Update an authorised amount

post/payments/{paymentPspReference}/amountUpdates

API Version

Increases or decreases the authorised payment amount and returns a unique reference for this request. You get the outcome of the request asynchronously, in an AUTHORISATION_ADJUSTMENT webhook.

You can only update authorised amounts that have not yet been captured.

The amount you specify in the request is the updated amount, which is larger or smaller than the initial authorised amount.

For more information, refer to Authorisation adjustment.

Endpoint destination URL

https://checkout-test.adyen.com/v71/payments/{paymentPspReference}/amountUpdates

Header Parameters

Required

Optional

A unique identifier for the message with a maximum of 64 characters (we recommend a UUID).

Path Parameters

Required

Optional

The pspReference of the payment.

Request Parameters

Required

Optional

The updated amount. The currency must match the currency used in authorisation.

Information about your application. For more details, see Building Adyen solutions.

Enhanced scheme data that may be required for processing the payment. For example, airline information.

Airline enhanced scheme data that may be required for processing the transaction and/or for interchange savings.

The amount charged for boarding the plane, in minor units.

Encoding: Numeric
minLength: 1 character
maxLength: 11 characters

The IATA 3-digit accounting code (PAX) that identifies the carrier.

Format: IATA 3-digit accounting code (PAX)
Example: KLM = 074
minLength: 3 characters
maxLength: 3 characters
Must not start with a space or be all spaces.
Must not be all zeros.

The CRS used to make the reservation and purchase the ticket.

Encoding: ASCII
minLength: 4 characters
maxLength: 4 characters

The alphanumeric customer reference number.

Encoding: ASCII
maxLength: 20 characters
If you send more than 20 characters, the customer reference number is truncated
Must not start with a space or be all spaces.

The IATA 2-letter accounting code (PAX) that identifies the carrier.

Encoding: ASCII
Example: KLM = KL
minLength: 2 characters
maxLength: 2 characters
Must not start with a space or be all spaces.

A code that identifies the type of item bought. The description of the code can appear on credit card statements.

Encoding: ASCII
Example: Passenger ticket = 01
minLength: 2 characters
maxLength: 2 characters

The flight departure date. Time is optional.

Format for date only: yyyy-MM-dd
Format for date and time: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm
Use local time of departure airport.
minLength: 10 characters
maxLength: 16 characters

The IATA 2-letter accounting code (PAX) that identifies the carrier. This field is required if the airline data includes leg details.

Example: KLM = KL
minLength: 2 characters
maxLength: 2 characters
Must not start with a space or be all spaces.
Must not be all zeros.

A one-letter travel class identifier. The following are common:

F: first class
J: business class
Y: economy class
W: premium economy
Encoding: ASCII
minLength: 1 character
maxLength: 1 character
Must not start with a space or be all spaces.
Must not be all zeros.

Date and time of travel in format yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm.

Use local time of departure airport.
minLength: 16 characters
maxLength: 16 characters

The IATA three-letter airport code of the departure airport. This field is required if the airline data includes leg details.

Encoding: ASCII
Example: Amsterdam = AMS
minLength: 3 characters
maxLength: 3 characters
Must not start with a space or be all spaces.
Must not be all zeros.

The amount of departure tax charged, in minor units.

Encoding: Numeric
minLength: 1
maxLength: 11
Must not be all zeros.

The IATA 3-letter airport code of the destination airport. This field is required if the airline data includes leg details.

Example: Amsterdam = AMS
Encoding: ASCII
minLength: 3 characters
maxLength: 3 characters
Must not start with a space or be all spaces.
Must not be all zeros.

The fare basis code, alphanumeric.

minLength: 1 character
maxLength: 15 characters
Must not start with a space or be all spaces.
Must not be all zeros.

The flight identifier.

minLength: 1 character
maxLength: 5 characters
Must not start with a space or be all spaces.
Must not be all zeros.

A one-letter code that indicates whether the passenger is entitled to make a stopover. Can be a space, O if the passenger is entitled to make a stopover, or X if they are not.

Encoding: ASCII
minLength: 1 character
maxLength: 1 character

The passenger's name, initials, and title.

Format: last name + first name or initials + title
Example: FLYER / MARY MS
minLength: 1 character
maxLength: 20 characters
If you send more than 20 characters, the name is truncated
Must not start with a space or be all spaces.
Must not be all zeros.

The reason for the amount update. Possible values:

delayedCharge
noShow
installment

Price and product information of the refunded items, required for partial refunds.

This field is required for partial refunds with 3x 4x Oney, Affirm, Afterpay, Atome, Clearpay, Klarna, Ratepay, Walley, and Zip.

The merchant account that is used to process the payment.

Your reference for the amount update request. Maximum length: 80 characters.

An array of objects specifying how the amount should be split between accounts when using Adyen for Platforms. For more information, see how to process payments for marketplaces or platforms.

The unique identifier of the account to which the split amount is booked. Required if type is MarketPlace or BalanceAccount.

Classic Platforms integration: The accountCode of the account to which the split amount is booked.
Balance Platform: The balanceAccountId of the account to which the split amount is booked.

The amount of the split item.

Required for all split types in the Classic Platforms integration.
Required if type is BalanceAccount, Commission, Default, or VAT in your Balance Platform integration.

Your description for the split item.

Your unique reference for the part of the payment booked to the specified account.

This is required if type is MarketPlace (Classic Platforms integration) or BalanceAccount (Balance Platform).

For the other types, we also recommend providing a unique reference so you can reconcile the split and the associated payment in the transaction overview and in the reports.

The part of the payment you want to book to the specified account.

Possible values for the Balance Platform:

BalanceAccount: books part of the payment (specified in amount) to the specified account.
Transaction fees types that you can book to the specified account:
- AcquiringFees: the aggregated amount of the interchange and scheme fees.
- PaymentFee: the aggregated amount of all transaction fees.
- AdyenFees: the aggregated amount of Adyen's commission and markup fees.
- AdyenCommission: the transaction fees due to Adyen under blended rates.
- AdyenMarkup: the transaction fees due to Adyen under Interchange ++ pricing.
- Interchange: the fees paid to the issuer for each payment made with the card network.
- SchemeFee: the fees paid to the card scheme for using their network.
Commission: your platform's commission on the payment (specified in amount), booked to your liable balance account.
Remainder: the amount left over after a currency conversion, booked to the specified account.
TopUp: allows you and your users to top up balance accounts using direct debit, card payments, or other payment methods.
VAT: the value-added tax charged on the payment, booked to your platforms liable balance account.
Default: in very specific use cases, allows you to book the specified amount to the specified account. For more information, contact Adyen support.

Possible values for the Classic Platforms integration: Commission, Default, MarketPlace, PaymentFee, VAT.

Response parameters

After submitting a call, you receive a response message to inform you that your request was received and processed.

Depending on the HTTP status code of the response message, it is helpful to build some logic to handle any errors that a request or the system may return.

HTTP Responses

201 - Created
The request has been fulfilled and has resulted in one or more new resources being created.
amountobject
The updated amount.
currencystring
Min length: 3Max length: 3
The three-character ISO currency code.
valueinteger
The amount of the transaction, in minor units.
industryUsagestring
The reason for the amount update. Possible values:

delayedCharge

noShow

installment

lineItemsarray[object]
Price and product information of the refunded items, required for partial refunds.

This field is required for partial refunds with 3x 4x Oney, Affirm, Afterpay, Atome, Clearpay, Klarna, Ratepay, Walley, and Zip.

amountExcludingTaxinteger
Item amount excluding the tax, in minor units.
amountIncludingTaxinteger
Item amount including the tax, in minor units.
brandstring
Brand of the item.
colorstring
Color of the item.
descriptionstring
Max length: 10000
Description of the line item.
idstring
ID of the line item.
imageUrlstring
Link to the picture of the purchased item.
itemCategorystring
Item category, used by the payment methods PayPal and Ratepay.
manufacturerstring
Manufacturer of the item.
marketplaceSellerIdstring
Marketplace seller id.
productUrlstring
Link to the purchased item.
quantityinteger
Number of items.
receiverEmailstring
Email associated with the given product in the basket (usually in electronic gift cards).
sizestring
Size of the item.
skustring
Stock keeping unit.
taxAmountinteger
Tax amount, in minor units.
taxPercentageinteger
Tax percentage, in minor units.
upcstring
Universal Product Code.
merchantAccountstring
The merchant account that is used to process the payment.
paymentPspReferencestring
The pspReference of the payment to update.
pspReferencestring
Adyen's 16-character reference associated with the amount update request.
referencestring
Your reference for the amount update request. Maximum length: 80 characters.
splitsarray[object]
An array of objects specifying how the amount should be split between accounts when using Adyen for Platforms. For more information, see how to process payments for marketplaces or platforms.
accountstring
The unique identifier of the account to which the split amount is booked. Required if type is MarketPlace or BalanceAccount.

Classic Platforms integration: The accountCode of the account to which the split amount is booked.

Balance Platform: The balanceAccountId of the account to which the split amount is booked.

amountobject
The amount of the split item.

Required for all split types in the Classic Platforms integration.

Required if type is BalanceAccount, Commission, Default, or VAT in your Balance Platform integration.

currencystring
Min length: 3Max length: 3
The three-character ISO currency code. By default, this is the original payment currency.
valueinteger
The value of the split amount, in minor units.
descriptionstring
Your description for the split item.
referencestring
Your unique reference for the part of the payment booked to the specified account.

This is required if type is MarketPlace (Classic Platforms integration) or BalanceAccount (Balance Platform).

For the other types, we also recommend providing a unique reference so you can reconcile the split and the associated payment in the transaction overview and in the reports.
typestring
The part of the payment you want to book to the specified account.

Possible values for the Balance Platform:

BalanceAccount: books part of the payment (specified in amount) to the specified account.

Transaction fees types that you can book to the specified account:

AcquiringFees: the aggregated amount of the interchange and scheme fees.

PaymentFee: the aggregated amount of all transaction fees.

AdyenFees: the aggregated amount of Adyen's commission and markup fees.

AdyenCommission: the transaction fees due to Adyen under blended rates.

AdyenMarkup: the transaction fees due to Adyen under Interchange ++ pricing.

Interchange: the fees paid to the issuer for each payment made with the card network.

SchemeFee: the fees paid to the card scheme for using their network.

Commission: your platform's commission on the payment (specified in amount), booked to your liable balance account.

Remainder: the amount left over after a currency conversion, booked to the specified account.

TopUp: allows you and your users to top up balance accounts using direct debit, card payments, or other payment methods.

VAT: the value-added tax charged on the payment, booked to your platforms liable balance account.

Default: in very specific use cases, allows you to book the specified amount to the specified account. For more information, contact Adyen support.

Possible values for the Classic Platforms integration: Commission, Default, MarketPlace, PaymentFee, VAT.
statusstring
The status of your request. This will always have the value received.
400 - Bad Request
A problem reading or understanding the request.
additionalDataobject
Contains additional information about the payment. Some data fields are included only if you select them first. Go to Customer Area > Developers > Additional data.
errorCodestring
The error code mapped to the error message.
errorTypestring
The category of the error.
messagestring
A short explanation of the issue.
pspReferencestring
The PSP reference of the payment.
statusinteger
The HTTP response status.
401 - Unauthorized
Authentication required.
additionalDataobject
Contains additional information about the payment. Some data fields are included only if you select them first. Go to Customer Area > Developers > Additional data.
errorCodestring
The error code mapped to the error message.
errorTypestring
The category of the error.
messagestring
A short explanation of the issue.
pspReferencestring
The PSP reference of the payment.
statusinteger
The HTTP response status.
403 - Forbidden
Insufficient permissions to process the request.
additionalDataobject
Contains additional information about the payment. Some data fields are included only if you select them first. Go to Customer Area > Developers > Additional data.
errorCodestring
The error code mapped to the error message.
errorTypestring
The category of the error.
messagestring
A short explanation of the issue.
pspReferencestring
The PSP reference of the payment.
statusinteger
The HTTP response status.
422 - Unprocessable Entity
A request validation error.
additionalDataobject
Contains additional information about the payment. Some data fields are included only if you select them first. Go to Customer Area > Developers > Additional data.
errorCodestring
The error code mapped to the error message.
errorTypestring
The category of the error.
messagestring
A short explanation of the issue.
pspReferencestring
The PSP reference of the payment.
statusinteger
The HTTP response status.
500 - Internal Server Error
The server could not process the request.
additionalDataobject
Contains additional information about the payment. Some data fields are included only if you select them first. Go to Customer Area > Developers > Additional data.
errorCodestring
The error code mapped to the error message.
errorTypestring
The category of the error.
messagestring
A short explanation of the issue.
pspReferencestring
The PSP reference of the payment.
statusinteger
The HTTP response status.

Update an authorised amount

HTTP Responses

201 - Created

400 - Bad Request

401 - Unauthorized

403 - Forbidden

422 - Unprocessable Entity

500 - Internal Server Error