Create authorization

Enables you to authorize the availability of funds for a transaction but delay the capture of funds until a later time. Subsequently, use Create a payment or Create an order to capture the authorized funds, or use Cancel authorization to cancel the authorization.

For gateway integrations that support this operation, see Delayed Capture.

Request
path Parameters
payment-method-id
required
string

The unique ID of the payment method where the authorization is created.

header Parameters
Idempotency-Key
string <= 255 characters

Specify a unique idempotency key if you want to perform an idempotent POST or PATCH request. Do not use this header in other request types.

With this header specified, the Zuora server can identify subsequent retries of the same request using this value, which prevents the same operation from being performed multiple times by accident.

Accept-Encoding
string

Include the Accept-Encoding: gzip header to compress responses as a gzipped file. It can significantly reduce the bandwidth required for a response.

If specified, Zuora automatically compresses responses that contain over 1000 bytes of data, and the response contains a Content-Encoding header with the compression algorithm so that your client can decompress it.

Content-Encoding
string

Include the Content-Encoding: gzip header to compress a request. With this header specified, you should upload a gzipped file for the request payload instead of sending the JSON payload.

Authorization
string

The value is in the Bearer {token} format where {token} is a valid OAuth token generated by calling Create an OAuth token.

Zuora-Track-Id
string <= 64 characters

A custom identifier for tracing the API call. If you set a value for this header, Zuora returns the same value in the response headers. This header enables you to associate your system process identifiers with Zuora API calls, to assist with troubleshooting in the event of an issue.

The value of this field must use the US-ASCII character set and must not include any of the following characters: colon (:), semicolon (;), double quote ("), and quote (').

Zuora-Entity-Ids
string

An entity ID. If you have Zuora Multi-entity enabled and the OAuth token is valid for more than one entity, you must use this header to specify which entity to perform the operation in. If the OAuth token is only valid for a single entity, or you do not have Zuora Multi-entity enabled, you should not set this header.

Zuora-Org-Ids
string

Comma separated IDs. If you have Zuora Multi-Org enabled, you can use this header to specify which orgs to perform the operation in. If you do not have Zuora Multi-Org enabled, you should not set this header.

The IDs must be a sub-set of the user's accessible orgs. If you specify an org that the user does not have access to, the operation fails.

If the header is not set, the operation is performed in scope of the user's accessible orgs.

Request Body schema: application/json
required
accountId
string

The ID of the customer account. Either accountId or accountNumber is required.

accountNumber
string

The number of the customer account. Either accountNumber or accountId is required.

amount
required
number

The amount of the trasaction.

object

The field used to pass gateway-specific parameters and parameter values. The fields supported by gateways vary. For more information, see the Overview topic of each gateway integration in Zuora Knowledge Center.

Zuora sends all the information that you specified to the gateway. If you specify any unsupported gateway option parameters, they will be ignored without error prompts.

gatewayOrderId
required
string

The order ID for the specific gateway.

The specified order ID will be used in transaction authorization. If you specify an empty value for this field, Zuora will generate an ID and you will have to associate this ID with your order ID by yourself if needed. It is recommended to specify an ID for this field.

mitTransactionSource
string

Payment transaction source used to differentiate the transaction source in Stored Credential Transaction framework.

  • C_Unscheduled: Cardholder-initiated transaction (CIT) that does not occur on scheduled or regularly occurring dates.
  • M_Recurring: Merchant-initiated transaction (MIT) that occurs at regular intervals.
  • M_Unscheduled: Merchant-initiated transaction (MIT) that does not occur on scheduled or regularly occurring dates.
  • M_MOTO: Mail Order Telephone Order (MOTO) payment transaction. This option is only available for credit card payments on Stripe v2. See Overview of Stripe payment gateway integration for more information.
Enum: "C_Unscheduled" "M_Recurring" "M_Unscheduled" "M_MOTO"
paymentGatewayId
string

The ID of the payment gateway instance.

softDescriptor
string

A text, rendered on a cardholder’s statement, describing a particular product or service purchased by the cardholder.

softDescriptorPhone
string

The phone number that relates to the soft descriptor, usually the phone number of customer service.

Responses
200
500

Internal Server Error

4XX

Request Errors

post/v1/payment-methods/{payment-method-id}/authorize
Request samples
application/json
{
  • "accountId": "402881e861bd8a7e0161c6a453750026",
  • "accountNumber": "A00000004",
  • "amount": 1.99,
  • "gatewayOrderId": "A001",
  • "softDescriptor": "Service fee",
  • "softDescriptorPhone": "400-000-1234"
}
Response samples
application/json
{
  • "gatewayOrderId": "A001",
  • "resultCode": 0,
  • "resultMessage": "Request ID: 5231719060426316203012",
  • "success": true,
  • "transactionId": "5231719060426316203012"
}