auth

An authorization request was approved. The available balance has changed.

Event code AAAU is for completions (advice), reversal notifications, AVS-only checks, and yellow-path tokenization requests.

Event code BAUT is for all other authorization requests except ATM balance inquiries (AABI: bal) and card loads (AAPM: auth_payment).

  • CodesAAAU, BAUT
  • Event trigger — You or Galileo approve an authorization request.
  • Processes — These processes contain the event trigger:
    • AAAU
      Galileo receives one of these messages from the card network:
      • Preauthorization completion
      • Preauthorization reversal
      • Reversal notification
      • AVS-only request
      • A tokenization request that entered the yellow path
      • Advice notification of an approved STIP transaction
    • BAUT
      Galileo receives one of these messages from the card network:
      • Preauthorization request
      • Authorization request

Fields

The data elements (DEs) indicated in the field descriptions may vary by network. All fields are strings. Your field names may vary.

Field Required Description
act_type X

See Activity Type for possible values. Example: "VI"

amount X

BAUT only. The amount of the authorization request. Includes fees and upcharges. DE004 times the conversion rate in DE009. The amount is signed: - to debit the account and + to credit the account. Example: "10.25"

amti

AAAU only. Amount of the transaction in cents. The amount is signed: - to debit the account and + to credit the account. Example: "26100"

auth_api_request

BAUT only. Contents of the Auth API webhook for this transaction. Stringified JSON.

auth_id X

Galileo-generated ID for the authorization request. This ID is unique per subnetwork. Example: "12303090"

auth_tran_type

Based on DE003, processing code. Type of authorization request. See Authorization types for possible values. Example: "5"

avail_cash

For debit accounts, the open_to_buy plus available overdraft. Example: "143.11"

avail_credit

For credit accounts, the available credit limit to spend. Example: "432.00"

balance_id X

The balance ID, also called the galileo_account_number. Example: "20211"

billing_amt

Amount to be billed in the currency of the cardholder account (DE006). Example: "24.35"

billing_curr_code

Currency code for billing_amt (DE051). Example: "840"

cad X

Galileo-generated card ID. Example: "12534"

card_not_present

AAAU only. Whether this is a card-not-present transaction. Y is card-not-present; N is card-present. Example: "Y"

cashback_amount

Amount of the transaction that is cashback instead of purchase. This amount is included in amount. Example: "20.00"

client_id

ID for the customer record. Example: "264539"

credit_balance

For credit accounts, the total amount of unpaid purchases and advances. Example: "325.00"

credit_ind

Whether the transaction arrived at Galileo over credit or debit rails. Y is credit; N is debit. Example: "Y"

currency

Currency code for amount, which is the currency of the cardholder account.. Example: "840"

de003

Raw contents of DE003, processing code. See DE003 Codes for possible values. Example: "002000"

de022

Raw contents of DE022, POS entry mode. See DE022 Codes for possible values. Example: "071"

de25

AAAU only. Raw contents of DE025, POS condition. See DE025 Codes for possible values. Example: "00"

domestic
is_domestic

Whether this is a domestic transaction. Y is domestic; N is international. Example: "Y"

fee_amount

Program transaction fee. Example: "2.00"

fleet_card_driver_number

Driver ID. Fleet cards only. Example: "06123456"

fleet_card_vehicle_number

Vehicle ID. Fleet cards only. Example: "03123"

fund_pastotb

The available balance of the real-time funding account after this transaction takes place. Example: "24365.90"

fund_pmt_ref_no

The PRN of the real-time funding account that is associated with this RTF spending account. Example: "122101354223"

local_currency

Currency code for local_currency_amount (DE049). Example: "124"

local_currency_amount

Amount of the transaction in the currency at the point of sale (DE004). No fees or upcharges included. Example: "1245.20"

local_surcharge_amt
local_atm_surcharge

The surcharge amount (DE028) added by the merchant or ATM operator. This amount is included in amount. Example: "2.50"

mcc X

Merchant category code (DE018). Example: "5712"

merchant

AAAU only. Concatenation of merchant_name and merchant_location. Example: "RIDESHARE.COM/CHARGES, SAN FRANCISCO, CA"

merchant_location X

Merchant city and state (from remaining part of ISO DE043). Example: "NEW YORK, NY"

merchant_name X

Merchant name (first 22 characters of DE043). Should not be used for matching; instead, use merchant_number. Example: "Widgets Incorporated"

merchant_number X

Merchant number (DE042). Example: "L4DIV6D5LM4X7LF"

merchant_postal_code

The postal code for the merchant. Example: "10021"

msg_event_id

Unique Galileo-generated identifier for this message. Example: "243693"

msg_id

The four-letter code to identify this event. Example: "AAAU"

mti

BAUT only. ISO 8583 message-type indicator. 4 digits. Example: "0200"

network X

See Events Network Codes for possible values. Example: "V"

open_to_buy X

The available balance to spend. Example: "500.00"

opentobuy_ts

BAUT only. The exact date-time at which open_to_buy was captured. Format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss.ssssss Example:"2023-03-17 14:06:50.243654"`

original_auth_id X

The ID of a prior authorization in the sequence. For example, for a completion, this is the auth_id of the preauthorization. For a reversal, this is the auth_id of the transaction that is being reversed. Example: "12303085"

otype X

See Transaction Types for possible values. Example: "W"

pastotb

BAUT only. The available balance immediately after the authorized amount was applied to the cardholder account.

pmt_ref_no X

Galileo 12-digit payment reference number (PRN) for the account. Example: "155101003022"

prod_id X

The product ID of the account. Example: "1701"

prog_id X

The program ID of the account. Example: "305"

response_code X

See Authorization Response Codes for possible values. Example: "05"

response_reasons

Pipe-delimited list of factors that were calculated for response_code. Example: "Acquiring merchant blocked by product|Suspected fraud"

risk_score

Risk score provided by the network. Higher numbers mean higher risk. Example: "26"

rrn

Retrieval reference number (DE037). Format: Julian date YDDDxxxxxxxx Example: "314293027549"

rules_results X

Comma-delimited list of DENY, WARN or FREEZE rules from Galileo's dynamic fraud engine. Example: "hr_crypto:DENY, intl_cnp_ecom:DENY"

settle_currency

Currency code for settle_currency_amount. Example: "840"

settle_currency_amount

Amount of the settlement in the currency of the cardholder account. Example: "35.44"

sign_amount

Contains - (minus sign) when the amount debits the open_to_buy. Example: "-"

timestamp X

Date-time when this event was created in Mountain Standard Time (GMT -0700). Format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss MST Example: "2023-01-29 17:20:33 MST"

token_requester

BAUT only. Name of the entity that is requesting a tokenized version of the card. Example: "Apple Inc."

token_requester_id

BAUT only. Identifier for "token_requester". Example: "40010030273"

token_type

Name of token requester. Example: "Apple Inc."

type X

The name of this event: "auth"

user_data

Populated according to your use case and needs by arrangement with Galileo.

Example

# auth example:
{
  "act_type": "AU",
  "amount": "-77.00",
  "auth_id": "12303090",
  "balance_id": "20211",
  "billing_amt": "77",
  "billing_curr_code": "840",
  "cad": "12534",
  "card_not_present": "N",
  "client_id": "264539",
  "currency": "840",
  "local_currency": "840",
  "mcc": "4814",
  "merchant_location": "PERRY, GA",
  "merchant_name": "AT&T RNCP 136300",
  "merchant_number": "000844017654881",
  "mti": "110",
  "network": "M",
  "open_to_buy": "-7.58",
  "original_auth_id": "0",
  "otype": "A",
  "pmt_ref_no": "155101003022",
  "prod_id": "1701",
  "prog_id": "305",
  "response_code": "00",
  "sign_amount": "-",
  "timestamp": "2023-01-29 17:20:33 MST",
  "token_requester_id": "50110030273",
  "token_type": "Apple Inc.",
  "type": "auth"
}