About Boleto Bancário
General information about Boleto Bancário
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| Info | Boleto Bancário is the preferred Brazilian payment method that acts as a 'pro-forma invoice'. Brazilian consumers can complete their online purchases by paying cash at physical stores or use internet banking. |
| Type | Payments by Cash-In / Bill |
Process flow chart
Boleto Bancário process flow
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
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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
Payment with Boleto Bancário via form interface
In order to make a payment with Boleto Bancário in Brazil, go to the following URL:
Notice: For security reasons, 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:
Parameter | Format | CND | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
MerchantID | ans..30 | M | MerchantID, assigned by Computop. Additionally this parameter has to be passed in plain language too. |
TransID | ans..64 | M | Merchant transaction number, which must be unique |
RefNr | ans..40 | O | Unique reference number. Only characters a-zA-Z0-9,-_ are allowed. |
Amount | n..10 | M | Amount in the smallest currency unit (e.g. USD Cent) Please contact the helpdesk, if you want to capture amounts < 100 (smallest currency unit). |
Currency | a3 | M | Currency, three digits DIN / ISO 4217 Only USD permissible. |
MAC | an64 | M | Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) with SHA-256 algorithm |
URLSuccess | ans..256 | M | Complete URL which calls up Paygate 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 Paygate and shop, please use the parameter UserData. |
URLFailure | ans..256 | M | Complete URL which calls up Paygate 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 Paygate and shop, please use the parameter UserData. |
Response | a7 | O | Status response sent by Paygate to URLSuccess and URLFailure, should be encrypted. For this purpose, transmit Response=encrypt parameter. |
URLNotify | ans..256 | M | Complete URL which Paygate 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. |
UserData | ans..1024 | O | If specified at request, Paygate forwards the parameter with the payment result to the shop |
ReqID | ans..32 | O | To avoid double payments, enter an alphanumeric value which identifies your transaction and may be assigned only once. If the transaction is submitted again with the same ReqID, Paygate will not carry out the payment, but will just return the status of the original transaction. Please note that the Paygate must have a finalized transaction status for the first initial action. Submissions with identical ReqID for an open status will be processed regularly. |
OrderDesc | ans..768 | M | Description of goods and prices. Intended purpose on the statement of account |
SellingPoint | ans..50 | O | Selling point |
Service | ans..50 | O | Products or service sold |
Channel | ans..64 | O | Configuration channel of the PPRO contract (account and ContractID are stored in the system). If it exists, it may overwrite channels stored in the system |
| Language | a2 | O | 2-letter language code (e.g.. de) that should be preferred when presenting payment pages to the consumer |
AccOwner | ans..50 | M | Name of account holder |
ans..100 | M | E-Mail address of account holder | |
SocialSecurityNumber | ans..30 | M | Social security number |
CustomerID | ans..20 | M | Customer number: Number to identify the customer |
DateOfBirth | n8 | O | Date of birth of the customer in format YYYYMMDD |
Plain | ans..50 | O | A value to be set by the merchant to return some information unencrypted, e.g. the MID |
Custom | ans..1024 | O | The merchant can submit several values separated by | which are returned unencrypted and separated by &. Custom=session=123|id=456 will change in the answer to Session=123&id=456 |
Parameters for payments with Boleto Bancário
Parameter | Format | CND | Description |
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MID | ans..30 | M | MerchantID, assigned by Computop |
PayID | an32 | M | ID assigned by Paygate for the payment, e.g. for referencing in batch files. |
XID | an32 | M | ID for all single transactions (authorisation, capture, credit note) for one payment assigned by Paygate |
TransID | ans..64 | M | Merchant’s transaction number |
RefNr | ans..40 | O | Merchant’s unique reference number. Only characters a-zA-Z0-9,-_ are allowed. |
Status | a..30 | M | OK in the case of URLSuccess and AUTHORIZE_REQUEST or FAILED in the case of URLFailure |
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! |
Code | n8 | M | Error code according to Paygate Response Codes (A4 Error codes) |
MAC | an64 | M | Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) with SHA-256 algorithm |
UserData | ans..1024 | O | If specified at request, Paygate forwards the parameter with the payment result to the shop |
PaymentPurpose | ans..26 | M | Purpose of payment |
PaymentGuarantee | a..12 | C | NONE = no payment guarantee, VALIDATED= customer account valid, but no payment guarantee, FULL= payment guarantee Notice: This parameter is only returned if the Status=OK. |
ErrorText | ans..256 | C | Detailed PPRO error message. Notice: Is returned only if Status=FAILED. Use is possible only in agreement with Computop support. |
TransactionID | an..20 | O | Unique transaction number with PPRO |
Plain | ans..50 | O | A value to be set by the merchant to return some information unencrypted, e.g. the MID |
Custom | ans..1024 | O | The merchant can submit several values separated by | which are returned unencrypted and separated by &. Custom=session=123|id=456 will change in the answer to Session=123&id=456 |
Return parameters for URLSuccess, URLFailure and URLNotify with Boleto Bancário
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, 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:
Parameter | Format | CND | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
MerchantID | ans..30 | M | MerchantID, assigned by Computop. Additionally this parameter has to be passed in plain language too. | |
PayID | an32 | M | ID assigned by Paygate for the payment to be credited | |
TransID | ans..64 | M | ID assigned by Merchant for the payment process to be credited | |
RefNr | ans..40 | O | Merchant’s unique reference number. Only characters a-zA-Z0-9,-_ are allowed. | |
Amount | n..10 | M | Amount in the smallest currency unit (e.g. USD Cent) Please contact the helpdesk, if you want to capture amounts < 100 (smallest currency unit). | |
Currency | a..3 | M | Currency code, three digits DIN / ISO 4217 | |
MAC | an64 | M | Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) with SHA-256 algorithm | |
| ReqID | ans..32 | O | To avoid double payments, enter an alphanumeric value which identifies your transaction and may be assigned only once. If the transaction is submitted again with the same ReqID, Paygate will not carry out the payment, but will just return the status of the original transaction. Please note that the Paygate must have a finalized transaction status for the first initial action. Submissions with identical ReqID for an open status will be processed regularly. | |
Parameters for credit payments with Boleto Bancário via socket connection
The following table describes the Paygate response parameters:
Parameter | Format | CND | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
MID | ans..30 | M | MerchantID, assigned by Computop |
PayID | an32 | M | ID assigned by Paygate for the payment, e.g. for referencing in batch files |
XID | an32 | M | ID for all single transactions (authorisation, capture, credit note) for one payment assigned by Paygate |
TransID | ans..64 | M | Merchant’s transaction number |
Status | a..30 | M | OK or FAILED |
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! |
Code | n8 | M | Error code according to Paygate Response Codes (A4 Error codes) |
RefNr | ans..40 | O | Merchant’s unique reference number. Only characters a-zA-Z0-9,-_ are allowed. |
ErrorText | ans..256 | O | Detailed PPRO error message |
Response parameters for credit payments with Boleto Bancário via socket connection