About Cofidis
General information about Cofidis
The 4-star card was launched by Cofidis as soon as it was created in 1982, initially exclusively for customers of the 3 Suisses brand. It is a private card that combines payment facilities and loyalty benefits. The design of tailor-made products and services, adapted to customers' expectations and needs, has enabled Cofidis, over the years, to extend the 4-star card to other brands (in stores and on the Internet) such as Feu Vert, Maty, Blancheporte, Helline, Bon prix, etc.
From now on, we are talking about the 4-star network. Pay for your purchases in several instalments.
The 4-star card is a revolving credit card that offers you the possibility, depending on the amount of your purchases and the brand, to pay in several instalments.
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Process flow chart
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Cofidis process flow via the form interface
interface
Special characters
Cofidis accepts only a limited range of special characters according the table below:
Character | Name |
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| : | Colon |
| . | Full stop/period |
| Space | |
| @ | At sign |
| + | Plus sign |
| % | Percent sign |
| * | Asterisk |
| / | Forward slash |
| _ | Underscore |
| - | Dash (hyphen/minus sign) |
Credit card brands
Credit card brand, correct spelling for CCBrand |
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Carte 4Etoiles (Carte Helline4etoiles – branded) |
Credit card payment with Cofidis via Cofidis form interface
In order to execute an TLS credit card payment via Cofidis form, please use the following URL:
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Parameters for credit card payments via Cofidis form interface
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Return parameters for URLSuccess, URLFailure and URLNotify via Cofidis form interface
Credit card payment with Cofidis via standard form interface
In order to execute an TLS credit card payment with Cofidis via standard form, please use the following URL:
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Parameters for credit card payments with Cofidis via form
Note regarding Cofidis parameter Addata1: Cofidis expects all reservations to be made with the transaction code 590 and replaced by the correct transaction code during the capture. Since the invoice number and date may not yet be known at the time of the reservation, transfer spaces in their place during the reservation. If the transaction code is no longer available when invoicing, the reservation can already be carried out with the correct code. then replaces the capture transaction code by 590 and changes it back when invoicing to the one transferred during the reservation. The invoice number and date are adopted at the same time and transferred to Cofidis.
Type of financing | PGI request | Transaction code | Number of instalments |
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Small instalment | Capture, tel. Authorisation | 460 | 0 (irrelevant) |
Small instalment | Credit | 470 | 0 (irrelevant) |
Down payment | Capture | 423 | 1 |
Down payment | Credit | 523 | 1 |
Monthly instalment | Capture | 423 | x |
Monthly instalment | Credit | 523 | x |
Payment suspension | Capture | 974 | 0 (irrelevant) |
Payment suspension | Credit | 975 | 0 (irrelevant) |
Cofidis transaction codes
To adapt the layout of the SSL-page to your shop you can use the following unencrypted parameters to configure colours, fonts and images.
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Layout parameters for forms for credit card payments with Cofidis via
form
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Credit card payment via Server-to-Server connection
In order to execute a TLS credit card payment with Cofidis via a server-to-server connection, please usel the following URL:
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Capture of a credit card payment with Cofidis
Captures are possible via a Server-to-Server connection. To perform a capture via a Server-to-Server connection, please use the following URL:
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Parameters for captures of Cofidis via socket connections
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Response parameters for captures of Cofidis via socket connections
Credit with reference
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Parameters for credit of credit card payments with Cofidis via socket connection
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Response parameters for credits of credit card payments with Cofidis via socket connections
Reversal
Reversals are possible via a Server-to-Server connection. A credit card authorisation lowers the customer's credit line. can reverse an authorisation so that it no longer block the limit any more.
To carry out a reversal with a reference transaction, please use the following URL:
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Notice: Reverse.aspx does not only reverse authorisations, but any LAST TRANSACTION STAGE!! If the last transaction was a capture, Reverse.aspx initiates the reverse, e.g. a credit. Therefore, the utmost caution is urged. Use is at your own risk. We recommend checking the transaction status with Inquire.aspx before using Reverse.aspx.
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Parameters for reversals of credit card payments with Cofidis via socket connection
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Response parameters for reversals of credit card payments with Cofidis via socket connections
Batch processing via the interface
This section describes the parameters which must be transferred within the data set (Record) for executing payments / credits with Cofidis and which information can be found within the response file about the payment status.
For Batch calls there must be considered batch versions, from which optional parameters depend. All version designations starting with „2.“ pertain calls for a group of enterprises. That means within a batch file for a particular MerchantID can be transferred transactions for other merchants with a separate Sub-MID.
Following table gives an overview of all batch versions that are possible for a specific action and their specialities:
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Description of the possible batch versions
The structure for a Cofidis payment within a Batch file to be submitted is the following:
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Example for Master MID function:
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Description of fields within the record for Batch files
The record area within the response file for Batch transactions looks as follows:
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Description of result parameters within the record for Batch files