Start gift card transactions - iOS

Method

Call createSpecialTransactionRequest on the selected ADYDevice. This creates an ADYSpecialTransactionRequest object.

Parameters

Parameters	Type	Description
`reference`	String	A merchant-supplied reference for the transaction
`amount`	NSNumber	The amount of the transaction.
`currency`	String	The currency of the transaction.
`transactionType`	String	payment - Make a payment with the balance. load - Load a balance to a card. redeem - Redeem the value of a card. balanceInquiry - Check the balance of a card.
`options`	Dictionary	Options is an NSDictionary with key value pairs. This information is passed directly to the PED, which interprets it. Activate, load, or refund a balance to a card by creating a special tender and passing the following values as the `loadType` in special options: activate - Activates a gift card. load - Adds a balance to a gift card. merchandise_return - Add a refund balance back on to a gift card. This uses the same functionally as a load but is separated for accounting purposes. The activate and load values can be piped to chain the tasks by passing "activate\|load". Perform a cash back or deactivate a card by creating a special tender and passing a `redemptionType` as a special option. cashback - Cash out the value of a gift card. For SVS, you must create a zero-value transaction to cash out the entire balance of a card. You can not cash out a specific amount. deactivate - Deactivates a gift card. (Deactivate is not available for SVS). gratuity - Used to provide a tip from a gift card. (For SVS cards only). The cashback and deactivate values can be piped to chain the tasks by passing "cashback\|deactivate".
`paymentMethodType`	String	Values: svs for an SVS gift card. givex for a Givex gift card.
`merchantReference`	String	The unique merchant reference for the transaction.
`handleReceipt`	Boolean	Specifies that the POS handles and prints receipts. If omitted, it is required that the PED prints the receipt. If there is no printer unit, the transaction will fail.
`additionalData`	NSMutableDictionary	Contains key/value pairs that can be used by the merchant to return specific additional data, in particular in the final transaction result.

Callbacks

Implement the ADYTransactionProcessorDelegate, specifically the methods:

(void)transactionComplete:(ADYTransactionData*)transaction
(void)transactionRequiresPrintedReceipt:(ADYPrintReceiptRequest*)printReceiptRequest

Check transaction progress

Use the ADYTransactionProcessorDelegate to stay informed about the transaction's progress and completion. The error param is set if the transaction cannot be started.

- (BOOL)startWithDelegate:(id<ADYTransactionProcessorDelegate>)delegate error:(NSError **)error;

Cancel a gift card transaction

Use the requestCancel method to cancel a gift card transaction.

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