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Generating the Capture Context

The first step to Flex API v2 is to generate the context of the customer payment information that is to be captured and tokenized.
IMPORTANT
Declaring the capture context ensures that no data can be injected into the process by a malicious actor.
To generate the capture context, use the
/sessions
 API endpoint to specify the payment data to be captured. The API returns a JSON Web Token (JWT) data object that contains the authentication component of the interactions and the one-time public encryption keys to which the payment information is to be secured.
IMPORTANT
The internal data structure of the JWT can expand to contain additional data elements. Ensure that your integration and validation rules do not limit the data elements contained in responses.

Resource

Send a fully authenticated POST request from your backend system to the
/sessions
 API:
  • Test:
    https://apitest.cybersource.com
    /flex/v2/sessions
  • Production:
    https://api.cybersource.com
    /flex/v2/sessions
The resource returns a capture context, which is a JWT date element containing the keys necessary to encrypt the payment data.

Payment API Fields

This is the list of possible fields to capture and tokenize.
orderInformation.amountDetails.currency
orderInformation.amountDetails.totalAmount
orderInformation.billTo.address1
orderInformation.billTo.address2
orderInformation.billTo.administrativeArea
orderInformation.billTo.buildingNumber
orderInformation.billTo.company
orderInformation.billTo.country
orderInformation.billTo.district
orderInformation.billTo.email
orderInformation.billTo.firstName
orderInformation.billTo.lastName
orderInformation.billTo.locality
orderInformation.billTo.phoneNumber
orderInformation.billTo.postalCode
orderInformation.shipTo.address1
orderInformation.shipTo.address2
orderInformation.shipTo.administrativeArea
orderInformation.shipTo.buildingNumber
orderInformation.shipTo.company
orderInformation.shipTo.country
orderInformation.shipTo.district
orderInformation.shipTo.firstName
orderInformation.shipTo.lastName
orderInformation.shipTo.locality
orderInformation.shipTo.postalCode
paymentInformation.card.expirationMonth
paymentInformation.card.expirationYear
paymentInformation.card.number
paymentInformation.card.securityCode
paymentInformation.card.type
This example shows the JWT decoded, containing the JSON Web Key (JWK) encryption keys:
{
  "flx" : {
    "path" : "/flex/v2/tokens",
    "data" : "NTaTH27qZUlODxRUBEKIrhAAEFAAlrh8y17ghNZnyYVQb8vzBGNPWSmlznzPqC93XfuMJb+s7DTykZ5Q+yjPoF03Blczt5VviIGUcKh60cSgsHI=",
    "origin" : "https://sl73flxapq002.visa.com:8443",
    "jwk" : {
      "kty" : "RSA",
      "e" : "AQAB",
      "use" : "enc",
      "n" : "pFrA5Lsl22p3gNL5iPjBOYEuXs7z9P-dv7AICTGzlgNyNvyfF_tWGaLqS-lf2QgDvVW3cU0mqVxJXLE1FcJZj71d1sgZB1n4irWsqPq54cfwEx425DDFZaiwQ_Fv1v1mAN3TRT2kaQK-_2dYMNLIWHqj93aw_bLTQT_zo1jcaLTRje6xz7T4CqIQZ6KB_W21tcsMDGUbJ-v6yUpY2EmmcLp_vqIpsEBiCNocDGlnvMJdRyhBb8thqiXrZjTLoOoWtiaHoAlLWL3cUoGRVGtWdEf-I-HfPDpO2HBFiFulwbv54Pjac_sVoGFzGglGrwIWB241c95u-bZUedpN_6ig0Q",
      "kid" : "00SvIaGIfyaw897rDeG9eFdODKaCKc1q"
    }
  },
  "ctx" : [ {
    "data" : {
      "requiredFields" : [ "paymentInformation.card.number" ],
      "optionalFields" : [ "paymentInformation.card.expirationYear", "paymentInformation.card.expirationMonth", "paymentInformation.card.type", "paymentInformation.card.securityCode" ]
    },
    "type" : "api-0.1.0"
  } ],
  "iss" : "Flex API",
  "exp" : 1614792268,
  "iat" : 1614791368,
  "jti" : "rOAksGcp8Bgg6WLj"
}

Related Information

REST Example: Generating the Capture Context

Minimum Request
{
  "paymentInformation" : {
    "card" : {
      "number" : {
      },
      "securityCode" : {
        "required" : false
      },
      "expirationMonth" : {
        "required" : false
      },
      "expirationYear" : {
        "required" : false
      },
      "type" : {
        "required" : false
      }
    }
  }
}
Maximum Request
{
  "paymentInformation" : {
    "card" : {
      "number" : {
      },
        "securityCode" : {
          "required" : false
        },
        "expirationMonth" : {
          "required" : false
        },
        "expirationYear" : {
          "required" : false
        },
        "type" : {
          "required" : false
        }
      }
    },
    "orderInformation" : {
      "amountDetails" : {
        "totalAmount" : {
          "required" : false
        },
        "currency" : {
          "required" : false
        }
      },
      "billTo" : {
        "address1" : {
          "required" : false
        },
        "address2" : {
          "required" : false
        },
        "administrativeArea" : {
          "required" : false
        },
        "buildingNumber" : {
          "required" : false
        },
        "country" : {
          "required" : false
        },
        "district" : {
          "required" : false
        },
        "locality" : {
          "required" : false
        },
        "postalCode" : {
          "required" : false
        },
        "email" : {
          "required" : false
        },
        "firstName" : {
          "required" : false
        },
        "lastName" : {
          "required" : false
        },
        "phoneNumber" : {
          "required" : false
        },
        "company" : {
          "required" : false
        }
      },
      "shipTo" : {
        "address1" : {
          "required" : false
        },
        "address2" : {
          "required" : false
        },
        "administrativeArea" : {
          "required" : false
        },
        "buildingNumber" : {
          "required" : false
        },
        "country" : {
          "required" : false
        },
        "district" : {
          "required" : false
        },
        "locality" : {
          "required" : false
        },
        "postalCode" : {
          "required" : false
        },
        "firstName" : {
          "required" : false
        },
        "lastName" : {
          "required" : false
        },
        "company" : {
          "required" : false
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
Response Payload
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