Update an authorization

How to update an existing authorization via API

To update an existing authorization, send a PATCH request to the /api/authorizations/:id endpoint, where id is the ID of the resource that you want to update.

Here below the list of all the possible arguments that you can pass with the request body.

Request

PATCH https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/authorizations/:id

Arguments

Body Parameter	Type	Required
type	string	Required
id	string	Required
attributes.succeeded	boolean	Optional
attributes._forward	boolean	Optional
attributes.reference	string	Optional
attributes.reference_origin	string	Optional
attributes.metadata	object	Optional
attributes._capture	boolean	Optional
attributes._capture_amount_cents	integer	Optional
attributes._void	boolean	Optional
attributes._cancel	boolean	Optional

Example

Request

The following request updates the authorization identified by the ID "XAyRWNUzyN":

curl -g -X PATCH \
  'https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/authorizations/XAyRWNUzyN' \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer your-access-token' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -d '{
  "data": {
    "type": "authorizations",
    "id": "xYZkjABcde",
    "attributes": {
      "_capture": true,
      "_capture_amount_cents": 500
    }
  }
}'

Response

On success, the API responds with a 200 OK status code, returning the updated resource object:

{
  "data": {
    "id": "XAyRWNUzyN",
    "type": "authorizations",
    "links": {
      "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/authorizations/XAyRWNUzyN"
    },
    "attributes": {
      "number": "42/T/001",
      "type": "authorizations",
      "currency_code": "EUR",
      "amount_cents": 1500,
      "amount_float": 15.0,
      "formatted_amount": "€15,00",
      "succeeded": false,
      "message": "Accepted",
      "error_code": "00001",
      "error_detail": "Already settled",
      "token": "xxxx-yyyy-zzzz",
      "gateway_transaction_id": "xxxx-yyyy-zzzz",
      "created_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "updated_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "reference": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE",
      "reference_origin": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE-ORIGIN",
      "metadata": {
        "foo": "bar"
      },
      "cvv_code": "000",
      "cvv_message": "validated",
      "avs_code": "000",
      "avs_message": "validated",
      "fraud_review": "passed",
      "capture_amount_cents": 500,
      "capture_amount_float": 5.0,
      "formatted_capture_amount": "€5,00",
      "capture_balance_cents": 1000,
      "capture_balance_float": 10.0,
      "formatted_capture_balance": "€10,00",
      "void_balance_cents": 1500,
      "void_balance_float": 15.0,
      "formatted_void_balance": "€15,00"
    },
    "relationships": {
      "order": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/authorizations/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/order",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/authorizations/XAyRWNUzyN/order"
        }
      },
      "payment_source": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/authorizations/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/payment_source",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/authorizations/XAyRWNUzyN/payment_source"
        }
      },
      "attachments": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/authorizations/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/attachments",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/authorizations/XAyRWNUzyN/attachments"
        }
      },
      "events": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/authorizations/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/events",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/authorizations/XAyRWNUzyN/events"
        }
      },
      "versions": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/authorizations/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/versions",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/authorizations/XAyRWNUzyN/versions"
        }
      },
      "event_stores": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/authorizations/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/event_stores",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/authorizations/XAyRWNUzyN/event_stores"
        }
      },
      "captures": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/authorizations/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/captures",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/authorizations/XAyRWNUzyN/captures"
        }
      },
      "voids": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/authorizations/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/voids",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/authorizations/XAyRWNUzyN/voids"
        }
      }
    },
    "meta": {
      "mode": "test",
      "organization_id": "xRRkjDFafe",
      "trace_id": "69abaa3545913c78132e5578bd26208d44aa9043647d78698fd0021f3958cd74"
    }
  }
}