided. All other digits are masked with stars. (Used in successful and declined receipts)	'479275\*\*\*\*\*\*9999'
customerTrns	The transaction description for the customer.	'1234567890qwerty'
transactionDate	The transaction date in ISO 8601 format. (Used in successful and declined receipts)	'2019-09-13T12:14:19.8703452+03:00'
transactionId	A unique identifier for the transaction.	'a78e045c-49c3-4743-9071-f1e0ed71810c'
installments	Number of card installments.	' 10'

A sale response result for an approved transaction looks as follows:

It is expected that reseller mode payments will fail if merchant does not support it. A reseller mode payments response for an unsupported bill payment looks as follows:

It is expected that certain transactions will fail for various reasons. A reseller mode payments response for a failed transaction looks as follows:

The structure of the message is the same as in the case of an approved transaction. Fields such as referenceNumber and authorisationCode may not have values since there is no STAN code available, nor an authorisation code.

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.
'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.
Linux Card Terminals	Countertop, IM20, S900, S800, D200.

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