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Definition of terms

This API allows partners to access transactions from various payment providers.

PayData API​

PayData API is a cloud service with a suite of interfaces to various payment providers, such as Amazon, PayPal, Klarna etc. The interface portfolio of PayData offers a uniform access to detailed transactions data from all the connected providers without the need to implement a separate interface for each provider.

Partner​

The developers of a software and/or the software development company that integrates this API.

Partner software / partner application​

A software system that uses PayData API functionality to get transactions from connected payment providers.

User​

A company or a person using the partner software. Each user must be registered by the partner and has its own set of accounts.

Payment Service Provider / PSP​

A Payment Service Provider or PSP is a company or system that Users use

Account​

Settings and credentials, required to connect to a payment provider and authorize the user with that provider. After creating an account the user can read transactions from the payment provider. Each provider requires its own separate account to be created for each user.

Account type​

Determines, to which payment provider to connect and describes settings and credentials required to make the connection.

OAuth2 redirect URL​

A URL provided by the partner where the user is redirected to by the PayData API after a successful completion of the OAuth2 authentication process. Its purpose is to notify the partner software, that the OAuth2 authentication either completed successfully and account can be created or that an error has occurred.

Transaction​

Information about an operation such as payment, refund or fee conducted through the payment provider.