Validating a Challenge

Running the Validation service compares the customer's response to the challenge from the issuing bank to validate the customer identity.

Card-Specific Requirements

Some payment cards require additional information to be collected during a transaction.
This field is recommended for Discover ProtectBuy.
This field is required when the card type is Cartes Bancaires.
This field is required for Visa Secure travel.
This field is required for American Express SafeKey (US) when the product code is
AIR
for an airline purchase).
This field is required only for American Express SafeKey (US).
This field is required only for American Express SafeKey (US)

Country-Specific Requirements

These fields are required for transactions in specific countries.
TThis field is required for transactions in the US and Canada.
This field is required when the
billTo_country
field value is
US
or
CA
.
This field is required for transactions in the US and Canada.
This field is required for transactions processed in France.

Endpoint

Set the
payerAuthValidateService_run
fields to
true
.
Send the request to:
Production:
https://ics2ws.ic3.com/commerce/1.x/transactionProcessor
Test:
https://ics2wstest.ic3.com/commerce/1.x/transactionProcessor

Required Fields for Validating a Challenge

Required Fields

This field is required when the
card_accountNumber
field is included.
This field is required when the
card_accountNumber
field is included.
This field is required when the
purchaseTotals_grandTotalAmount
field is not used.
payerAuthValidateService_run
This field is required when the
item_#_unitPrice
field is not used.
Validating a Challenge

Optional Fields for Validating a Challenge

These fields are optional when validating a Payer Authentication transaction. In certain circumstances, the information provided by an optional field might be required before a transaction can proceed. Those optional fields that are sometimes required are listed in the required fields with the circumstance described.
Validating a Challenge

Simple Order Example: Validating a Challenge

Request
merchantID=patest merchantReferenceCode=0001 payerAuthValidateService_authenticationTransactionID=hejNPA0YQlL5gVwZ6OX0 payerAuthValidateService_run=true purchaseTotals_currency=USD purchaseTotals_grandTotalAmount=30.00
Response to Successful Request
decision=ACCEPT merchantReferenceCode=0001 payerAuthValidateReply_acsTransactionID=ff412c09-4ea8-4f37-923e-4c405fb3951c payerAuthValidateReply_authenticationResult=0 payerAuthValidateReply_authenticationStatusMessage=Success payerAuthValidateReply_cardBin=40000000 payerAuthValidateReply_cardTypeName=VISA payerAuthValidateReply_cavv=MTIzNDU2Nzg5MDEyMzQ1Njc4OTA= payerAuthValidateReply_commerceIndicator=vbv payerAuthValidateReply_directoryServerTransactionID=6c29615b-1a1e-4c13-9739-0394917163a3 payerAuthValidateReply_eci=05 payerAuthValidateReply_eciRaw=05 payerAuthValidateReply_paresStatus=Y payerAuthValidateReply_reasonCode=100 payerAuthValidateReply_specificationVersion=2.1.0 payerAuthValidateReply_threeDSServerTransactionID=2c2294e9-6b70-4b19-bedb-7b43065f20ce payerAuthValidateReply_xid=MTIzNDU2Nzg5MDEyMzQ1Njc4OTA= reasonCode=100 requestID=6001869286506329603009
Validating a Challenge