Pay-in Instruction

Calling the Pay-In product API

To make an Instant Payment, the merchant will call Yaspa's HTTPS API Endpoint to generate

API Request

The following call is an HTTPS POST request

Headers

The following header must be attached to the request.

Header

Description

AuthorizationCitizen

This is the merchant api key from the Admin Dashboard - found on the Company Settings page.

This secures the request to the merchant account

Content-Type

'application/json'


Body - Mandatory Fields

The body of the request is a JSON object, the following keys/values are mandatory on the request

key

Description

Values

Example

customerIdentifier

The merchant string reference for the customer.

This must be unique per the customer. Yaspa uses the customerIdentifier to create saved accounts, so it's important no two customers share the same customerIdentifier.

String

"5f767df845"

currency

A 3-letter ISO-4217 Currency code. Currently, only EUR and GBP are supported.

String

"EUR" or "GBP"

amount

The currency in decimal format. A value of 1.50 represents £1.50 in GBP currency.

Number

1.50

paymentGiro

The payment rail to be used for the payment. This must match the currency.

  • For GBP use FPS.
  • For EUR use SEPA (We will use either SCT or SEPA Instant based on the customer bank).

String

"FPS" or "SEPA"

reference

A unique reference for the payment, this will be used in payment reconciliation.

This must be unique for the merchant account and less than 17 characters; this is a limitation passed on from the bank.

String

"gjkhg43hjkfds43"

journeyType

This changes aspects of the customer journey, allowing the merchant to gather additional data about the customer. Values are:

  • ENHANCED_PAY_IN - If the merchant wants the customer's bank details as they become available for KYC reasons. Most merchants use this setting.
  • HOSTED_PAYMENT - If the merchant does not want the customer's bank details.
  • HOSTED_VERIFIED_PAYMENT - If the merchant wants the customer's bank details as part of the initial payment request, this takes the customer through an additional consent process with their bank, making this a longer journey.

string

"ENHANCED_PAY_IN" or "HOSTED_PAYMENT" or "HOSTED_VERIFIED_PAYMENT"

Body - Example body

Below is an example body of a pay-in instruction.

Please change the reference each time a pay-in instruction is used.

{
	"customerIdentifier":"CHANGE_TO_CUSTOMER_IDENTIFIER",
	"paymentGiro":"FPS",
	"amount":"1.00",
	"currency":"GBP",
	"reference":"CHANGE_TO_UNIQUE_REFERENCE",
	"journeyType": "ENHANCED_PAY_IN"
}

Body - Additional Optional Fields


key

Description

Values

Example

supportedCountries

This is an array of 2-letter country codes (ISO-3166). The first value in the array is used to set which country banks are shown to the customer by default.

Yaspa suggests this is set to the signup country of the customer or simply to the most popular country of the merchant's business. Examples:

String

["NL"] or ["FR"]

promoCode

Where the payment can be attributed to a promotional bonus the promo code can be passed to Yaspa who can provide insights on the trends around specific codes.

String

"Welcome200"

successRedirectUrl

This is the URL the merchant wishes the customer to return to after a successful payment.

Used for SDK

String

"http://www.merch.com/success"

successBankRedirectUrl

This is the URL the merchant wishes the customer to return to after a successful payment.

String

"http://www.merch.com/success"

failureRedirectUrl

This is the URL the merchant wishes the customer to return to after a failed payment.

Used for SDK

String

"http://www.merch.com/failure"

failureBankRedirectUrl

This is the URL the merchant wishes the customer to return to after a failed payment.

String

"http://www.merch.com/failure"

language

The 2-letter language code (ISO 639-1) that will be used to display all text in the customer journey.

If no language is set or the language isn't supported or recognised, the customer's Browser language will be used.

String

"FR"

bank

This parameter will lock payments to one bank. The payment will have that bank pre-chosen when the customer starts the journey.

String

REVOLUT_EU, ING, etc. See Instant Payments - Additional Features for the list of banks

searchableText

This parameter will be shown in the Admin Dashboard, and merchants can search on this field. This is used in cases where merchant systems have important IDs or custom data which your staff may wish to use to find Pay-ins

String

"SomeID"

payload

This parameter is cargo data and is passed through the Yaspa system and returned on the Webhooks

String

"SomePayload"

description

A description shown on the hosted page to describe what the pay-in is for.

String

"Charitable Donation"



API Response

Response Body

The response body will contain a URL for the customer journey, which should be sent to the merchant website and displayed to the customer

Example:

https://test-banks.yaspa.com/hosted?transaction-id=bd79cf18-7e82-c2a6-47d5-988a3e

What’s Next

Explore the Instant Pay-in APIs