API: POST Receipt Data

Description

Send receipt details which includes payment details, items details, and location information to a RESTful API.

URL

POST api.banyan.com/v1/receipt

Authentication

This as a restricted resource that requires an authentication token. See the API Authentication guide for details; the follow examples use the shell variables defined there.

Headers

As we said above, you will use the token you receive in your header call to the POST Receipt endpoint.

Header Name	Description	Required	Values
Authorization: Bearer	Access Token	Required	See Authorization section
Content-Type	The receipt format to send	Optional	application/JSON
Accept	The response format sent back	Optional	application/JSON

Example:

curl -v -s -X GET \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "APIKey: ${API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.banyan.com/rest/v1/version"

POST Body

Top Level Objects

Element	Description	Type	Required	Notes
merchant_receipt_id	Unique to the transaction	string	Required
purchase_ts	When the purchase occurred	RFC3339	Required	Timestamp is in UTC, example: 2021-01-28T14:43:50.52Z
currency	Currency of the receipt amount	string	Optional	Default is USD
merchant_consumer_token	A hashed token that is unique to the household or consumer	string	Optional
order_type	Location of where the transaction took place	string	Optional	Valid values include {web, in_store, phone, third_party_delivery}
merchant_total_payment	The full amount on the receipt	numeric	Optional	Includes cash back for debit transactions
barcode_url	The URL to the image of a receipt barcode	string	Optional
fulfillment_type	How the items are received by the customer	string	Optional	Valid values include {in_store, shipped, delivered, pick_up}
image_url	The URL to the image of the receipt	string	Optional

Payment Object
Each payment used on the receipt is a different object in the array

Element	Description	Type	Required	Notes
payments	An array of payments	Top Level Object	Required
payment_type	Whether the payment was in cash, gift card, debit or credit	string	Required
payment_scheme	If debit or credit, what network is the card on	string	Optional	Valid values include Mastercard, Visa, Discover and American Express
card_last_four	The last four digits on a debit or credit card	string	Optional
merchant_mid	The merchant id provided by the acquiring bank	string	Optional
total_amount	The total amount per payment per receipt	numeric	Required
tip_amount	The total amount of tip on the payment	numeric	Optional
tax_amount	The total amount of tax on the payment	numeric	Required
subtotal_amount	The total amount of the items without discounts, taxes, tip, shipping	numeric	Optional
shipping_amount	The amount of shipping cost on the payment	numeric	Optional
cash_back_amount	The amount received from debit/EBT card as cash from teller	numeric	Optional
other_positive_amounts	Any additional amounts included in the total amount that are not specified	array of numerics	Optional
other_negative_amounts	Any negative amounts included in the total amount that are not specified	array of numerics	Optional
authorization_code	Six digit alphanumeric code passed between banks that signal a transaction is possible	string	Optional
arn	A unique 16-digit number that tags a credit or debit card transaction when it goes from the merchant’s bank through to the cardholder's bank.	string	only available on credit card transactions from visa and mastercard

Item Object
Each item on the receipt is its own object in the array

Element	Description	Type	Required	Notes
item	An array of items	top level object	Required
item_id	Unique id represented on the receipt	string	Optional	This number will help with QA efforts to know that Banyan has the complete receipt information
upc	Universal product code	string	Optional
sku	Unique id to the merchant	string	Optional
image_url	Url of an image of the item	string	Optional
brand	Brand of the item	string	Optional
description	Item description	string	Required
price	The amount paid for the item including discounts	numeric	Required
unit_price
list_price	The list price of the item before discounts

Merchant Object

Element	Description	Type	Required	Notes
merchant	Elements pertaining to the location of the purchase	top level object	Required
merchant_store_id	The number of the store of the purchase	string	Optional
name	The internal name of the store	string	Optional	E.g., ABC Store #23
display_name	The external name of the store	string	Required	E.g.,ABC Store
phone_number	The phone number of the store	string	Optional
merchant_id	A unique ID for each merchant POS, assigned by merchant bank	string	Optional

Location Object

Element	Description	Type	Required
location	Elements pertaining to the address of the store where the purchase took place	top level object	Required
address_line_one	Street address of the store	string
address_line_two	Additional address information	string	Such as a lot number
city	City of the store	string
state	State of the store	string
country	Country of the store	string	ISO 3066-1, Alpha 2 format preferred
postal_code	Postal code of the store	string

Sample Request

POST http://api.banyan.com/v1/receipt
Bearer: {token_id}
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

{
   "receipt": {
      "merchant_receipt_id": "928010812908",
      "purchase_ts": "2021-09-03T11:48:02.745487434Z",
      "currency": "USD",
      "merchant_consumer_token": "d448d0aa-4383-40ff-a222-4bca8d7d53d7",
      "merchant": {
         "merchant_store_id": "983018",
         "name": "Pickles US inc",
         "display_name": "Pickles US",
         "phone_number": "222-333-4444"
      },
      "location": {
         "address_line_one": "12 Main Street",
         "address_line_two": "Floor 2",
         "city": "Holmdel",
         "state": "NJ",
         "country": "US",
         "postal_code": 8382
      },
      "location_type": "In Store",
      "payments": [
         {
            "payment_type": "credit",
            "payment_scheme": "Mastercard",
            "card_last_four": "9287",
            "total_amount": 20.98,
            "tax_amount": 0.98,
            "subtotal_amount": 15,
            "shipping_amount": 5,
            "authorization_code": "392082",
            "arn": "198018429390"
         },
         {
            "payment_type": "credit",
            "payment_scheme": "VISA",
            "card_last_four": "9999",
            "total_amount": 20.98,
            "tax_amount": 0.98,
            "subtotal_amount": 15,
            "shipping_amount": 5,
            "authorization_code": "876987",
            "arn": "39272635437"
         }
      ],
      "items": [
         {
            "item_id": "82109801",
            "upc": "293802",
            "sku": "98098099",
            "image_url": "wwww.picklesus.com/pickles/variety-pack",
            "description": "Varitey Pack - 10",
            "price": "20.00",
            "discount_price": "10.00",
            "quantity": "2"
         },
         {
            "item_id": "82109802",
            "upc": "293992",
            "sku": "98098393",
            "image_url": "wwww.picklesus.com/kimchi/two-pack",
            "description": "Kimchi 2 Pack",
            "price": "10.00",
            "discount_price": "10.00",
            "quantity": "1"
         }
      ]
   }
}

Response

Element	Description	Type	Notes
byn_receipt_id	The ID of the receipt generated by Banyan	string	This is what to use when using the GET method on /receipt

Sample Response

{
    "data": [
        {
            "byn_receipt_id": "41863f4c-a5dc-53b6-9fcb-44e8b57c4af7"
        }
    ],
    "errors": []
}

Status Codes and Errors

The receipt will be validated upon delivery, and if there is an error, we will report it in our request response

Code	Description	Notes
200	Success	A record was written to the /receipt resource
400	Bad Request	This error code will come with a brief description of what needs to be changed such as a data type or unknown field name
404	Not Found	Not authorized to view data
500	Internal Server Error