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General information about WeChat

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WeChat is a free, cross-platform and instant messaging application developed by Tencent. It was first released in January 2011 and was one of the largest standalone messaging apps by monthly active users. As of May 2016, WeChat has over a billion created accounts, 700 million active users; with more than 70 million outside of China (as of December 2015). In 2016, WeChat reached 864 million active users.

Type

Payments by eWallet

WeChat Pay is a payment solution completely integrated inside the social and messaging application WeChat. WeChat payment functionality appears in the "Wallet" section of the application.

WeChat supports Payment and Money Transfer.

Users can perform a variety of transactions using WeChat Pay, including and not limited to:

  • Transferring money to friends (especially as "red envelopes" shared during Chinese festivals)

  • Performing transactions on e-commerce websites

  • Topping up their mobile

Process flow charts

QR Code

Process flow WeChat QR Code

W2A

Process flow WeChat W2A

APP

Process flow WeChat APP

JSAPI

Process flow WeChat JSAPI

Barcode

Process flow WeChat Barcode

QRCode (Server mode)

Process flow WeChat QR Code (Server mode)

Paygate interface

Definitions
Data formats

Format

Description

a

alphabetical

as

alphabetical with special characters

n

numeric

an

alphanumeric

ans

alphanumeric with special characters

ns

numeric with special characters

bool

boolean expression (true or false)

3

fixed length with 3 digits/characters

..3

variable length with maximum 3 digits/characters

enum

enumeration of allowed values

dttm

ISODateTime (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss)

Abbreviations

Abbreviation

Description

Comment

CND

condition

M

mandatory

If a parameter is mandatory, then it must be present

O

optional

If a parameter is optional, then it can be present, but it is not required

C

conditional

If a parameter is conditional, then there is a conditional rule which specifies whether it is mandatory or optional

Notice: Please note that the names of parameters can be returned in upper or lower case.

Call of Paygate interface for WeChat

Please use the following URL to process a WeChat payment via the Paygate form:

https://www.computop-paygate.com/wechat.aspx

Notice: For INAPP requests (Channel=APP) the interface is called via a server-to-server connection.

Notice: For security reasons, Computop Paygate rejects all payment requests with formatting errors. Therefore, please use the correct data type for each parameter.

The following table describes the encrypted payment request parameters:

KeyFormatCNDDescription

MerchantID

ans..30

M

MerchantID, assigned by Computop. Additionally this parameter has to be passed in plain language too.

TransID

ans..64

M

TransactionID provided by you which should be unique for each payment

refnr

ans..30

O

Merchant’s unique reference number

Amount

n..10

M

Amount in the smallest currency unit (e.g. EUR Cent). Please contact the Computop Helpdesk, if you want to capture amounts <100 (smallest currency unit).

Currency

a3

M

Three digits DIN / ISO 4217. For domestic merchants only CNY is permissible. For cross-border merchants only GBP, HKD, USD, JPY, CAD, AUD, EUR, NZD, KRW, THB, SGD, RUB is permissible. Please find an overview here: A1 Currency table

MAC

an64

M

Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) with SHA-256 algorithm. Details can be found here:

Channel

a..32

M

WeChat payment method:

QRCode: QR code payment. Display to the customer on PC web page.

W2A: Merchant has its own mobile H5 page and supports third-party browsers.

APP: Merchant has its own mobile H5 page

JSAPI:

OrderDesc

an..128

M

Description of purchased goods, unit prices etc. The special characters “#”, “&”, “%” and “+” are not permitted here.

OrderDesc2

an..2048

O

Detailed item list. Each item is separated by a semicolon (;).

Example: BookID:10,BookPrice:120;PenID:10,Material:Steel

URLSuccess

ans..256

M

Complete URL which calls up Paygate if payment has been successful. The URL may be called up only via port 443. This URL may not contain parameters: In order to exchange values between Paygate and shop, please use the parameter UserData.

Common notes:

  • We recommend to use parameter "response=encrypt" to get an encrypted response by Paygate

  • However, fraudster may just copy the encrypted DATA-element which are sent to URLFailure and send the DATA to URLSuccess/URLNotify. Therefore ensure to check the "code"-value which indicates success/failure of the action. Only a result of "code=00000000" should be considered successful.

URLFailure

ans..256

M

Complete URL which calls up Paygate if payment has been unsuccessful. The URL may be called up only via port 443. This URL may not contain parameters: In order to exchange values between Paygate and shop, please use the parameter UserData.

Common notes:

  • We recommend to use parameter "response=encrypt" to get an encrypted response by Paygate

  • However, fraudster may just copy the encrypted DATA-element which are sent to URLFailure and send the DATA to URLSuccess/URLNotify. Therefore ensure to check the "code"-value which indicates success/failure of the action. Only a result of "code=00000000" should be considered successful.

Response

a7

O

Status response sent by Paygate to URLSuccess and URLFailure, should be encrypted. For this purpose, transmit Response=encrypt parameter.

URLNotify

ans..256

M

Complete URL which Paygate calls up in order to notify the shop about the payment result. The URL may be called up only via port 443. It may not contain parameters: Use the UserDataparameter instead.

Common notes:

  • Before follow-up actions (capture / credit / reversal) are carried out on an existing transaction, the first Notify must have been answered by the shop.

  • Fraudster may just copy the encrypted DATA-element which are sent to URLFailure and send the DATA to URLSuccess/URLNotify. Therefore ensure to check the "code"-value which indicates success/failure of the action. Only a result of "code=00000000" should be considered successful.

UserData

ans..1024

O

If specified at request, Paygate forwards the parameter with the payment result to the shop.

ReqId

ans..32

O

To avoid double payments or actions (e.g. by ETM), enter an alphanumeric value which identifies your transaction and may be assigned only once. If the transaction or action is submitted again with the same ReqID, Computop Paygate will not carry out the payment or new action, but will just return the status of the original transaction or action.

Please note that the Computop Paygate must have a finalized transaction status for the first initial action (authentication/authorisation). This does not apply to 3-D Secure authentications that are terminated by a timeout. The 3-D Secure Timeout status does not count as a completed status in which the ReqID functionality on Paygate does not take effect. Submissions with identical ReqID for an open status will be processed regularly.

Notice: Please note that a ReqID is only valid for 12 month, then it gets deleted at the Paygate.

IPAddr

ns..16

O

Fraud prevention: IP address

TimeOut

n..14

O

Time limit for a transaction. Unit: minutes. At least 5 minutes.

GoodsCategory

an..32

O

Intended purpose on discount coupon

ProductNr

an..32

O

Equivalent of Product ID used to identify the product

Limit

bool

O

If true, the payment won't accept credit cards, otherwise accept credit cards

ShopSystem

a..8

C

Mandatory in case of W2A. Applied platform, options values: IOS/Android/WAP.

ShopName

an..120

C

Mandatory in case of W2A. App’s name for IOS/Android; Website’s name for WAP.

ShopURL

an..128

C

Mandatory in case of W2A. Bundle id in case of IOS; package name in case of Android; Wap url for WAP.

Plain

ans..50

O

A single value to be set by the merchant to return some information unencrypted in response/notify, e.g. the MID.

"Plain"-parameter is part of encrypted "Data" in Computop Paygate and therefore protected against manipulation.

Custom

ans..1024

O

"Custom"-parameter is added to the request data before encryption and is part of encrypted "Data" in Computop Paygate request. By this they are protected against manipulation by a consumer.

The Custom-value is added to the Computop Paygate response in plain text and the "|" is replaced by a "&". By this you can put a single value into Custom-parameter and get multiple key-value-pairs back in response for your own purpose.

Please find a sample here: Custom

Parameters for payments with WeChat

The following table gives the result parameters which Computop Paygate transmits to URLSuccess or URLFailure and URLNotify. If you have specified the Response=encrypt parameter, the following parameters are sent Blowfish encrypted to your system:

pls. be prepared to receive additional parameters at any time and do not check the order of parameters

the key (e.g. MerchantId, RefNr) should not be checked case-sentive

KeyFormatCNDDescription

mid

ans..30

M

MerchantID, assigned by Computop

PayID

an32

M

ID assigned by Paygate for the payment, e.g. for referencing in batch files as well as for capture or credit request.

XID

an32

M

ID for all single transactions (authorisation, capture, credit note) for one payment assigned by Paygate

TransID

ans..64

M

TransactionID provided by you which should be unique for each payment

refnr

ans..30

O

Merchant’s unique reference number

Status

a..50

M

OK (URLSuccess) or FAILED (URLFailure)

Description

ans..1024

M

Further details in the event that payment is rejected. Please do not use the Description but the Code parameter for the transaction status analysis!

Code

an8

M

Error code according to Paygate Response Codes (A4 Error codes)

MAC

an64

M

Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) with SHA-256 algorithm. Details can be found here:

UserData

ans..1024

C

Not with Channel=INAPP: If specified at request, Paygate forwards the parameter with the payment result to the shop

PrepayID

ans..64

C

Only with Channel=INAPP: required for calling Paygate Payment SDK

CodeExt

an..32

O

Wechat error code

ErrorText

ans..128

O

Detailed Wechat error message

Plain

ans..50

O

A single value to be set by the merchant to return some information unencrypted in response/notify, e.g. the MID.

"Plain"-parameter is part of encrypted "Data" in Computop Paygate and therefore protected against manipulation.

Custom

ans..1024

O

"Custom"-parameter is added to the request data before encryption and is part of encrypted "Data" in Computop Paygate request. By this they are protected against manipulation by a consumer.

The Custom-value is added to the Computop Paygate response in plain text and the "|" is replaced by a "&". By this you can put a single value into Custom-parameter and get multiple key-value-pairs back in response for your own purpose.

Please find a sample here: Custom

Results parameters for URLNotify, URLSuccess and URLFailure

Barcode payment

Please use the following URL to process a WeChat Barcode payment via server-to-server connection:

https://www.computop-paygate.com/WechatQuickpay.aspx

Notice: For security reasons, Computop Paygate rejects all payment requests with formatting errors. Therefore, please use the correct data type for each parameter.

The following table describes the encrypted payment request parameters:

KeyFormatCNDDescription

MerchantID

ans..30

M

MerchantID, assigned by Computop. Additionally this parameter has to be passed in plain language too.

TransID

ans..64

M

TransactionID provided by you which should be unique for each payment

refnr

ans..30

O

Merchant’s unique reference number

Amount

n..10

M

Amount in the smallest currency unit (e.g. EUR Cent). Please contact the Computop Helpdesk, if you want to capture amounts <100 (smallest currency unit).

Currency

a3

M

Currency, three digits DIN / ISO 4217, e.g. EUR, USD, GBP. Please find an overview here: A1 Currency table

MAC

an64

M

Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) with SHA-256 algorithm. Details can be found here:

OrderDesc

an..128

M

Description of purchased goods, unit prices etc. The special characters “#”, “&”, “%” and “+” are not permitted here.

OrderDesc2

an..2048

O

Goods details

Response

a7

O

Status response sent by Paygate to URLSuccess and URLFailure, should be encrypted. For this purpose, transmit Response=encrypt parameter.

UserData

ans..1024

O

If specified at request, Paygate forwards the parameter with the payment result to the shop.

ReqId

ans..32

O

To avoid double payments or actions (e.g. by ETM), enter an alphanumeric value which identifies your transaction and may be assigned only once. If the transaction or action is submitted again with the same ReqID, Computop Paygate will not carry out the payment or new action, but will just return the status of the original transaction or action.

Please note that the Computop Paygate must have a finalized transaction status for the first initial action (authentication/authorisation). This does not apply to 3-D Secure authentications that are terminated by a timeout. The 3-D Secure Timeout status does not count as a completed status in which the ReqID functionality on Paygate does not take effect. Submissions with identical ReqID for an open status will be processed regularly.

Notice: Please note that a ReqID is only valid for 12 month, then it gets deleted at the Paygate.

TimeOut

n..14

O

Time limit for a transaction. Unit: minutes. At least 1 minute.

GoodsCategory

an..32

O

Intended purpose on discount coupon

Limit

bool

O

If true, the payment won't accept credit cards, otherwise accept credit cards

BuyerIDcode

n128

M

Customer’s payment code with fixed length

Parameters for Barcode payments with WeChat

The following table describes the result parameters with which the Computop Paygate responds to your system

pls. be prepared to receive additional parameters at any time and do not check the order of parameters

the key (e.g. MerchantId, RefNr) should not be checked case-sentive

KeyFormatCNDDescription

mid

ans..30

M

MerchantID, assigned by Computop

PayID

an32

M

ID assigned by Paygate for the payment, e.g. for referencing in batch files as well as for capture or credit request.

XID

an32

M

ID for all single transactions (authorisation, capture, credit note) for one payment assigned by Paygate

TransID

ans..64

M

TransactionID provided by you which should be unique for each payment

refnr

ans..30

O

Merchant’s unique reference number

Status

a..50

M

OK (URLSuccess) or FAILED (URLFailure)

Description

ans..1024

M

Further details in the event that payment is rejected. Please do not use the Description but the Code parameter for the transaction status analysis!

Code

an8

M

Error code according to Paygate Response Codes (A4 Error codes)

UserData

ans..1024

O

If specified at request, Paygate forwards the parameter with the payment result to the shop.

CodeExt

an..32

O

Wechat error code

ErrorText

ans..128

O

Detailed Wechat error message

Response parameters for Wechat Barcode payment

QRCode (Server mode)

Please use the following URL to process a WeChat payment with QRCode in server mode:

https://www.computop-paygate.com/WechatQRCode.aspx

Notice: For security reasons, Computop Paygate rejects all payment requests with formatting errors. Therefore, please use the correct data type for each parameter.

The following table describes the encrypted payment request parameters:

KeyFormatCNDDescription

MerchantID

ans..30

M

MerchantID, assigned by Computop. Additionally this parameter has to be passed in plain language too.

TransID

ans..64

M

TransactionID provided by you which should be unique for each payment

refnr

ans..30

O

Merchant’s unique reference number

Amount

n..10

M

Amount in the smallest currency unit (e.g. EUR Cent). Please contact the Computop Helpdesk, if you want to capture amounts <100 (smallest currency unit).

Currency

a3

M

Currency, three digits DIN / ISO 4217, e.g. EUR, USD, GBP. Please find an overview here: A1 Currency table

MAC

an64

M

Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) with SHA-256 algorithm. Details can be found here:

OrderDesc

an..128

M

Description of purchased goods, unit prices etc. The special characters “#”, “&”, “%” and “+” are not permitted here.

OrderDesc2

an..2048

O

Detailed item list. Each item is separated by a semicolon (;).

Example: BookID:10,BookPrice:120;PenID:10,Material:Steel

Response

a7

O

Status response sent by Paygate to URLSuccess and URLFailure, should be encrypted. For this purpose, transmit Response=encrypt parameter.

URLNotify

ans..256

M

Complete URL which Paygate calls up in order to notify the shop about the payment result. The URL may be called up only via port 443. It may not contain parameters: Use the UserDataparameter instead.

Common notes:

  • Before follow-up actions (capture / credit / reversal) are carried out on an existing transaction, the first Notify must have been answered by the shop.

  • Fraudster may just copy the encrypted DATA-element which are sent to URLFailure and send the DATA to URLSuccess/URLNotify. Therefore ensure to check the "code"-value which indicates success/failure of the action. Only a result of "code=00000000" should be considered successful.

UserData

ans..1024

O

If specified at request, Paygate forwards the parameter with the payment result to the shop.

ReqId

ans..32

O

To avoid double payments or actions (e.g. by ETM), enter an alphanumeric value which identifies your transaction and may be assigned only once. If the transaction or action is submitted again with the same ReqID, Computop Paygate will not carry out the payment or new action, but will just return the status of the original transaction or action.

Please note that the Computop Paygate must have a finalized transaction status for the first initial action (authentication/authorisation). This does not apply to 3-D Secure authentications that are terminated by a timeout. The 3-D Secure Timeout status does not count as a completed status in which the ReqID functionality on Paygate does not take effect. Submissions with identical ReqID for an open status will be processed regularly.

Notice: Please note that a ReqID is only valid for 12 month, then it gets deleted at the Paygate.

IPAddr

ns..16

O

Fraud prevention: IP address

TimeOut

n..14

O

Time limit for a transaction. Unit: minutes. At least 5 minutes.

GoodsCategory

an..32

O

Intended purpose on discount coupon

ProductNr

an..32

O

Equivalent of Product ID used to identify the product

Limit

bool

O

If true, the payment won't accept credit cards, otherwise accept credit cards

Parameters for QRCode payments with WeChat in server mode

The following table describes the result parameters with which the Computop Paygate responds to your system

pls. be prepared to receive additional parameters at any time and do not check the order of parameters

the key (e.g. MerchantId, RefNr) should not be checked case-sentive

KeyFormatCNDDescription

mid

ans..30

M

MerchantID, assigned by Computop

PayID

an32

M

ID assigned by Paygate for the payment, e.g. for referencing in batch files as well as for capture or credit request.

XID

an32

M

ID for all single transactions (authorisation, capture, credit note) for one payment assigned by Paygate

TransID

ans..64

M

TransactionID provided by you which should be unique for each payment

refnr

ans..30

O

Merchant’s unique reference number

Channel

a..32

M

QRCode

Status

a..50

M

AUTHORIZE_REQUEST or FAILED

Description

ans..1024

M

Further details in the event that payment is rejected. Please do not use the Description but the Code parameter for the transaction status analysis!

Code

an8

M

Error code according to Paygate Response Codes (A4 Error codes)

UserData

ans..1024

O

If specified at request, Paygate forwards the parameter with the payment result to the shop.

QRCodeUrl

ans..64

C

QRCode Url. Exists only with no error.

CodeExt

an..32

O

Wechat error code

ErrorText

ans..128

O

Detailed Wechat error message

Response parameters for QRCode payments with WeChat in server mode

Reversal

Reversals are possible via a Server-to-Server connection. In order to cancel a payment via a server-to-server communication, please use to the following URL:

https://www.computop-paygate.com/reverse.aspx

Notice: For security reasons, Computop Paygate rejects all payment requests with formatting errors. Therefore, please use the correct data type for each parameter.

The following table describes the encrypted payment request parameters:

KeyFormatCNDDescription

MerchantID

ans..30

M

MerchantID, assigned by Computop. Additionally this parameter has to be passed in plain language too.

PayID

an32

M

ID assigned by Paygate for the payment to be reversed

TransID

ans..64

M

TransactionID provided by you which should be unique for each payment

refnr

ans..30

O

Merchant’s unique reference number

Amount

n..10

M

Amount in the smallest currency unit (e.g. EUR Cent). Please contact the Computop Helpdesk, if you want to capture amounts <100 (smallest currency unit).

Currency

a3

M

Currency, three digits DIN / ISO 4217, e.g. EUR, USD, GBP. Please find an overview here: A1 Currency table

MAC

an64

M

Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) with SHA-256 algorithm. Details can be found here:

UserData

ans..1024

O

If specified at request, Paygate forwards the parameter with the payment result to the shop.

ReqId

ans..32

O

To avoid double payments or actions (e.g. by ETM), enter an alphanumeric value which identifies your transaction and may be assigned only once. If the transaction or action is submitted again with the same ReqID, Computop Paygate will not carry out the payment or new action, but will just return the status of the original transaction or action.

Please note that the Computop Paygate must have a finalized transaction status for the first initial action (authentication/authorisation). This does not apply to 3-D Secure authentications that are terminated by a timeout. The 3-D Secure Timeout status does not count as a completed status in which the ReqID functionality on Paygate does not take effect. Submissions with identical ReqID for an open status will be processed regularly.

Notice: Please note that a ReqID is only valid for 12 month, then it gets deleted at the Paygate.

Parameters for reversals of WeChat payments

The following table describes the result parameters with which the Computop Paygate responds to your system

pls. be prepared to receive additional parameters at any time and do not check the order of parameters

the key (e.g. MerchantId, RefNr) should not be checked case-sentive

KeyFormatCNDDescription

mid

ans..30

M

MerchantID, assigned by Computop

PayID

an32

M

ID assigned by Paygate for the payment, e.g. for referencing in batch files as well as for capture or credit request.

XID

an32

M

ID for all single transactions (authorisation, capture, credit note) for one payment assigned by Paygate

TransID

ans..64

M

TransactionID provided by you which should be unique for each payment

Status

a..50

M

OK (URLSuccess) or FAILED (URLFailure)

Description

ans..1024

M

Further details in the event that payment is rejected. Please do not use the Description but the Code parameter for the transaction status analysis!

Code

an8

M

Error code according to Paygate Response Codes (A4 Error codes)

Response parameters for reversals

Credit with reference

Credits (refunds) are possible via a Server-to-Server connection. For a Credit with reference to a capture the amount of the Credit is limited to the amount of the previous capture. To carry out a credit with a reference transaction, please use the following URL:

https://www.computop-paygate.com/credit.aspx

Notice: For security reasons, Computop Paygate rejects all payment requests with formatting errors. Therefore, please use the correct data type for each parameter.

The following table describes the encrypted payment request parameters:

KeyFormatCNDDescription

MerchantID

ans..30

M

MerchantID, assigned by Computop. Additionally this parameter has to be passed in plain language too.

PayID

an32

M

ID assigned by Paygate for the payment to be credited

TransID

ans..64

M

TransactionID provided by you which should be unique for each payment

refnr

ans..30

O

Merchant’s unique reference number

Amount

n..10

M

Amount in the smallest currency unit (e.g. EUR Cent). Please contact the Computop Helpdesk, if you want to capture amounts <100 (smallest currency unit).

Currency

a3

M

Three digits DIN / ISO 4217. For domestic merchants only CNY is permissible. For cross-border merchants only GBP, HKD, USD, JPY, CAD, AUD, EUR, NZD, KRW, THB, SGD, RUB is permissible. Please find an overview here: A1 Currency table

MAC

an64

M

Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) with SHA-256 algorithm. Details can be found here:

ReqId

ans..32

O

To avoid double payments or actions (e.g. by ETM), enter an alphanumeric value which identifies your transaction and may be assigned only once. If the transaction or action is submitted again with the same ReqID, Computop Paygate will not carry out the payment or new action, but will just return the status of the original transaction or action.

Please note that the Computop Paygate must have a finalized transaction status for the first initial action (authentication/authorisation). This does not apply to 3-D Secure authentications that are terminated by a timeout. The 3-D Secure Timeout status does not count as a completed status in which the ReqID functionality on Paygate does not take effect. Submissions with identical ReqID for an open status will be processed regularly.

Notice: Please note that a ReqID is only valid for 12 month, then it gets deleted at the Paygate.

Parameters for credits of WeChat payments

The following table describes the result parameters with which the Computop Paygate responds to your system

pls. be prepared to receive additional parameters at any time and do not check the order of parameters

the key (e.g. MerchantId, RefNr) should not be checked case-sentive

KeyFormatCNDDescription

mid

ans..30

M

MerchantID, assigned by Computop

PayID

an32

M

ID assigned by Paygate for the payment, e.g. for referencing in batch files as well as for capture or credit request.

XID

an32

M

ID for all single transactions (authorisation, capture, credit note) for one payment assigned by Paygate

TransID

ans..64

M

TransactionID provided by you which should be unique for each payment

Status

a..50

M

OK (URLSuccess) or FAILED (URLFailure)

Description

ans..1024

M

Further details in the event that payment is rejected. Please do not use the Description but the Code parameter for the transaction status analysis!

Code

an8

M

Error code according to Paygate Response Codes (A4 Error codes)

refnr

ans..30

O

Merchant’s unique reference number

CodeExt

an..32

O

Wechat error code

ErrorText

ans..128

O

Detailed Wechat error message

Result parameters for credits of WeChat payments

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