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API change history

API change history provides you with API-related changes.


#August 12, 2021

#Online payments

  • The inquiryUserInfo interface is removed.


  • Add the paymentNotifyUrl field in the pay (Auto Debit) interface.


#August 9, 2021

#Online payments

  • MULTIPLE_REFUNDS_NOT_SUPPORTED of error code is added in the refund interface.


#In-store payments

  • MULTIPLE_REFUNDS_NOT_SUPPORTED of error code is added in the refund interface.


#July 30, 2021

#Online payments

  • Delete the orderCodeForm.codeDetails.codeValueType field in the following API:
    • pay (Cashier Payment)
    • pay (Auto Debit)


#July 23, 2021

#Online payments

  • USER_KYC_NOT_QUALIFIED of error code is added in the following API:
    • pay (Cashier Payment)
    • pay (Auto Debit)
    • notifyPayment
    • inquiryPayment


  • Modified the orderCodeForm.codeDetails field from Required to Optional for the following interfaces:
    • pay (Cashier Payment)
    • pay (Auto Debit)


#In-store payments

  • USER_KYC_NOT_QUALIFIED of error code is added in the following API:
    • pay (User-presented Mode Payment)
    • pay (Order Code Payment)
    • pay (Entry Code Payment)
    • notifyPayment
    • inquiryPayment


  • Modified the orderCodeForm.codeDetails field from Required to Optional for the following interfaces:
    • pay (User-presented Mode Payment)
    • pay (Entry Code Payment)


#May 19, 2021

#Online payments

The following documentations are removed from its corresponding products:

  • Settlement Items
  • Settlement Summary
  • Transaction Items

For example, you can go to Cashier Payment > Reports and reconciliation > Settlement Items (https://global.alipay.com/docs/ac/cashierpayment/settlementitems_online) to view details.


#In-store payments

  • The following documentations are removed from its corresponding products:
    • Settlement Items
    • Settlement Summary
    • Transaction Items

For example, you can go to User-Presented Mode Payment > Settlement and reconciliation > Settlement Items (https://global.alipay.com/docs/ac/ams_upm/settlementitems) to view details.


  • Terminology renaming. The following term is renamed:
    • Consumer-presented Mode Payment -> User-presented Mode Payment


#April 9, 2021

#Online payments

  • New field and enum(appId and MINI_APP) are added to the following APIs:
    • pay (Cashier Payment)
    • pay (Auto Debit)
    • consult


#March 8, 2021

#Online payments

Delete the following fields in the Settlement Summary file:

  • transactionAmountValue
  • transactionCurrency


#In-store payments

  • Delete the following fields in the Settlement Summary file:
    • transactionAmountValue
    • transactionCurrency
  • Delete INVALID_CODE of error codes in the following APIs:
    • pay (User-presented Mode Payment)
    • pay (Order Code Payment)
    • pay (Entry Code Payment)
  • Add INVALID_PAYMENT_CODE of error codes in pay (User-presented Mode Payment).


#February 26, 2021

#Online payments

Add the following new APIs in online payments:

  • registration
  • notifyRegistrationStatus
  • inquiryRegistrationStatus
  • inquiryRegistrationInfo


#In-store payments

Add the following new APIs in in-store payments:

  • registration
  • notifyRegistrationStatus
  • inquiryRegistrationStatus
  • inquiryRegistrationInfo


#August 20, 2020

#Online payments

  • For the notifyPayment interface, the result code PROCESS_FAIL, REQUEST_TRAFFIC_EXCEED_LIMIT, and PARAM_ILLEGAL are removed.
  • For the applyToken interface, the result code USER_NOT_EXIST and USER_STATUS_ABNORMAL are added.


#In-store payments

  • For the notifyPayment interface, the result code PROCESS_FAIL, REQUEST_TRAFFIC_EXCEED_LIMIT, and PARAM_ILLEGAL are removed.


#July 30, 2020

#Online payments

  • For the Settlement Items file, descriptions of the transactionId, originalTransactionId, and originalTransactionRequestId fields are updated for adding the auth/capture scenario.
  • For the Transaction Items file, descriptions of the transactionId, originalTransactionId, and originalTransactionRequestId fields are updated for adding the auth/capture scenario.


#June 9, 2020

#Online payments

  • For the applyToken interface, the note about the extend field is deleted.
  • For the Settlement Items, Settlement Summary, and Transaction Items files, the file name for the case that no transaction exists is updated.
  • Add the following error codes for the pay interface:
    • USER_NOT_EXIST
    • NO_PAY_OPTION
    • PAYMENT_NOT_EXIST
    • ORDER_NOT_EXIST
    • ORDER_IS_CLOSED
  • Add the following error code for the notifyPayment interface:
    • ORDER_IS_CLOSED
  • Add the creditPayPlan field to the following interfaces:
    • pay (Cashier Payment)
    • pay (Auto Debit Payment)


#In-store payments

  • The following change is made to the notifyPayment:

For a payment process with a failed or unknown status, no notification is to be returned to the merchant.

  • The following change is made to the pay (User-presented Mode Payment) interface:

Additional instructions for the order field are provided.

  • Add the following error codes for the pay interface:
    • USER_NOT_EXIST
    • NO_PAY_OPTION
    • PAYMENT_NOT_EXIST
    • ORDER_NOT_EXIST
    • ORDER_IS_CLOSED
  • Add the following error code for the notifyPayment interface:
    • ORDER_IS_CLOSED


#April 30, 2020

#Online payments

The settlementStrategy field is added to the following interface:

  • pay (Cashier Payment)
  • pay (Auto Debit Payment)


The originalTransactionRequestId is added to the following files:

  • Settlement Items
  • Transaction Items


#In-store payments

The originalTransactionRequestId is added to the following files:

  • Settlement Items
  • Transaction Items


#April 17, 2020

#Online payments & In-store payments

The actualPaymentAmount and paymentQuote fields are removed from the following interfaces:

  • pay (Cashier Payment)
  • pay (Agreement Payment)
  • pay (User-presented Mode Payment)
  • pay (Order Code Payment)
  • pay (Entry Code Payment)
  • notifyPayment
  • inquiryPayment


#In-store payments

Description of the paymentExpiryTime field is modified for the following interfaces:

  • pay (Order Code Payment)
  • pay (Entry Code Payment)


#March 20, 2020

#Online payments

The Authorization Inquiry interface is removed.


#March 12, 2020

#Online payments

The following result codes were removed from the notifyPayment interface:

  • KEY_NOT_FOUND
  • ACCESS_DENIED
  • API_INVALID
  • CLIENT_INVALID
  • METHOD_NOT_SUPPORTED
  • MEDIA_TYPE_NOT_ACCEPTABLE


The following changes were made to the Settlement Items file name, Settlement Summary file name, and Transaction Items file name:

  • settlementItems_<settlementCurrency>_<settlementBatchId>_<seq>.csv, was updated to settlementItems_<pspName>_<settlementCurrency>_<settlementBatchId>_<seq>.csv.
  • settlementSummary_<settlementCurrency>_<settlementBatchId>_<seq>.csv, was updated to settlementSummary_<pspName>_<settlementCurrency>_<settlementBatchId>_<seq>.csv.
  • transactionItems_<transactionCurrency>_<seq>.csv, was updated to transactionItems_<pspName>_<transactionCurrency>_<transactionDate>_<seq>.csv.


# In-store payments

The following result codes were removed from the notifyPayment interface:

  • KEY_NOT_FOUND
  • ACCESS_DENIED
  • API_INVALID
  • CLIENT_INVALID
  • METHOD_NOT_SUPPORTED
  • MEDIA_TYPE_NOT_ACCEPTABLE


#March 3, 2020

#Online payments

The following parameters were removed from the pay, notifyPayment, inquiryPayment, and refund interfaces:

  • totalSettlementAmount
  • settlementQuote


#In-store payments

The following parameter was updated for the pay, notifyPayment, inquiryPayment, and refund interfaces:

  • totalSettlementAmount was modified to grossSettlementAmount


#February 25, 2020

#Online payments & In-store payments

The following parameters were added to the response of pay, inquiryPayment, and refund interfaces:

  • totalSettlementAmount
  • settlementQuote

 

The following parameters were added to the request of notifyPayment interface:

  • totalSettlementAmount
  • settlementQuote


The following parameters were added to the request of inquiryPayment interface:

  • paymentResultCode
  • paymentResultMessage
  • transaction

 

#February 6, 2020

#Online payments & In-store payments

The following changes were made to the request of Settlement Items, Settlement Summary, and Transaction Items:

  • partnerId: modified to customerId
  • extendInfo: removed

 

#February 4, 2020

#Online payments & In-store payments

The following changes were made to the request of pay interface:

  • merchant: removed
  • env: removed
  • order: its sub fields were updated in the following ways:
    • Added the merchant field
    • Added the env field


#January 20, 2020

#In-store payments

The Entry Code Payment is added to in-store payments.

 

#January 15, 2020

#Online payments & In-store payments

The following changes were made to the request of pay interface:

  • paymentVerificationData:  the length of this field is changed to /
  • merchant: added a note to state that the sub-field merchant.merchantName must be required for in-store payments

 

#December 30, 2019

#Online payments & In-store payments

The following changes were made to the request of pay interface:

  • merchant: added 
  • env: added
  • order: its sub fields were updated in the following ways:
    • Removed the merchant field
    • Removed the env field

 

#December 25, 2019

#In-store payments

The following change was made to the request of pay interface:

  • paymentNotifyUrl: updated to mandatory

 

#December 20, 2019

#Online payments & In-store payments

The extendInfo field is removed from all the following interfaces:

  • pay (Cashier Payment)
  • pay (User-presented Mode Payment)
  • pay (Order Code Payment)
  • notifyPayment
  • inquiryPayment
  • cancel
  • refund
  • consult
  • applyToken
  • revoke
  • Authorization Inquiry

 

#November 14, 2019

#Online payments & In-store payments

The following change was made to Data Dictionary:

  • For DisplayType, the value IMAGE was updated to MIDDLEIMAGE.

 

#November 12, 2019

#Online payments & In-store payments

1. For the following interfaces, the result code INVALID_API is modified to API_INVALID and the result code INVALID_CLIENT is modified to CLIENT_INVALID:

  • pay (Cashier Payment)
  • pay (User-presented Mode Payment)
  • pay (Order Code Payment)
  • notifyPayment
  • inquiryPayment
  • cancel
  • refund
  • consult
  • applyToken
  • revoke
  • Authorization Inquiry

 

2. The following changes were made to the response of pay interface:

  • paymentActionForm: removed
  • challengeActionForm: added
  • redirectActionForm: added
  • orderCodeForm: added


  1. The following change was made to the request of pay interface:
  • order.referenceOrderId: updated to optional

 

  1. The following change was made to the request of notifyPayment interface:
  • paymentCodeForm: removed

 

  1. The following change was made to the response of inquiryPayment interface:
  • paymentActionForm: removed
  • redirectActionForm: added

 

#November 6, 2019

#Online payments & In-store payments

For the following interfaces, the result code INVALID_SIGNATURE is modified to SIGNATURE_INVALID:

  • pay (Cashier Payment)
  • pay (User-presented Mode Payment)
  • pay (Order Code Payment)
  • notifyPayment
  • inquiryPayment
  • cancel
  • refund
  • consult
  • applyToken
  • revoke
  • Authorization Inquiry

 

#October 24, 2019

#Online payments & In-store payments

1. The following changes were made to the request of pay interface:

  • payToAmount: removed
  • paymentQuote: removed
  • paymentAmount: its description is updated and is updated to mandatory
  • paymentFactor: its sub-fields are updated


2. The following changes were made to the response of pay interface:

  • payToAmount: removed
  • paymentQuote: its description is updated
  • paymentAmount: its description is updated and this field is updated to mandatory
  • actualPaymentAmount: added
  • nonGuaranteeCouponValue: removed


  1. The following changes were made to the request of notifyPayment interface:
  • payToAmount: removed
  • paymentQuote: its description is updated
  • paymentAmount: its description is updated and this field is updated to mandatory
  • actualPaymentAmount: added
  • nonGuaranteeCouponValue: removed

 

4. The following changes were made to the response of inquiryPayment interface:

  • paymentAmount: its description is updated and this field is updated to mandatory
  • payToAmount: removed
  • actualPaymentAmount: added
  • paymentQuote: its description is updated
  • nonGuaranteeCouponValue: removed


5. The following change was made to the request of cancel interface:

  • paymentRequestId: added

 

6. The following change was made to the request of refund interface:

  • refundStrategyType: removed
  • asyncRefund: removed
  • isAsyncRefund: added
  • extendInfo: the length is updated to 512