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Modifications

Cancel an authorisation using your reference

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This endpoint allows you to cancel a payment if you do not have the PSP reference of the original payment request available.

In your call, refer to the original payment by using the reference that you specified in your payment request.

For more information, see Technical cancel.

This endpoint is inactive and is no longer supported for new integrations.

  • If you are building a new integration, use the Checkout API /cancels endpoint instead.
  • If you have an existing integration using this endpoint, reach out to your Adyen contact and migrate to the Checkout API.

The Checkout API enables your online payments integration to accept all supported payment methods, use the latest features, and access more benefits.

post/technicalCancel

Request

  • Base URL
    https://pal-test.adyen.com/pal/servlet/Payment/v51
  • URL
    https://pal-test.adyen.com/pal/servlet/Payment/v51/technicalCancel
  • Auth
    • HTTP basic
    • or API key in header X-API-Key

Request body

additionalDataobject

This field contains additional data, which may be required for a particular modification request.

The additionalData object consists of entries, each of which includes the key and value.

merchantAccountstring required

The merchant account that is used to process the payment.

originalMerchantReferencestring required

The original merchant reference to cancel.

referencestring

Your reference for the payment modification. This reference is visible in Customer Area and in reports. Maximum length: 80 characters.

tenderReferencestring

The transaction reference provided by the PED. For point-of-sale integrations only.

uniqueTerminalIdstring

Unique terminal ID for the PED that originally processed the request. For point-of-sale integrations only.

Response

OK - the request has succeeded.

additionalDataobject

This field contains additional data, which may be returned in a particular modification response.

pspReferencestring required

Adyen's 16-character string reference associated with the transaction/request. This value is globally unique; quote it when communicating with us about this request.

response'[capture-received]' | '[cancel-received]' | '[refund-received]' | '[cancelOrRefund-received]' | '[adjustAuthorisation-received]' | '[donation-received]' | '[technical-cancel-received]' | '[voidPendingRefund-received]' | 'Authorised' | 'Refused' | 'Error' required

Indicates if the modification request has been received for processing.

Changes

  • v51384b6a469631Revision changes
    • warning

      added the new Error enum value to the response property for the response status

    • warning

      added the new Refused enum value to the response property for the response status

  • v51bd2d73cfb99aRevision changes
    • info

      added the new TopUp enum value to the request property //