About Sofort
General information about Sofort
Sofort is a method of bank transfers and is based on online banking. A big advantage is: The customer doesn’t need to register and does not need to create a virtual account, a so called wallet. As the name suggests it is an immediate bank transfer and thus a direct bank transfer. The customer selects Sofort as payment method for their online purchase and is then forwarded to the secure payment form. The bank transfer data is transferred automatically and the customer only has to select his or her bank and enter their login details for online banking. Finally he releases the bank transfer by means of an approval code. All data is send encrypted to the online banking account. The online merchant receives a real-time confirmation of the executed bank transfer. The merchant can execute and dispatch the order immediately delivering goods/services faster. There is no waiting time until the dispatch of the goods like it would be for example in the case of prepayment via bank transfer.
As usual with online banking, the data disclosed in Sofort are encrypted with SSL (Secure Sockets Layer).
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| Info | The international online bank transfer with PIN/TAN from Sofort GmbH is now available in 7 countries. As part of the Klarna Group Sofort offers the integration of payment in the webshop, so that a customer is forwarded to his/her bank and can make the transfer with input of PIN and TAN. |
| Type | Payments by Online Bank Transfer |
Further information can be found on the webpage of Sofort (https://www.sofort.com/ger-DE/verkaeufer/su/e-payment-sofort-ueberweisung).
Process flow chart
Paygate interface
Format Description a alphabetical as alphabetical with special characters n numeric an alphanumeric ans alphanumeric with special characters ns numeric with special characters bool boolean expression (true or false) 3 fixed length with 3 digits/characters ..3 variable length with maximum 3 digits/characters enum enumeration of allowed values dttm ISODateTime (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss) Abbreviation Description CND condition M mandatory O optional C conditional Notice: Please note that the names of parameters can be returned in upper or lower case.Definitions
Data formats
Abbreviations
Comment If a parameter is mandatory, then it must be present If a parameter is optional, then it can be present, but it is not required If a parameter is conditional, then there is a conditional rule which specifies whether it is mandatory or optional
Calling the interface
To carry out an online transfer with Sofort via PPRO, please use the following URL:
https://www.computop-paygate.com/sofort.aspx |
Notice: For security reasons, Computop Paygate rejects all payment requests with formatting errors. Therefore, please use the correct data type for each parameter. The following table describes the encrypted payment request parameters:
Parameters for Sofort via PPRO
In case of using REST API In case of using REST API you will always receive a link where the merchant has to redirect the consumer to complete the payment. "paymentId": "..." May be "00000000000000000000000000000000" if not yet set by Computop Paygate "application/json" Merchant can use inquire.aspxREST Format CND Description an32 M "_Links.self.type": "..." an..20 M "_Links.redirect.href": "..." an..1024 M Merchant needs to redirect consumer to this URL to complete payment "_Links.redirect.type": "..." an..20 M "text/html"
In case of using Key-Value-Pair API The following table gives the result parameters which Computop Paygate transmits to URLSuccess or URLFailure and URLNotify. If you have specified the Response=encrypt parameter, the following parameters are sent Blowfish encrypted to your system:
pls. be prepared to receive additional parameters at any time and do not check the order of parameters the key (e.g. MerchantId, RefNr) should not be checked case-sentive
Result parameters for URLNotify, URLSuccess and URLFailure in case of Sofort via PPRO
Credit with Sofort
Credits (refunds) are possible via a Server-to-Server connection. For a Credit with reference to a capture the amount of the Credit is limited to the amount of the previous capture. To carry out a credit with a reference transaction, please use the following URL:
https://www.computop-paygate.com/credit.aspx |
Notice: For security reasons, Computop Paygate rejects all payment requests with formatting errors. Therefore, please use the correct data type for each parameter. The following table describes the encrypted payment request parameters:
Parameters for credits via socket connections
The following table describes the result parameters with which the Computop Paygate responds to your system pls. be prepared to receive additional parameters at any time and do not check the order of parameters the key (e.g. MerchantId, RefNr) should not be checked case-sentive
Response parameters for credits with Sofort via socket connections
Batch processing via the interface
Basic information about using Batch files and about their structure can be found in the Batch Manager manual. Within batch processing not alle functions are available which are usually available for the online interface.
This section describes the parameters which must be transferred within the data set (Record) for executing a refund for Sofort and which information can be found within the response file about the payment status.
Following table gives an overview of all batch versions that are possible for a specific action an their specialities:
Description of the possible batch versions
The structure for Sofort within a Batch file to be submitted is the following:
HEAD,<MerchantID>,<Date>,<Version> SOFORT,Credit,<Amount>,<Currency>,<TransID>,(<RefNr>,)<PayID> FOOT,<CountRecords>,<SumAmount>
Example for Master MID function:
HEAD,[Master]MerchantID,Date,2.x Type,Action,[Slave]MID,Amount,Currency,TransID,Data (depends on Action) FOOT,CountRecords,SumAmount
The following table describes the individual fields and values used within the data set (record) in the batch file:
Description of fields within the record for Batch files
The record area within the response file for Batch transactions looks the following way:
HEAD,<MerchantID>,<Date>,<Version> SOFORT,Credit,<Amount>,<Currency>,<TransID>,(<RefNr>,)<PayID>,<Status>,<Code> FOOT,<CountRecords>,<SumAmount>
The following table describes the response parameters which the Batch Manager saves in the Record area for each transaction (standard parameters not explained here, such as <TransID> or <RefNR> and request parameters are returned unchanged and correspond to the call as specified before):
Description of result parameters within the record for Batch files