Here we describe how you can use an InputRequest
to ask the shopper or your staff to enter a numerical value. You can use this, for example, to obtain the telephone number of a shopper.
Make a Digit input request
To use the payment terminal to ask for numerical input:
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Make a POST request to a Terminal API endpoint, specifying:
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MessageHeader
: The standardSaleToPOIRequest.MessageHeader
object. This includes:Parameter Required Description MessageClass
Device MessageCategory
Input
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InputRequest.DisplayOutput
: This part of the request body defines what is shown on the terminal:Parameter Required Description Device
CustomerDisplay InfoQualify
Display OutputContent.OutputFormat
Text OutputContent.PredefinedContent.ReferenceID
GetDigit OutputContent.OutputText
An array of one Text
field containing your own text to show on the terminal. On a portrait display, limited to about 20 characters. Apart from the text you specify, the terminal will show an instruction for how to confirm the input. -
InputRequest.InputData
: This part of the request body handles the user input:Parameter Required Description Device
CustomerInput InfoQualify
Input InputCommand
DigitString MaxInputTime
(Integer) Time-out in seconds. This is the time that the user gets to finish their input. InputData.DefaultInputString
Placeholder text for the input box, to let the user know what input format you are expecting.
The following example asks the shopper for their phone number.
{ "SaleToPOIRequest":{ "MessageHeader":{ "ProtocolVersion":"3.0", "MessageClass":"Device", "MessageCategory":"Input", "MessageType":"Request", "ServiceID":"040", "SaleID":"POSSystemID12345", "POIID":"V400m-324688179" }, "InputRequest":{ "DisplayOutput":{ "Device":"CustomerDisplay", "InfoQualify":"Display", "OutputContent":{ "OutputFormat":"Text", "PredefinedContent":{ "ReferenceID":"GetDigit" }, "OutputText":[ { "Text":"Your phone number:" } ] } }, "InputData":{ "Device":"CustomerInput", "InfoQualify":"Input", "InputCommand":"DigitString", "MaxInputTime":30, "DefaultInputString":"0612345678" } } } }
SaleToPOIRequest saleToPOIRequest = new SaleToPOIRequest(); MessageHeader messageHeader = new MessageHeader(); saleToPOIRequest.setMessageHeader(messageHeader); InputRequest inputRequest = new InputRequest(); DisplayOutput displayOutput = new DisplayOutput(); displayOutput.setDevice( DeviceType.CUSTOMER_DISPLAY ); displayOutput.setInfoQualify( InfoQualifyType.DISPLAY ); OutputContent outputContent = new OutputContent(); outputContent.setOutputFormat( OutputFormatType.TEXT ); PredefinedContent predefinedContent = new PredefinedContent(); predefinedContent.setReferenceID("GetDigit"); outputContent.setPredefinedContent(predefinedContent); OutputText outputText = new OutputText(); outputText.setText("Your phone number:"); outputContent.getOutputText().add(outputText); displayOutput.setOutputContent(outputContent); inputRequest.setDisplayOutput(displayOutput); InputData inputData = new InputData(); inputData.setDevice( DeviceType.CUSTOMER_INPUT ); inputData.setInfoQualify( InfoQualifyType.INPUT ); inputData.setInputCommand( InputCommandType.DIGIT_STRING ); inputData.setMaxInputTime( BigInteger.valueOf(30) ); inputData.setDefaultInputString("0612345678"); inputRequest.setInputData(inputData); saleToPOIRequest.setInputRequest(inputRequest); terminalAPIRequest.setSaleToPOIRequest(saleToPOIRequest);
For a complete list of fields you can pass in a numeric input request, see the Digit InputRequest API reference.
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Wait for the user to supply the requested input.
The provided input is not validated against a format.
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If the input request times out, you receive an
EventNotification
withEventDetails
: message=Did+not+receive+a+response+from+the+POI. -
If you make a payment request while the input request is waiting for input on the terminal, the payment request overrides the input request. You receive an
InputResponse
indicating that the input request was closed. -
If the user declined to respond (selected the Cancel key
), the
InputResult
hasResponse.Result
: Failure,Response.ErrorCondition
: Cancel, and an emptyDigitInput
field. - If input is received from the terminal, the
InputResponse.InputResult
contains:Input.DigitInput
: The numerals that the user entered.
{ "SaleToPOIResponse": { "InputResponse": { "InputResult": { "Device": "CustomerInput", "InfoQualify": "Input", "Response": { "Result": "Success", "AdditionalResponse": "responseData=%7b%20%20%7d" }, "Input": { "DigitInput": "0687164125", "InputCommand": "DigitString" } }, "OutputResult": { "Device": "CustomerDisplay", "InfoQualify": "Display", "Response": { "Result": "Success" } } }, "MessageHeader": {...} } }
For a complete list of fields you can receive in a numeric input response, see the Digit InputResponse API reference.
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- Pass the relevant data from the
InputResult
to your system for validation and further use.