Introduction

Alipay is a Chinese online payment system of the Alibaba Group operated by the Ant Group. With more than 520 million[3] users worldwide, Alipay is the largest payment and lifestyle platform and has a market share of more than 50% in the online business in the People's Republic of China.

Alibaba company founder Jack Ma considered the red envelope feature to be a "Pearl Harbor moment", as it began to erode Alipay's historic dominance in the online payments industry in China, especially in peer-to-peer money transfer. The success prompted Alibaba to launch its own version of virtual red envelopes in its competing Laiwang service. Other competitors, Baidu Wallet and Sina Weibo, also launched similar features.

Integrations

POST Request - Pre-/ Authorization
Account Parameters
request
required
Fixed Value: preauthorisation/authorization
mid
required
your merchant ID, 5-digit numeric
aid
required
your subaccount ID, 5-digit numeric
portalId
required
your Portal ID, 7-digit numeric
key
required
your key value, alpha-numeric
common Parameters
clearingtype
required
Fixed Value: wtl
mode
required
Fixed Value: test/live

Can be either test environment (test) or live environment (live)
reference
optional
Format CHAR(2..255)

A unique ID that will be displayed in your shop backend and for the customer
amount
required
Format NUMERIC(1..10)
Permitted values max. +/- 19 999 999 99

Specifies the total gross amount of a payment transaction.

Value is given in smallest currency unit, e.g. Cent of Euro.

The amount must be less than or equal to the amount of the corresponding booking.
currency
required
Format LIST
Permitted values ISO 4217 (currencies) 3-letter-codes
Samples

EUR

USD

GBP
param
optional
Format CHAR(1..255)

Individual parameter (per payment process)
narrative_text
optional
Format CHAR(1..81)

Dynamic text element on account statements (3 lines with 27 characters each) and credit card statements.
customer_is_present
optional
Format LIST
Permitted Values yes / no

Indicates whether customer is “present” and can enter their data in the shop (=yes). Or customer is not present and can not enter any data (=no).
PERSONAL DATA Parameters
customerid
optional
Format CHAR(1..20)
Permitted Symbols [0-9, a-z, A-Z, .,-,_,/]

Merchant's customer ID, defined by you / merchant to refer to the customer record.

"customerid" can be used to identify a customer record. 
If "customerid" is used then stored customer data are loaded automatically.
userid
optional
Format NUMERIC(6..12)

PAYONE User ID, defined by PAYONE
businessrelation
optional
Format LIST
Value Comment
b2c

Indicates business to private customer
b2b

indicates business to business customer (company)

Value specifies business relation between merchant and customer
salutation
optional
Format CHAR(1..10)

The customer's salutation
title
optional
Format CHAR(1..20)
Samples

Dr
Prof.
Dr.-Ing.

Title of the customer
firstname
optional
Format CHAR(1..50)

First name of customer; optional if company is used, i.e.: you may use "company" or "lastname" or "firstname" plus "lastname"
lastname
required
Format CHAR(2..50)

Last name of customer; optional if company is used, i.e.: you may use "company" or "lastname" or "firstname" plus "lastname"
company
optional
Format CHAR(2..50)

Comany name of customer; optional if company is used, i.e.: you may use "company" or "lastname" or "firstname" plus "lastname"
street
optional
Format CHAR(1..50)

Street number and name (required: at least one character)
addressaddition
optional
Format CHAR(1..50)
Samples

7th floor

c/o Maier

Specifies an additional address line for the invoice address of the customer.
zip
optional
Format CHAR(2..50)
Permitted Symbols [0-9][A-Z][a-z][_.-/ ]

Postcode
city
optional
Format CHAR(2..50)

City of customer
country
required
Fixed Value DE
state
required (in CN)
Format LIST
Permitted values: ISO 3166-2 States (regions) 2-letter-codes
Samples US Samples CA
AK AB
AL BC

Specifies state / region of country for the customer.
"state" is required for these countries: US, CA, CN, JP, MX, BR, AR, ID, TH, IN and must not be used for all other countries.
email
optional
Format CHAR(5..254)

Mandatory if "add_paydata[shopping_cart_type]=DIGITAL"

Permitted Symbols RFC 5322

Special Remark email validation:

Max. length for email is 254 characters. Validation is set up in the following way:

Username = Max. 63 characters

Domain Name = Max. 63 characters
Domain Suffixes = Max. 4 suffixes with max. 124 characters 
Example: username[63]@domain_name[63].suffix[60].suffix[60].suffix[4]

"@" and "." is counted as a character as well; in case of a total of three suffixes, this would allow a total of 254 characters.

email-address of customer
telephonenumber
optional
Format CHAR(1..30)

Phone number of customer
birthday
optional
Format DATE(8), YYYYMMDD
Samples

20190101

19991231

Date of birth of customer
language
optional
Format LIST
Permitted values ISO 639-1 (Language)2-letter-codes

Language indicator (ISO 639) to specify the language that should be presented to the customer (e.g. for error messages, frontend display).

If the language is not transferred, the browser language will be used. For a non-supported language English will be used.
vatid
optional
Format CHAR(1..50)

VAT identification number. Used for b2b transactions to indicate VAT number of customer.
gender
optional
Format LIST
Permitted values f/ m/  d

Gender of customer (female / male / diverse* )

* currently not in use
personalid
optional
Format CHAR(1..32)
Permitted Symbols [0-9][A-Z][a-z][+-./()]

Person specific numbers or characters, e.g. number of passport / ID card
ip
optional
Format CHAR(1..39)

Customer's IP-V4-address (123.123.123.123) or IP-V6-address
Delivery data Parameters
shipping_firstname
required
Format CHAR(1..50)

First name of delivery address
shipping_lastname
required
Format CHAR(1..50)

Surname of delivery address
shipping_company
Format CHAR(2..50)

Company name of delivery address
shipping_street
optional
Format CHAR(2..50)

Street number and name of delivery address
shipping_zip
required
Format CHAR(2..50)

Postcode of delivery address
shipping_addressaddition
optional
Format CHAR(1..50)

Specifies an additional address line for the delivery address of the customer, e.g. "7th floor", "c/o Maier".
shipping_country
optional
Format LIST
Permitted values ISO 3166 2-letter-codes
Samples

DE

GB

US

Specifies country of address for the customer.

Some countries require additional information in parameter "state"
shipping_state
required (in CN)
Format LIST
Permitted values ISO 3166-2 States (regions) 2-letter-codes
Samples US Samples CA
AK AB
AL BC
Wallet PARAMETERS
wallettype
required
Fixed Value ALP
successurl
required
Format CHAR(2..255)

Scheme
<scheme>://<host>/<path>
<scheme>://<host>/<path>?<query>
       
scheme-pattern: [a-zA-Z]{1}[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,9}

URL for "faulty payment"
errorurl
required
Format CHAR(2..255)

Scheme
<scheme>://<host>/<path>
<scheme>://<host>/<path>?<query>
       
scheme-pattern: [a-zA-Z]{1}[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,9}

URL for "faulty payment"
backurl
required
Format CHAR(2..255)
Scheme
<scheme>://<host>/<path>
<scheme>://<host>/<path>?<query>
       
scheme-pattern: [a-zA-Z]{1}[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,9}

URL for "Back" or "Cancel"
Article Parameters
it[n]
optional
it[n] Comments
goods Goods
shipment Shipping Charges
handling Handling fee
voucher Voucher / discount
id[n]
Format CHAR(1..32)
Array elements [n] starting with [1]; serially numbered; max [400]
Permitted Symbols [0-9][a-z][A-Z], .,-,_,/

International Article Number (EAN bzw. GTIN)

Product number, SKU, etc. of this item
pr[n]
optional
Format NUMERIC(10) max. 19 999 999 99
Array elements [n] starting with [1]; serially numbered; max [400]

Unit gross price of the item in smallest unit! e.g. cent
no[n]
optional
Format NUMERIC(6)
Array elements [n] starting with [1]; serially numbered; max [400]

Quantity of this item
de[n]
optional
Format CHAR(1..255)
Array elements [n] starting with [1]; serially numbered; max [400]

Description of this item. Will be printed on documents to customer.
va[n]
optional
Format NUMERIC(4)
Array elements [n] starting with [1]; serially numbered; max [400]

VAT rate (% or bp)
Response Parameters
status
Permitted Values
APPROVED
ERROR
Response Parameter (approved)
txid
Format NUMERIC(9..12)

The txid specifies the payment process within the PAYONE platform
userid
Format NUMERIC(6..12)

PAYONE User ID, defined by PAYONE
Response Parameter (Error)
errorcode
Format NUMERIC(1..6)

In case of error the PAYONE Platform returns an error code for your internal usage.
errormessage
Format CHAR(1..1024)

In case of error the PAYONE Platform returns an error message for your internal usage.
customermessage
Format CHAR(1..1024)

The customermessage is returned to your system in order to be displayed to the customer.

(Language selection is based on the end customer's language, parameter "language")

 
Host: api.pay1.de
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Payload
        
aid=52078
amount=3800
backurl=https://yourdomain.dev/payone/onepage/cancel/
city=Berlin
clearingtype=wlt
country=DE
currency=EUR
de[1]=Endeavor Daytrip Backpack
de[2]=Aufschlag Versandkosten
email=test@payone.com
encoding=UTF-8
errorurl=https://yourdomain.dev/payone/onepage/cancel?error=1/
firstname=Frank
id[1]=24-WB06
id[2]=delivery
ip=89.245.17.33
it[1]=goods
it[2]=shipment
key=17031f73e2c6f9755788bddfff04169b
language=de
lastname=Payonetester
mid=14648
mode=test
no[1]=1
no[2]=1
portalid=2037267
pr[1]=3300
pr[2]=500
reference=1233500801000000025
request=authorization
shipping_city=Berlin
shipping_country=DE
shipping_firstname=Frank
shipping_lastname=Payonetester
shipping_street=Badensche Str. 24
shipping_zip=10715
street=Badensche Str. 24
successurl=https://yourdomain.dev/payone/returned/
va[1]=0
va[2]=0
wallettype=ALP
workorderid=PP2AAD6FJJSCSRH7
zip=10715    
RESPONSE
                            
status=APPROVED
txid=987654321 
userid=123456789      
POST Request - Capture
Account Parameters
request
required
Fixed Value: capture
mid
required
your merchant ID, 5-digit numeric
aid
required
your subaccount ID, 5-digit numeric
portalId
required
your Portal ID, 7-digit numeric
key
required
your key value, alpha-numeric
common Parameters
txid
required
Format NUMERIC(9..12)

The txid specifies the payment process within the PAYONE platform
sequence​number
optional
Format NUMERIC(1..3)
Permitted values 0..127

Sequence number for this transaction within the payment process (1..n), e.g. PreAuthorization: 0, 1. Capture: 1, 2. Capture: 2

Required for multi partial capture (starting with the 2nd capture)
amount
required
Format NUMERIC(1..10)
Permitted values max. +/- 19 999 999 99

Specifies the total gross amount of a payment transaction.

Value is given in smallest currency unit, e.g. Cent of Euro; Pence of Pound sterling; Öre of Swedish krona.

The amount must be less than or equal to the amount of the corresponding booking.
currency
required
Fixed value EUR
narrative_text
optional
Format CHAR(1..81)

Dynamic text element on account statements (3 lines with 27 characters each) and credit card statements.
Response Parameters
status
Permitted values
APPROVED
PENDING
ERROR
Response Parameter (approved)
txid
Format NUMERIC(9..12)

The txid specifies the payment process within the PAYONE platform
settleaccount
Format LIST
Value Comment
yes Settlement of outstanding balances has been carried out.
no Settlement of outstanding balances has not been carried out.

Provides information about whether a settlement of balances has been carried out.
Response parameters (pending)
txid
Format NUMERIC(9..12)

The txid specifies the payment process within the PAYONE platform
userid
Format NUMERIC(6..12)

PAYONE User ID, defined by PAYONE
Response parameters (error)
errorcode
Format NUMERIC(1..6)

In case of error the PAYONE Platform returns an error code for your internal usage.
errormessage
Format CHAR(1..1024)

In case of error the PAYONE Platform returns an error message for your internal usage.

 
Host: api.pay1.de
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Payload

mid=23456
portalid=12345123
key=abcdefghijklmn123456789
api_version=3.10
mode=test
request=capture
encoding=UTF-8
txid=345678901
amount=300
currency=EUR            
RESPONSE

status=APPROVED
txid=345678901
settleaccount=no
POST Request - Debit
Account Parameters
request
required
Fixed Value: debit
mid
required
your merchant ID, 5-digit numeric
aid
required
your subaccount ID, 5-digit numeric
portalId
required
your Portal ID, 7-digit numeric
key
required
your key value, alpha-numeric
Common Parameters
txid
required
Format NUMERIC(9..12)

The txid specifies the payment process within the PAYONE platform
sequence​number
required
Format NUMERIC(1..3)
Permitted values 0..127

Sequence number for this transaction within the payment process (1..n), e.g. PreAuthorization: 0, 1. Capture: 1, 2. Capture: 2

Required for multi partial capture (starting with the 2nd capture)
amount
required
Format NUMERIC(1..10)
Permitted values max. +/- 19 999 999 99

Specifies the total gross amount of a payment transaction.

Value is given in smallest currency unit, e.g. Cent of Euro; Pence of Pound sterling; Öre of Swedish krona.

The amount must be less than or equal to the amount of the corresponding booking.
currency
required
Fixed Value EUR
narrative_text
optional
Format CHAR(1..81)

Dynamic text element on account statements (3 lines with 27 characters each) and credit card statements.
clearingtype
optional
Fixed Value wlt
use_customerdata
optional
Format LIST
Value Comment
yes Uses current account details from debtor's master data (default)
no Uses the last known account details in the payment process
 

Use account details from debtor's master data
transaction_param
optional
Format CHAR(1..50)
Permitted Symbols [0-9][A-Z][a-z][.-_/]

Optional parameter for merchant information (per payment request)
Response Parameters
status
Permitted Values
APPROVED
ERROR
Response Parameter (approved)
txid
Format NUMERIC(9..12)

The txid specifies the payment process within the PAYONE platform
settle​account
Format LIST 
Value Comment
yes Settlement of outstanding balances has been carried out.
no Settlement of outstanding balances has not been carried out.
Response Parameter (error)
errorcode
Format NUMERIC(1..6)

In case of error the PAYONE Platform returns an error code for your internal usage.
errormessage
Format CHAR(1..1024)

In case of error the PAYONE Platform returns an error message for your internal usage.
customermessage
Format CHAR(1..1024)

The customermessage is returned to your system in order to be displayed to the customer.

(Language selection is based on the end customer's language, parameter "language")

 
Host: api.pay1.de
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Payload
                    
mid=23456
portalid=12345123
key=abcdefghijklmn123456789
api_version=3.10
mode=test
request=debit
encoding=UTF-8
txid=345678901
sequencenumber=1
amount=1000
currency=EUR       
RESPONSE

status=APPROVED
txid=345678901
settleaccount=no

Specials

- Chinese characters are not supported by the PAYONE platform
- The combination of firstname and lastname must have at least 3 characters
- Partial Captures are supported but the customers account will be debited with the Preauthorization
- Partial Refunds are not supported
- Reversal is not supported

    Sequence Diagrams

    Sale

    Order & Delivery

    Returns