Transaction updates

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After processing requests and transactions with us, you can update some of the details at a later time by submitting a TRANSACTIONUPDATE request.
Process overview
Here are some examples of the updates that can be performed using this feature:
- lowering the amount for an AUTH after authorisation and before settlement.
- suspending a REFUND, preventing settlement.
- updating the billing address on a STORE.
- changing the frequency payments are processed by a SUBSCRIPTION.
Requirements
You can only perform updates on requests of the following types:
- Authorisation (AUTH)
- Refund (REFUND)
- Card store (STORE)
- Subscription (SUBSCRIPTION)

Walkthrough
You have previously processed a successful AUTH (with transactionreference “1-2-3”) on your site (with Site Reference “test_site12345”). It has a settlestatus of “1”, meaning it will be settled automatically within 24 hours. You wish to update the settlestatus to “2”, which will suspend the Settlement of funds to your bank account.
Step 1: Your system submits a TRANSACTIONUPDATE request to Secure Trading, including:
- sitereference “test_site12345” (to identify the site on which the transaction was processed).
- transactionreference “1-2-3” (to identify the transaction that is to be updated).
- the updates to be made; in this example, settlestatus “2” (suspends payment).
#!/usr/bin/python import securetrading stconfig = securetrading.Config() stconfig.username = "[email protected]" stconfig.password = "Password1^" st = securetrading.Api(stconfig) update = { "requesttypedescriptions": ["TRANSACTIONUPDATE"], "filter":{ "sitereference": [{"value":"test_site12345"}], "transactionreference": [{"value":"1-2-3"}] }, "updates":{"settlestatus":"2"} } strequest = securetrading.Request() strequest.update(update) stresponse = st.process(strequest) #stresponse contains the transaction response
<?php if (!($autoload = realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../../autoload.php')) && !($autoload = realpath(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php'))) { throw new Exception('Composer autoloader file could not be found.'); } require_once($autoload); $configData = array( 'username' => '[email protected]', 'password' => 'Password1^', ); $requestData = array( 'requesttypedescriptions' => array('TRANSACTIONUPDATE'), 'filter' => array( 'sitereference' => array(array('value' => 'test_site12345')), 'transactionreference' => array(array('value' => '1-2-3')) ), 'updates' => array('settlestatus' => '2') ); $api = \Securetrading\api($configData); $response = $api->process($requestData); var_dump($response->toArray()); ?>
curl --user [email protected]:Password1^ https://webservices.securetrading.net/json/ -H "Content-type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" -X POST -d '{ "alias": "[email protected]", "version": "1.00", "request": [{ "requesttypedescriptions": ["TRANSACTIONUPDATE"], "filter":{ "sitereference": [{"value":"test_site12345"}], "transactionreference": [{"value":"1-2-3"}] }, "updates":{"settlestatus":"2"} }]}'

When performing a single TRANSACTIONUPDATE request:
- You can only update one transaction. (Updating multiple transactions necessitates one TRANSACTIONUPDATE request per transaction)
- You can update multiple fields in a single transaction by using a single TRANSACTIONUPDATE request.
Secure Trading receives and interprets the TRANSACTIONUPDATE request and performs the updates on the specified transaction, providing the request submitted was valid (otherwise returns an error).
Step 2: Your system receives and interprets a TRANSACTIONUPDATE response and updates your records, as appropriate. Your system should ensure the error code value returned is “0”, indicating a successful update.
The AUTH “1-2-3” on site “test_site12345” has now been assigned settlestatus “2”, which will suspend the payment.
TRANSACTIONUPDATE request
The TRANSACTIONUPDATE request consists of two parts:
- The filters are used to specify the transaction to be updated.
- The updates are used to specify the updates to be performed on the transaction.
The following is an example of a TRANSACTIONUPDATE request:
#!/usr/bin/python import securetrading stconfig = securetrading.Config() stconfig.username = "[email protected]" stconfig.password = "Password1^" st = securetrading.Api(stconfig) update = { "requesttypedescriptions": ["TRANSACTIONUPDATE"], "filter":{ "sitereference": [{"value":"test_site12345"}], "transactionreference": [{"value":"1-2-3"}] }, "updates":{"settlestatus":"2"} } strequest = securetrading.Request() strequest.update(update) stresponse = st.process(strequest) #stresponse contains the transaction response
<?php if (!($autoload = realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../../autoload.php')) && !($autoload = realpath(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php'))) { throw new Exception('Composer autoloader file could not be found.'); } require_once($autoload); $configData = array( 'username' => '[email protected]', 'password' => 'Password1^', ); $requestData = array( 'requesttypedescriptions' => array('TRANSACTIONUPDATE'), 'filter' => array( 'sitereference' => array(array('value' => 'test_site12345')), 'transactionreference' => array(array('value' => '1-2-3')) ), 'updates' => array('settlestatus' => '2') ); $api = \Securetrading\api($configData); $response = $api->process($requestData); var_dump($response->toArray()); ?>
curl --user [email protected]:Password1^ https://webservices.securetrading.net/json/ -H "Content-type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" -X POST -d '{ "alias": "[email protected]", "version": "1.00", "request": [{ "requesttypedescriptions": ["TRANSACTIONUPDATE"], "filter":{ "sitereference": [{"value":"test_site12345"}], "transactionreference": [{"value":"1-2-3"}] }, "updates":{"settlestatus":"2"} }]}'
Filters
Key
Field name | Type | Length | Request | Description |
sitereference | Alphanumeric including underscore | 50 | ![]() |
The unique reference for the Secure Trading site associated with the transaction you would like to update. |
transactionreference | Alphanumeric including hyphens | 25 | ![]() |
The unique Secure Trading reference for the transaction you would like to update. |
Updates
The following fields can be updated when performing updates on AUTH and REFUND requests.
Field name | Type | Length | Request | Description |
orderreference | Alphanumeric including symbols |
255 | ![]() |
Update the unique order reference that can be stored on Secure Trading’s system. |
settlebaseamount | Numeric | 13 | ![]() |
The amount of the transaction in base units, with no commas or decimal points, so £10.50 would be 1050. This value must be above zero and less than or equal to the original authorisation amount. |
settleduedate | Date YYYY-MM-DD | 10 | ![]() |
Date the transaction will be settled. If today or earlier, the transaction will settle when Settlement is next run (providing not suspended or cancelled). |
settlestatus | Numeric | 3 | ![]() |
This value relates to the status of the transaction. |

About settle status
- A suspended (status 2) transaction will be automatically reversed or cancelled (status 3) after 7 days from authorisation, as the authorisation code will have expired. (Authorisation codes are valid for 7 days).
- Once a transaction is set to reversed/cancelled (status 3), the transaction will not settle and the status cannot be changed.
TRANSACTIONUPDATE response
Please find below an example of a TRANSACTIONUPDATE response that was returned following a successful transaction update.
{ u 'requestreference': u 'A3jbd6w7a', u 'version': u '1.00', u 'response': [{ u 'errorcode': u '0', u 'requesttypedescription': u 'TRANSACTIONUPDATE', u 'transactionstartedtimestamp': u '2016-12-07 14:30:18', u 'errormessage': u 'Ok', u 'operatorname': u '[email protected]' }] }
array(3) { ["requestreference"] => string(9) "A057aegmt" ["version"] => string(4) "1.00" ["response"] => array(1) { [0] => array(5) { ["errorcode"] => string(1) "0" ["requesttypedescription"] => string(17) "TRANSACTIONUPDATE" ["transactionstartedtimestamp"] => string(19) "2016-12-09 10:01:55" ["errormessage"] => string(2) "Ok" ["operatorname"] => string(23) "[email protected]" } } }
{"requestreference":"W23-tkrxwkc6","version":"1.00","response":[{"errorcode":"0","requesttypedescription":"TRANSACTIONUPDATE","transactionstartedtimestamp":"2016-12-07 15:17:24","errormessage":"Ok","operatorname":"[email protected]"}],"secrand":"SptlJutnBnQ"}
Ensure the Error Code is “0”. This indicates the TRANSACTIONUPDATE request was processed successfully. If the error code is not “0”, the request may not have been processed as expected. If you are experiencing difficulties, read our Troubleshooting page.
Additional resources

RefundsTransaction queries