Hand-Keyed Authorizations

To obtain an authorization when the payment terminal cannot capture the card data electronically through other entry modes, hand key or manually enter the customer's card data in your POS system.

Endpoints

POST /pts/v2/payments

Example

A successful response returns status=AUTHORIZED.

{  "clientReferenceInformation": {    "code": "123456",    "transactionId": "12233445679",    "partner": {      "thirdPartyCertificationNumber": "123456789012"    }  },  "processingInformation": {    "commerceIndicator": "retail",    "authorizationOptions": {      "ignoreAvsResult": "true",      "ignoreCvResult": "true"    }  },  "pointOfSaleInformation": {    "entryMode": "keyed",    "terminalCapability": "4",    "terminalPinCapability": "6"  },  "paymentInformation": {    "card": {      "number": "4xxxxxxxxxxx1111",      "securityCode": "123",      "expirationMonth": "12",      "expirationYear": "2031",      "type": "001"    }  },  "orderInformation": {    "amountDetails": {      "totalAmount": "9604.00",      "currency": "USD"    },    "billTo": {      "postalCode": "94538"    }  },  "merchantInformation": {    "transactionLocalDateTime": "20230724085022"  }}

{  "_links": {    "void": {      "method": "POST",      "href": "/pts/v2/payments/6080032225246314603005/voids"    },    "self": {      "method": "GET",      "href": "/pts/v2/payments/6080032225246314603005"    }  },  "clientReferenceInformation": {    "code": "123456"  },  "id": "6080032225246314603005",  "orderInformation": {    "amountDetails": {      "totalAmount": "9604.00",      "authorizedAmount": "9604.00",      "currency": "USD"    }  },  "paymentAccountInformation": {    "card": {      "type": "001"    }  },  "paymentInformation": {    "accountFeatures": {      "category": "A",      "group": "0"    },    "tokenizedCard": {      "type": "001"    }  },  "processorInformation": {    "systemTraceAuditNumber": "173156",    "approvalCode": "831000",    "cardVerification": {      "resultCodeRaw": "M",      "resultCode": "M"    },    "networkTransactionId": "016153570198200",    "transactionId": "016153570198200",    "responseCode": "00",    "avs": {      "code": "Z",      "codeRaw": "Z"    }  },  "reconciliationId": "6080032225246314603005",  "status": "AUTHORIZED",  "submitTimeUtc": "2020-12-15T03:33:42Z"}

Field	Description
`clientReferenceInformation.code`	—
`clientReferenceInformation.partner.thirdPartyCertificationNumber`	provides the value for this field.
`clientReferenceInformation.transactionId`	—
`merchantInformation.transactionLocalDateTime`	—
`orderInformation.amountDetails.currency`	—
`orderInformation.amountDetails.totalAmount`	—
`paymentInformation.card.expirationMonth`	—
`paymentInformation.card.expirationyear`	—
`paymentInformation.card.number`	—
`pointOfSaleInformation.cardPresent`	Set the value to `true`.
`pointOfSaleInformation.entryMode`	Set the value to `keyed`.
`pointOfSaleInformation.terminalCapability`	Set the value to `1`, `2`, `3`, `4`, or `5`.
`pointOfSaleInformation.terminalPinCapability`	—
`processingInformation.commerceIndicator`	Set the value to `retail`.

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Last published: October 28, 2026

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