About PFConnect

General information about PFConnect

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PFConnect offers online credit solution for French consumers.

With this means of payment, merchants provide the financing capability for major purchases to their customers, who after redirection to PFConnect webpages can further pay by installments ranging between 4-48 installments and order amount ranging between €150 to €16,000. 
After credit validation the merchant will be paid upfront for the total basket amount, consumers can purchase directly online on the merchant online stores supporting this payment method, proceeding the necessary step including e-signature on the PFConnect credit application form. The approval will be instant.

TypePayments by Invoice and Installments


Process flow chart




PFConnect process flow


Platform interface

Definitions

Data formats

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)


Abbreviations

Abbreviation

Description

Comment

CND

condition


M

mandatory

If a parameter is mandatory, then it must be present

O

optional

If a parameter is optional, then it can be present, but it is not required

C

conditional

If a parameter is conditional, then there is a conditional rule which specifies whether it is mandatory or optional


Notice: Please note that the names of parameters can be returned in upper or lower case.


Calculate quotations with PFConnect via form interface

Prior to redirection (before initiating the Authorization operation through PFconnect.aspx) it is imperative to employ simulations/quotations. This step ensures that customers are provided with options for financial products and simulations on your pages/apps. Utilize this form to query financial products and perform quotation calculations, obtaining a list of available financial products for financing purposes.

To calculate quotations for financing options with PFConnect, please use the following URL:


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:

KeyFormatCNDDescription

MerchantID

ans..30

M

MerchantID, assigned by Computop. Additionally this parameter has to be passed in plain language too.

KeyFormatCNDDescription
TransID

ans..64

MTransactionID provided by you which should be unique for each payment

Key

Format

CND

Description

RefNr

an..13

C

Supplementary transaction identifier. Only the following characters are allowed:

  • Alphabetical letters [A-Za-z] (from A to Z lower or upper case)
  • Numbers [0-9] (from 0 to 9)

Notice: If RefNr is not present, TransID will be used instead. Therefore in such case TransID should meet format and length of RefNr.

KeyFormatCNDDescription
Amountn..10M

Amount in the smallest currency unit (e.g. EUR Cent). Please contact the Computop Helpdesk, if you want to capture amounts <100 (smallest currency unit).

KeyFormatCNDDescription
Currency

a3

M

Currency, three letters DIN / ISO 4217. Only EUR permissible. Please find an overview here: A1 Currency table

KeyFormatCNDDescription

MAC

an64

M
Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) with SHA-256 algorithm. Details can be found here:

Key

Format

CND

Description

CountryCodea2OCountry, where merchant operates. Possible values: FR, IT, ES
ProductIDn..10MFinancial product identifier
TimeUnitans..10M

Time unit for the duration, defines the time between two installments.

possible values: QUARTER, BIMONTH, MONTH, BIWEEK, WEEK

InstallmentNumbern..10O

Duration of the credit by credit time unit

XIDan30OID of financed element
ShoppingBasketAmountn..10CMandatory only if also DownPaymentAmount is valorized (and viceversa)
DownPaymentAmountn..10CMandatory only if also ShoppingBasketAmount field is valorized (and viceversa)
DeliveryDatedttmC

Delivery date, estimated by the merchant.

Mandatory if merchant operates in France.

ArticleliststringC

Base64 encoded value. Mandatory if merchant operates in Italy.

itemtypesarrayCArray of items, e.g.: {"items": [{items1 ...}{item2...}]}
itemtypes.idans..30C

ID will be assigned by merchant for the purchased good

itemtypes.nameans..30CName of the purchased goods, assigned by merchant
itemtypes.descriptionans..30ODescription for purchased goods, assigned by merchant
Parameters for calculate quotation with PFConnect


Articlelist

Articlelist should be sent as a base64-encoded value. Please find the example below.

"itemTypes": [ 
{ 
"id": "273",
"name": "Biclycle", 
"description": "Biclycle" 
} 
]

Articlelist=Iml0ZW1UeXBlcyI6IFsgCnsgCiJpZCI6ICIyNzMiLAoibmFtZSI6ICJCaWNseWNsZSIsIAoiZGVzY3JpcHRpb24iOiAiQmljbHljbGUiIAp9IApd


The following table describes the result parameters with which the Computop Paygate responds to your system

(info) pls. be prepared to receive additional parameters at any time and do not check the order of parameters

(info) the key (e.g. mid, RefNr) should not be checked case-sentive

KeyFormatCNDDescription

mid

ans..30

M

MerchantID, assigned by Computop

KeyFormatCNDDescription
PayID

an32

M

ID assigned by Platform for the payment, e.g. for referencing in batch files as well as for capture or credit request.

KeyFormatCNDDescription
XID

an32

M

ID for all single transactions (authorisation, capture, credit note) for one payment assigned by Platform

KeyFormatCNDDescription
TransID

ans..64

MTransactionID provided by you which should be unique for each payment

Key

Format

CND

Description

RefNr

an..13

C

Supplementary transaction identifier. Only the following characters are allowed:

  • Alphabetical letters [A-Za-z] (from A to Z lower or upper case)
  • Numbers [0-9] (from 0 to 9)

Notice: If RefNr is not present, TransID will be used instead. Therefore in such case TransID should meet format and length of RefNr.

KeyFormatCNDDescription

MAC

an64

M
Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) with SHA-256 algorithm. Details can be found here:

Key

Format

CND

Description

Financingans..1024M

FinancingScenarioDetail A set of quotations (simulations variations) calculated for a Financeable and FinancialProduct pair.

Contains financial product data for a previous initialization. They are returned in JSON format and Base64 encoded.

Return parameters for calculate quotation with PFConnect


Create PFConnect authorisation

To create an authorisation with PFConnect, please use the following URL:


Notice: Please keep in mind that a session expires within 30 minutes. An iFrame integration is not recommended.

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:

KeyFormatCNDDescription

MerchantID

ans..30

M

MerchantID, assigned by Computop. Additionally this parameter has to be passed in plain language too.

KeyFormatCNDDescription
TransID

ans..64

MTransactionID provided by you which should be unique for each payment

Key

Format

CND

Description

PayID

an32

M

Unique payment reference ID returned in the quotation response. It must be included in the authorisation request to link the calculated quotation with the Financial Journey of the customer.

RefNr

an..13

C

Supplementary transaction identifier. Only the following characters are allowed:

  • Alphabetical letters [A-Za-z] (from A to Z lower or upper case)
  • Numbers [0-9] (from 0 to 9)

Notice: If RefNr is not present, TransID will be used instead. Therefore in such case TransID should meet format and length of RefNr.

KeyFormatCNDDescription
Amountn..10M

Amount in the smallest currency unit (e.g. EUR Cent). Please contact the Computop Helpdesk, if you want to capture amounts <100 (smallest currency unit).

KeyFormatCNDDescription
Currency

a3

M

Currency, three letters DIN / ISO 4217. Only EUR permissible. Please find an overview here: A1 Currency table

KeyFormatCNDDescription

MAC

an64

M
Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) with SHA-256 algorithm. Details can be found here:

KeyFormatCNDDescription
URLSuccess

ans..256

M

Complete URL which calls up Platform if payment has been successful. The URL may be called up only via port 443. This URL may not contain parameters: In order to exchange values between Platform and shop, please use the parameter UserData.

(info) Common notes:

  • We recommend to use parameter "response=encrypt" to get an encrypted response by Platform
  • However, fraudster may just copy the encrypted DATA-element which are sent to URLFailure and send the DATA to URLSuccess. Therefore ensure to check the "code"-value which indicates success/failure of the action. Only a result of "code=00000000" should be considered successful.

KeyFormatCNDDescription
URLFailure

ans..256

M

Complete URL which calls up Platform if payment has been unsuccessful. The URL may be called up only via port 443. This URL may not contain parameters: In order to exchange values between Platform and shop, please use the parameter UserData.

(info) Common notes:

  • We recommend to use parameter "response=encrypt" to get an encrypted response by Platform
  • However, fraudster may just copy the encrypted DATA-element which are sent to URLFailure and send the DATA to URLSuccess/URLNotify. Therefore ensure to check the "code"-value which indicates success/failure of the action. Only a result of "code=00000000" should be considered successful.

KeyFormatCNDDescription
Response

a7

O

Status response sent by Platform to URLSuccess and URLFailure, should be encrypted. For this purpose, transmit Response=encrypt parameter.

KeyFormatCNDDescription
URLNotify

ans..256

M

Complete URL which Platform calls up in order to notify the shop about the payment result. The URL may be called up only via port 443. It may not contain parameters: Use the UserData parameter instead.

(info) Common notes:

  • Before follow-up actions (capture / credit / reversal) are carried out on an existing transaction, the first Notify must have been answered by the shop.
  • Fraudster may just copy the encrypted DATA-element which are sent to URLFailure and send the DATA to URLSuccess/URLNotify. Therefore ensure to check the "code"-value which indicates success/failure of the action. Only a result of "code=00000000" should be considered successful.

KeyFormatCNDDescription
UserData

ans..1024

O

If specified at request, Platform forwards the parameter with the payment result to the shop.

KeyFormatCNDDescription
ReqId

ans..32

O

To avoid double payments or actions (e.g. by ETM), enter an alphanumeric value which identifies your transaction and may be assigned only once. If the transaction or action is submitted again with the same ReqID, Computop Paygate will not carry out the payment or new action, but will just return the status of the original transaction or action.

Please note that the Computop Paygate must have a finalized transaction status for the first initial action (authentication/authorisation). This does not apply to 3-D Secure authentications that are terminated by a timeout. The 3-D Secure Timeout status does not count as a completed status in which the ReqID functionality on Platform does not take effect. Submissions with identical ReqID for an open status will be processed regularly.

Notice: Please note that a ReqID is only valid for 12 month, then it gets deleted at the Platform.

KeyFormatCNDDescription
Plain

ans..50

O

A single value to be set by the merchant to return some information unencrypted in response/notify, e.g. the MID. 

"Plain"-parameter is part of encrypted "Data" in Computop Paygate and therefore protected against manipulation. 

KeyFormatCND

Description

Custom
ans..1024


O

"Custom"-parameter is added to the request data before encryption and is part of encrypted "Data" in Computop Paygate request. By this they are protected against manipulation by a consumer. 

The Custom-value is added to the Computop Paygate response in plain text and the "|" is replaced by a "&". By this you can put a single value into Custom-parameter and get multiple key-value-pairs back in response for your own purpose.

Key

Format

CND

Description

StoreNameans..50CMerchant identifier assigned by PF. Mandatory for the merchants, which operates in Spain and Italy. 
AboIDns..30C

SubscriptionID on PSP side will be used by axepta to identfy its merchant.

Mandatory for the merchants, which operates in France. 

DatedttmC

Date of the application for financing.

Mandatory for merchants operating in France and optional for those operating in Spain.




Customer information
FirstNameans..23C

First name of the customer

Mandatory for merchants operating in France and optional for those operating in Spain.

LastNameans..23C

Last name of the customer

Mandatory for merchants operating in France and optional for those operating in Spain.

DateOfBirthns10ODate of birth in the format YYYY-MM-DD
NatIdentNrans..20ONational identification
Phonea8..15OPhone number (fixed network)
MobileNra8..15C

Phone number (mobile)

Mandatory for merchants operating in France and optional for those operating in Spain.

Emailans..49C

E-Mail-Address of the customer

Mandatory for merchants operating in France and optional for those operating in Spain.

Role

ans..10

MIdentifier role of the customer, Possible values: OWNER, THIRD, CUSTOMER



Billing address
bdAddressAdditionans..60C

Additional/complementary address line. Special character [;] not allowed.

Mandatory for merchants operating in France and optional for those operating in Spain.

bdZIPans..10C

Postal code in the invoicing address

Mandatory for merchants operating in France and optional for those operating in Spain.

bdCityans..40C

Town/city in the invoicing address

Mandatory for merchants operating in France and optional for those operating in Spain.

bdCountryCodea2C

Country code of invoicing address according to ISO-3166-1, alphanumeric 2 chars

Mandatory for merchants operating in France and optional for those operating in Spain.




Shipping address
sdAddressAdditionans..60C

Address information in the delivery address

Mandatory for merchants operating in France and optional for those operating in Spain.

sdZipans..10C

Postcode in the delivery address

Mandatory for merchants operating in France and optional for those operating in Spain.

sdCityans..40C

Town/city in the delivery address

Mandatory for merchants operating in France and optional for those operating in Spain.

sdCountryCodea2C

Country code of delivery address according to ISO-3166-1, alphanumeric 2 chars

Mandatory for merchants operating in France and optional for those operating in Spain.




Custom properties
CustomValueans..60OValue of the customProperties MerchantData



To be financed elements
XIDan30C

Identification of the order bag to be financed.

Mandatory for merchants operating in Spain and Italy.

ShoppingBasketAmountn..10C

The total price amount of the orderBag

Mandatory for merchants operating in Spain.

DeliveryDatedttmODelivery date, estimated by the merchant
ArticleliststringC

Base64 encoded value. Mandatory if merchant operates in Italy.

itemtypesarrayCArray of items, e.g.: {"items": [{items1 ...}{item2...}]}
itemtypes.idans..30C

ID will be assigned by merchant for the purchased good

itemtypes.nameans..30CName of the purchased goods, assigned by merchant
itemtypes.descriptionans..30ODescription for Purchased goods, assigned by merchant
 

Financing criteria
ProgramID
OFinancial programID
PlanID
C

ID of the quotation (value transmitted on the response of the CalculateQuotation).

Mandatory for merchants operating in France.

InstallmentNumber
C

In this field the partner can include the duration of the loan if they know it (eg: 6, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48 or 60). This field may also come empty. If it is empty, the longest duration will be shown to the user by default, and they will be able to play with the monthly payments, so that we will finally use the promotion that best suits the user's selection. 

Mandatory for merchants operating in France.

ProductIDn..10MFinancial Product identifier
Parameters for payments with PFConnect


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:

(info) pls. be prepared to receive additional parameters at any time and do not check the order of parameters

(info) the key (e.g. mid, RefNr) should not be checked case-sentive

KeyFormatCNDDescription

mid

ans..30

M

MerchantID, assigned by Computop

KeyFormatCNDDescription
PayID

an32

M

ID assigned by Platform for the payment, e.g. for referencing in batch files as well as for capture or credit request.

KeyFormatCNDDescription
XID

an32

M

ID for all single transactions (authorisation, capture, credit note) for one payment assigned by Platform

KeyFormatCNDDescription
TransID

ans..64

MTransactionID provided by you which should be unique for each payment

Key

Format

CND

Description

RefNr

an..13

C

Supplementary transaction identifier. Only the following characters are allowed:

  • Alphabetical letters [A-Za-z] (from A to Z lower or upper case)
  • Numbers [0-9] (from 0 to 9)

Notice: If RefNr is not present, TransID will be used instead. Therefore in such case TransID should meet format and length of RefNr.

KeyFormatCNDDescription
Status

a..50

M

OK or AUTHORIZE_REQUEST (URLSuccess) as well as FAILED (URLFailure)

KeyFormatCNDDescription
Description

ans..1024

M
Further details in the event that payment is rejected. Please do not use the Description but the Code parameter for the transaction status analysis!

KeyFormatCNDDescription
Code

an8

M

Error code according to Platform Response Codes (A4 Error codes)

KeyFormatCNDDescription

MAC

an64

M
Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) with SHA-256 algorithm. Details can be found here:

Key

Format

CND

Description

CodeExtans..256OExternal error code
ErrorTextans..256ODescription of external error code
ApplicationIDans..32OPF Identifier
Return parameters for URLSuccess, URLFailure or URLNotify with PFConnect


Capture

Captures are possible via a Server-to-Server connection. With this call you can process only full captures, a partial capture ist not possible. In order to perform a capture for PFConnect via a Server-to-Server connection, please use the following URL:


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:

KeyFormatCNDDescription

MerchantID

ans..30

M

MerchantID, assigned by Computop. Additionally this parameter has to be passed in plain language too.

KeyFormatCNDDescription
PayID

an32

M

ID assigned by Platform for the payment to be captured

KeyFormatCNDDescription
TransID

ans..64

MTransactionID provided by you which should be unique for each payment

KeyFormatCNDDescription
refnr

ans..30

O

Merchant’s unique reference number

KeyFormatCNDDescription
Amountn..10M

Amount in the smallest currency unit (e.g. EUR Cent). Please contact the Computop Helpdesk, if you want to capture amounts <100 (smallest currency unit).

KeyFormatCNDDescription
Currency

a3

M

Currency, three letters DIN / ISO 4217. Only EUR permissible. Please find an overview here: A1 Currency table

KeyFormatCNDDescription

MAC

an64

M
Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) with SHA-256 algorithm. Details can be found here:

Parameters for captures with PFConnect


The following table describes the result parameters with which the Computop Paygate responds to your system

(info) pls. be prepared to receive additional parameters at any time and do not check the order of parameters

(info) the key (e.g. mid, RefNr) should not be checked case-sentive

KeyFormatCNDDescription

mid

ans..30

M

MerchantID, assigned by Computop

KeyFormatCNDDescription
PayID

an32

M

ID assigned by Platform for the payment, e.g. for referencing in batch files as well as for capture or credit request.

KeyFormatCNDDescription
XID

an32

M

ID for all single transactions (authorisation, capture, credit note) for one payment assigned by Platform

KeyFormatCNDDescription
TransID

ans..64

MTransactionID provided by you which should be unique for each payment

KeyFormatCNDDescription
Status

a..50

M

OK (URLSuccess) or FAILED (URLFailure)

KeyFormatCNDDescription
Description

ans..1024

M
Further details in the event that payment is rejected. Please do not use the Description but the Code parameter for the transaction status analysis!

KeyFormatCNDDescription
Code

an8

M

Error code according to Platform Response Codes (A4 Error codes)

KeyFormatCNDDescription
refnr

ans..30

O

Merchant’s unique reference number

Response parameters for captures of PFConnect


Credit with reference

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:


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:

KeyFormatCNDDescription

MerchantID

ans..30

M

MerchantID, assigned by Computop. Additionally this parameter has to be passed in plain language too.

KeyFormatCNDDescription
PayID

an32

M

ID assigned by Platform for the payment to be credited

KeyFormatCNDDescription
TransID

ans..64

MTransactionID provided by you which should be unique for each payment

KeyFormatCNDDescription
Amountn..10M

Amount in the smallest currency unit (e.g. EUR Cent). Please contact the Computop Helpdesk, if you want to capture amounts <100 (smallest currency unit).

KeyFormatCNDDescription
Currency

a3

M

Currency, three letters DIN / ISO 4217, e.g. EUR, USD, GBP. Please find an overview here: A1 Currency table

KeyFormatCNDDescription

MAC

an64

M
Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) with SHA-256 algorithm. Details can be found here:

Parameters for credit payments with PFConnect 


The following table describes the result parameters with which the Computop Paygate responds to your system

(info) pls. be prepared to receive additional parameters at any time and do not check the order of parameters

(info) the key (e.g. mid, RefNr) should not be checked case-sentive

KeyFormatCNDDescription

mid

ans..30

M

MerchantID, assigned by Computop

KeyFormatCNDDescription
PayID

an32

M

ID assigned by Platform for the payment, e.g. for referencing in batch files as well as for capture or credit request.

KeyFormatCNDDescription
XID

an32

M

ID for all single transactions (authorisation, capture, credit note) for one payment assigned by Platform

KeyFormatCNDDescription
TransID

ans..64

MTransactionID provided by you which should be unique for each payment

KeyFormatCNDDescription
Status

a..50

M

OK (URLSuccess) or FAILED (URLFailure)

KeyFormatCNDDescription
Description

ans..1024

M
Further details in the event that payment is rejected. Please do not use the Description but the Code parameter for the transaction status analysis!

KeyFormatCNDDescription
Code

an8

M

Error code according to Platform Response Codes (A4 Error codes)

Response parameters for credit payments with PFConnect 


Reversal

Reversals are possible via a Server-to-Server connection. If a Capture is still not done, with this call you can reverse the complete authorisation. In order to reverse a transaction with PFConnect, please use the following URL:


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:

KeyFormatCNDDescription

MerchantID

ans..30

M

MerchantID, assigned by Computop. Additionally this parameter has to be passed in plain language too.

KeyFormatCNDDescription
PayID

an32

M

ID assigned by Platform for the payment to be reversed

KeyFormatCNDDescription
TransID

ans..64

MTransactionID provided by you which should be unique for each payment

KeyFormatCNDDescription
refnr

ans..30

O

Merchant’s unique reference number

KeyFormatCNDDescription
Amountn..10M

Amount in the smallest currency unit (e.g. EUR Cent). Please contact the Computop Helpdesk, if you want to capture amounts <100 (smallest currency unit).

KeyFormatCNDDescription
Currency

a3

M

Currency, three letters DIN / ISO 4217. Only EUR permissible. Please find an overview here: A1 Currency table

KeyFormatCNDDescription

MAC

an64

M
Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) with SHA-256 algorithm. Details can be found here:

Parameters for reversals of PFConnect payments


The following table describes the result parameters with which the Computop Paygate responds to your system

(info) pls. be prepared to receive additional parameters at any time and do not check the order of parameters

(info) the key (e.g. mid, RefNr) should not be checked case-sentive

KeyFormatCNDDescription

mid

ans..30

M

MerchantID, assigned by Computop

KeyFormatCNDDescription
PayID

an32

M

ID assigned by Platform for the payment, e.g. for referencing in batch files as well as for capture or credit request.

KeyFormatCNDDescription
XID

an32

M

ID for all single transactions (authorisation, capture, credit note) for one payment assigned by Platform

KeyFormatCNDDescription
TransID

ans..64

MTransactionID provided by you which should be unique for each payment

KeyFormatCNDDescription
Status

a..50

M

OK (URLSuccess) or FAILED (URLFailure)

KeyFormatCNDDescription
Description

ans..1024

M
Further details in the event that payment is rejected. Please do not use the Description but the Code parameter for the transaction status analysis!

KeyFormatCNDDescription
Code

an8

M

Error code according to Platform Response Codes (A4 Error codes)

Response parameters for reversals of PFConnect payments



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