Capture a Pre-Authorized Payment

To capture a pre-authorized payment, use the following command. After the API command is successful, the transaction would be captured and settled to you.

HTTP Method: POST

Environment

Production URL	https://info.payu.in/merchant/postservice.php?form=2
Test URL	https://test.payu.in/merchant/postservice.php?form=2

Request parameters

Parameter	Description	Example
key mandatory	This parameter must contain the merchant key provided at the time of onboarding by PayU. For more information refer to: - Production: Generate Merchant Key and Salt - Test: Generate Test Merchant Key and Salt	Your Test Key
command mandatory	This parameter must contain the API command, that is, capture_transaction for this API.	capture_transaction
hash mandatory	This parameter must contain the hash value to be calculated at your end. The string used for calculating the hash is mentioned below:
var1 mandatory	This parameter must contain the payuId that was generated by PayU as part of pre-authorize operation.	15246574846
var2 mandatory	This parameter contain the token, that is, merchant unique reference number.	Authorize123
var3 mandatory	This parameter must contain the amount to be captured	10

Sample request

curl --location --request POST 'https://info.payu.in/merchant/postservice.php?form=2' \ 
--header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \ 
--form 'key="JF***g"' \ 
--form 'command="capture_transaction"' \ 
--form 'hash="67411736ab98c59522492a12751a6015c41b87764019f9dc14052690c2c7af9095d31002fc109dcf3596c2f38792d56db6f6207b1989010f2adf51c144fa3019"' \ 
--form 'var1="15246574846"' \ 
--form 'var2="authorizeTransaction123"' \ 
--form 'var3="1"'

Response parameters

Parameter	Description
status	This parameter returns the status of web service call. The status can be any of the following: - 0 - If web service call failed - 1 - If web service call succeeded
msg	This parameter returns the following message if the pre-auth transaction was successful: `Capture Request Queued`
request_id	This parameter returns the request ID for the transaction.
bank_ref_num	This parameter returns the bank reference number for the transaction.

Sample response

{ 
    "status": 1, 
    "msg": "Capture Request Queued", 
    "request_id": "Request ID", 
    "bank_ref_num": "Bank Reference Number" 
}