API Response Codes

The PayTrace API will always return a response when it receives a request. The response will either contain one or more Error messages or a Response value with zero or more miscellaneous values depending on the requested method. In the event that PayTrace's system is not available or your network connection is offline, a response containing any case of ""COMM ERROR"" or ""COMMERROR"" indicates that the request was not processed due to a connectivity issue. Also if a request contains characters such as — which can be used for cross scripting, the string will be blocked by our firewall and you will not receive a response code but be directed to a Blocked firewall page.

Please note that responses and errors may change periodically, so it is important to review this page for updates.


"Below are the response codes, text values, and scenarios where the response would apply. The format for response code 100 is as follows: "RESPONSE~100. Your password was successfully updated.|"

Response Code Text Value Reason
100 Your password was successfully updated. Returned when a request to UpdatePassword is successfully processed.
101 Your transaction was successfully approved. Returned when a request to process a sale or authorization transaction generates an approved transaction.
102 Your transaction was not approved. Returned when a request to process a sale or authorization transaction does not generate an approved transaction.
103 Your transaction was successfully approved. However, it was voided because your address and/or CSC did not match. Returned when a request to process a sale or authorization transaction generates an approved transaction whose AVS and or CSC response falls below the auto-void specification in your security settings.
104 Your TEST transaction was successfully approved. HOWEVER, A LIVE APPROVAL WAS NOT OBTAINED. Returned when a request to process a TEST sale or authorization transaction generates an approved transaction.
105 Your TEST transaction was not approved. Returned when a request to process a TEST sale or authorization transaction does not generate an approved transaction.
106 Your transaction was successfully refunded. Returned when a request to process a refund generates an completed transaction.
107 Your transaction was not successfully refunded. Returned when a request to process a refund does not generate a completed transaction.
108 Your TEST transaction was successfully refunded HOWEVER, NO FUNDS WILL BE REFUNDED. Returned when a request to process a TEST refund transaction generates a completed transaction.
109 Your transaction was successfully voided. Returned when a request to void a transaction generates a voided transaction.
110 Your transaction was not successfully voided. Returned when a request to void a transaction does not generate a voided transaction.
111 Your TEST transaction was successfully voided. HOWEVER, NO TRANSACTION WAS ACTUALLY VOIDED. Returned when a request to process a TEST void generates a completed void.
112 Your transaction was successfully captured. Returned when a request to capture a transaction generates a captured transaction.
113 Your transaction was not successfully captured. Returned when a request to capture a transaction does not generate a captured transaction.
114 Your TEST transaction was successfully captured. HOWEVER, NO TRANSACTION WAS ACTUALLY CAPTURED. Returned when a request to process a TEST capture generates a completed capture.
115 Your transaction was successfully forced. Returned when a request to force a transaction generates a forced transaction.
116 Your transaction was not successfully forced. Returned when a request to force a transaction does not generate a forced transaction.
117 Your TEST transaction was successfully forced. HOWEVER, NO TRANSACTION WAS ACTUALLY FORCED. Returned when a request to process a TEST force generates a completed forced transaction.
118 Your transaction was successfully stored. Returned when a request to process a Store & Forward generates a stored transaction.
120 Your check was successfully processed. Returned when a request to process a sale or hold check is successful.
121 Your TEST check was successfully processed. HOWEVER, FUNDS WILL NOT BE TRANSFERRED. Returned when a request to process a TEST sale or hold check is successful.
122 Your check was successfully refunded. Returned when a request to refund a check is successful.
123 Your TEST check was successfully refunded. HOWEVER, NO FUNDS WILL BE TRANSFERRED. Returned when a request to process a TEST refund check is successful.
124 Your check was successfully managed. Returned when a request to manage a check is successfully processed.
125 Your check was NOT successfully processed. Returned when a request to process a check is not successfully processed. The response is generally only returned when the check is processed through a real-time processor.
149 The receipt for transaction ID ######## was successfully emailed to email address. Returned when a request to email a receipt is successfully processed.
150 The recurring transaction was successfully created. Returned when a request to create a recurring payment is successfully processed.
151 The recurring transaction was successfully updated. Returned when a request to update a recurring payment is successfully processed.
152 The recurring transaction was successfully deleted. Returned when a request to delete a recurring payment is successfully processed.
155 This customer's most recent recurring transaction took place on DD/MM/YYYY. Returned when a request to export a customer's recurring payment is successfully processed.
160 The customer profile for customer ID/customer Name was successfully created. Returned when a request to create a customer profile is successfully processed.
161 The customer profile for customer ID/customer Name was successfully updated. Returned when a request to update a customer profile is successfully processed.
162 The customer profile for customer ID/customer Name was successfully deleted. Returned when a request to delete a customer profile is successfully processed.
170 Visa level 3 was successfully added to Transaction ID ######. ### line items were created. Returned when a request to add level 3 data is successful for a Visa transaction.
171 MasterCard level 3 was successfully added to Transaction ID ######. ### line items were created. Returned when a request to add level 3 data is successful for a MasterCard transaction.
175 The batch was successfully initiated, and the batch report will be sent to: moc.sserdda|liame#moc.sserdda|liame, moc.sserdda|2liame#moc.sserdda|2liame in just a few moments. Returned when a request to settle transactions is successful. The response will also include the Batch Number, Transaction Count, and Net Amount.
180 The transaction amount was successfully adjusted. Returned when a request to adjust a transaction amount is successfully processed.


Below are the error codes, text values, and scenarios where the error would apply. Please note that any error whose code starts with "9102-" is a system generated error whose text value will be dynamic. The format for error code 35 is as follows: ERROR~35. Please provide a valid Credit Card Number.| The format for a system generated error (9102-) is as follows: ERROR~9102-10. System generated error description.|

Error Code Text Value Reason
30 Customer ID, xxxxx, was not found or is incomplete. A customer ID is required when processing a request that references a stored customer.
35 Please provide a valid Credit Card Number. All card numbers sent to PayTrace must pass the Mod 10 check.
36 Customer ID, xxxxxx, does not have a valid billing address. If your account requires a billing address to process a transaction, PayTrace will check the referenced customer's profile.
37 Customer ID, xxxxxx, does not have a valid billing ZIP. If your account requires a billing ZIP to process a transaction, PayTrace will check the referenced customer's profile.
39 Your PayTrace account is not set up to accept this card type. All card types are validating before being saved or used. By default, all accounts are able to process Visa, MasterCard, and Diner's Club cards. Accounts must be set up to accept American Express, Discover, and JCB cards in order for PayTrace to accept them.
40 An error occurred during the decryption process. PayTrace supports encrypted card readers. This error is returned if an error occurs during the decryption process.
43 Please provide a valid Expiration Month. All transactions and customer profiles must have a 2 digit expiration month.
44 Please provide a valid Expiration Year. All transactions and customer profiles must have a 2 digit expiration year.
45 Please provide a valid Checking Account Number. Required if creating a customer with out a card number or processing a check transaction.
46 Please provide a valid Transit Routing Number. Required if creating a customer with out a card number or processing a check transaction.
47 Please provide an Amount that is less than your Sale Ceiling Amount. All sales, authorizations, and forced sales must have a valid numeric amount that is less than your sale ceiling amount.
48 Please provide an Amount that is less than your Refund Ceiling Amount. All refunds must have a valid numeric amount that is less than your refund ceiling amount.
51 Please provide a valid Amount. All transactions must have a valid numeric amount.
54 Cash Advances may only be processed as Sales. Cash Advances must be processed as Sale transaction types. Only applies if ProcessTranx request includes CASHADVANCE~Y| parameter.
55 Cash Advances may only be processed through accounts set up in the TSYS/Vital network. Cash Advances may only be processed if your merchant account is set up on the TSYS network. Only applies if ProcessTranx request includes CASHADVANCE~Y| parameter.
56 Cash Advances may not be processed to stored customers. Cash advance transactions must be processed as face to face transactions.
57 Your PayTrace account is not set up to process Cash Advances. In order to process Cash Advances, your PayTrace account must be configured to accept this type of payment.
58 Please provide a valid Transaction ID. Void, capture, add level 3 data, and email receipt requests require a transaction ID that references a transaction in PayTrace's system.
59 Please provide a valid Check ID. Manage Check and email receipt requests require a check ID that references a check in PayTrace's system.
61 The Customer ID that you provided was not found in the PayTrace records. If a transaction is to be referenced to a stored customer profile, a valid customer ID must be provided.
62 Please provide a valid Photo ID. Cash Advance requests require a photo ID to be provided.
63 Please provide a valid ID Expiration. Cash Advance requests require an ID expiration date to be provided.
64 Please provide a valid Last 4 of Card. Cash Advance requests require the last 4 digits of the card number to be provided.
65 Cash Advances may only be processed on Visa, MasterCard, and Discover cards. Cash Advance transactions are only permitted on Visa, MasterCard, and Discover cards.
80 The Check ID that you provided was not found in the PayTrace records. It may already be voided or settled. Only pending and held checks may be managed.
81 The Transaction ID that you provided was not found in the PayTrace records. It may be a voided a transaction or an unsettled transaction. Only settled transactions sales may be refunded with a transaction ID.
82 Please provide a valid Batch Number. If a batch number is present in an ExportBatch request, it must be a numeric value between 1 and 999
83 This is not an approved transaction so it can not be captured. Only approved authorizations may be captured.
84 This transactions approval code has expired as it was obtained more than 20 days ago. Transactions must be captured with in 20 days of authorization.
85 The Transaction ID that you provided was not found in the PayTrace records. It may already be captured or settled. Only approved authorizations that are currently not pending settlement may be captured.
86 The Transaction ID that you provided was not found in the PayTrace records. It may already be voided, settled, or an uncaptured authorization. Only approved sales, authorizations, and refunds that have not been settlement may be voided. So, a declined sale, or a settled sale or refund may not be voided.
87 The Transaction ID that you provided was not found in the PayTrace records, and the receipt could not be emailed. Only receipts with valid transaction IDs may be emailed.
88 The Transaction ID that you provided was not found in the PayTrace records, and level 3 data could not be added to the Visa transaction. Only Visa sales that are currently pending settlement may have level 3 data added to them.
89 The Transaction ID that you provided was not found in the PayTrace records, and level 3 data could not be added to the MasterCard transaction. Only MasterCard sales that are currently pending settlement may have level 3 data added to them.
90 The Transaction ID that you provided was not found in the PayTrace records, and the amount was not updated. Only merchants using TSYS/Vital may update transaction amounts on non-Cash Advance transactions. Sales must be approved and pending settlement, refunds must be pending settlement, authorizations must be approved and unsettled, and forced sales must be pending settlement in order for their amounts to be updated to an amount less than or equal to the original transaction amount.
110 Please provide a valid value for <Discretionary Title>. Discretionary Data values must match the criteria that's specified in the Virtual Terminal. "<Discretionary Title>" in the response message is replaced with the actual title of the discretionary data element that needs an appropriate value.
114 Please provide a valid Store & Forward Date. Store & Forward transactions may be submitted with optional scheduled processing dates.
115 Please provide a valid Approval Code. Forced sales must be processed with valid approval codes.
116 Please provide a valid Transaction Type. Only valid transaction types are accepted, and all requests to ProcessTranx require a transaction type.
117 Please provide a valid Billing Name. Optional field for transactions and customers must have correct format.
118 Please provide a valid Billing Address. Optional field for transactions and customers must have correct format. May be required if configured in your security settings.
119 Please provide a valid Billing Address 2. Optional field for transactions and customers must have correct format.
120 Please provide a valid Billing City. Optional field for transactions and customers must have correct format.
121 Please provide a valid Billing State. Optional field for transactions and customers must have correct format.
122 Please provide a valid Billing Zip Code. Optional field for transactions and customers must have correct format. May be required if configured in your security settings.
123 Please provide a valid Billing Country. Optional field for transactions and customers must have correct format.
124 Please provide a valid Shipping Name. Optional field for transactions and customers must have correct format.
125 Please provide a valid Shipping Address. Optional field for transactions and customers must have correct format.
126 Please provide a valid Shipping Address 2. Optional field for transactions and customers must have correct format.
127 Please provide a valid Shipping City. Optional field for transactions and customers must have correct format.
128 Please provide a valid Shipping County. Optional field for transactions and customers must have correct format.
129 Please provide a valid Shipping State. Optional field for transactions and customers must have correct format.
130 Please provide a valid Shipping Zip Code. Optional field for transactions and customers must have correct format.
131 Please provide a valid Shipping Country Optional field for transactions and customers must have correct format.
132 Please provide a valid Phone Number. Optional field for transactions and customers must have correct format.
133 Please provide a valid Source State. Required for calculate shipping requests.
134 Please provide a valid Source Zip Code. Required for calculate shipping requests.
135 Please provide a valid list of Shippers. Required for calculate shipping requests.
136 Please provide a valid Weight. Required for calculate shipping requests.
137 Please provide a valid Fax Number. Optional field for transactions and customers must have correct format.
139 Please make sure the Shipping State and Shipping Zip are accurate. Returned if errors are returned from shipping provider(s) during calculate shipping request.
140 … Dynamic error(s) returned from shipping provider(s) may be returned from CalculateShipping requests.
141 Please provide a valid Email Address. Optional field for transactions and customers must have correct format. Required to email a receipt.
148 Please provide a valid CSC. Optional field for transactions and must have correct format. May be required if configured in your security settings.
149 Please provide a valid Invoice Number. Optional field for transactions and must have correct format.
150 Please provide a valid Description. Optional field for transactions and must have correct format.
151 Please provide a valid Tax Amount. Optional field for transactions and must have correct format.
152 Please provide a valid Customer Reference. Optional field for transactions and must have correct format.
153 This customer profile does not have an email address to send the receipt. A customer profile must have an email address in order for recurring receipts to be emailed to the customer.
160 Please provide a valid Frequency. A frequency is required to create a recurring payment.
161 Please provide a valid Transaction Count. A transaction count is required to create a recurring payment.
162 Please provide a valid Start Date. A start date is required to create a recurring payment.
163 Please provide a valid Next Date. A next date is required to create a recurring payment.
164 Please provide a valid Repeat value. An optional repeat value may be sent for recurring payments.
165 Please provide a valid Recurring Payment ID. A recurring payment ID is required to update a recurring payment.
169 No recurring payments were found with this criteria. Export recurring payments request returned no results.
170 No approved transactions were found for this customer. Export recurring payment request returned no results.
171 Please provide a unique customer ID. Each request to create a customer must contain a unique customer ID.
172 Please provide a Customer Password that is greater than 6 characters and less than 255 characters. If you have access to the PayTrace shopping cart, you must provide a password when creating a customer.
175 Please provide a valid Start Date. Start date for exporting transaction reports.
176 Please provide a valid End Date. End date for exporting transaction reports.
177 Please provide a date range. The end date must be past/greater than the start date.
178 Please provide a valid User. User account for exporting transaction reports.
179 Please provide a valid number of Days. The Days value will need to be between 1 and 999 in the request.
180 No transactions were found with these criteria. Export transactions request returned no results.
185 No customers were found with these criteria. Export customers request returned no results.
190 Please provide a valid National Tax Amount. Optional field for level 3 data and must have correct format.
191 Please provide a valid Merchant Tax ID. Optional field for level 3 data and must have correct format.
192 Please provide a valid Customer Tax ID. Optional field for level 3 data and must have correct format.
193 Please provide a valid Commodity Code. Optional field for level 3 data and must have correct format.
194 Please provide a valid Discount Amount. Optional field for level 3 data and must have correct format.
195 Please provide a valid Freight Amount. Optional field for level 3 data and must have correct format.
196 Please provide a valid Duty Amount. Optional field for level 3 data and must have correct format.
197 Please provide a valid Additional Tax Amount. Optional field for level 3 data and must have correct format.
198 Please provide a valid Additional Tax Rate. Optional field for level 3 data and must have correct format.
199 Please provide a valid Additional Tax Indicator. Optional field for level 3 data and must have correct format.
200 Please provide a valid Line Item record. Required field for level 3 data and must have correct format.
201 Please provide a valid Line Item Commodity Code. Optional field for level 3 data and must have correct format.
202 Please provide a valid Line Item Description. Optional field for level 3 data and must have correct format.
203 Please provide a valid Line Item Product ID. Optional field for level 3 data and must have correct format.
204 Please provide a valid Line Item Quantity. Optional field for level 3 data and must have correct format.
205 Please provide a valid Line Item Measure. Optional field for level 3 data and must have correct format.
206 Please provide a valid Line Item Unit Cost. Optional field for level 3 data and must have correct format.
207 Please provide a valid Line Item Additional Tax Amount. Optional field for level 3 data and must have correct format.
208 Please provide a valid Line Item Additional Tax Rate. Optional field for level 3 data and must have correct format.
209 Please provide a valid Line Item Discount. Optional field for level 3 data and must have correct format.
210 Please provide a valid Line Item Amount. Optional field for level 3 data and must have correct format.
211 Please provide a valid Line Item Additional Tax Indicator. Optional field for level 3 data and must have correct format.
212 Please provide a valid Line Item Discount Rate. Optional field for level 3 data and must have correct format.
213 Please provide a valid Line Item Discount Indicator. Optional field for level 3 data and must have correct format.
214 Please provide a valid Line Item Net Gross Indicator. Optional field for level 3 data and must have correct format.
215 Please provide a valid Line Item Debit Credit Indicator. Optional field for level 3 data and must have correct format.
218 Please provide a signature image. If signature image is not provided or it is not Base64 Encoded. Images need to be Base64 Encoded.
219 Please provide a valid signature image type. Image file should be .jpg,.gif,.bmp,.png,.tif file types.
230 Batch was not initiated as no transactions are pending settlement. Returned if request to SettleTranx is sent when no transactions may be settled.
231 Batch was not initiated as another batch is in progress or pending. Returned if request to SettleTranx is sent when another batch is being settled or the last batch is pending any settlement problems.
700 This transaction was not approved because the authorization network was not available. Please retry this transaction again. If a response is not returned to PayTrace from the issuing bank with in 30 seconds, then a response is returned through the API advising of the authorization network being unavailable.
710 Dynamic response from the processing network If a void request is unsuccessfully processed by the processing network, this error response will contain the message returned from the processor.
711 Dynamic response from the processing network If a capture request is unsuccessfully processed by the processing network, this error response will contain the message returned from the processor.
712 Dynamic response from the processing network If a refund request is unsuccessfully processed by the processing network, this error response will contain the message returned from the processor.
713 Dynamic response from the processing network If a forced sale request is unsuccessfully processed by the processing network, this error response will contain the message returned from the processor.
740 PayTrace is unable to process this check as the check processor information is incomplete or the network returned an error. In the event that you receive this error message, please contact PayTrace Support to determine if some of the check processor information on your account is incomplete.
750 PayTrace does not support this transaction type for this check processor. Specific check processors only support certain transaction types. For example, GETI only supports sale and some instances of void requests. If a request is sent w/ a transaction type that is not supported by the check processor enabled on the PayTrace account, this error is returned.
777 PayTrace blocked this transaction because it is a duplicate, and it may be reprocessed in ### minute(s). cell-content
778 PayTrace blocked this transaction because it exceeded the specified velocity filter. PayTrace compares requests to process new transactions against specified velocity filters when velocity filters are established on specific PayTrace accounts. For more information about velocity filters, contact PayTrace Support.
779 BLOCKED - This card number has been blocked to prevent potential fraud. Occurs when 4 consecutive not-approved transactions are processed within a 24 hour time frame to the same card number. Voided transactions within the same 24-hour period count towards this.
811 The Transaction ID that you provided was not found. Transaction ID isn't found on their account.
812 The Transaction ID that you provided was found but was not processed by you Transaction ID exists on this account but the user only has permission to view their own transactions and this transaction was processed by another user.
813 The Transaction ID that you provided was found but the card type is not supported. Transaction ID exists but the card number is corrupt or is no longer supported.
816 The Transaction ID that you provided could not be captured. Only uncpatured, approved authorizations can be captured. Transaction ID exists but it's status can't be captured.
817 The Transaction ID that you provided could not be refunded. Only settled transactions can be refunded. Please try to void the transaction instead. Transaction ID exists but it's status can't be refunded.
818 The Transaction ID that you provided could not be voided. Only transactions that are pending settlement or uncaptured authorizations can be voided. Transaction ID exists but it's status can't be voided.
867 Please provide valid new passwords. Passwords must be provided when processing a request to change your password.
869 Please provide new passwords that are unique to your previous 4 passwords. New passwords must be unique to your 4 previous passwords.
880 This customer is schedule for recurring payment # xxxxx and may not be deleted. Customers with pending recurring payments may not be deleted.
900 Please indicate that you agree with PayTrace's terms and conditions. The TERMS parameter must be set to Y.
950 Unreferenced refunds are not permitted for Optimal Payments accounts. This error only applies to merchants using Optimal Payments. Optimal Payments does not accept refunds to be processed with out referencing the previously processed transaction's ID
951 Forced Sales are not permitted for Optimal Payments accounts. This error only applies to merchants using Optimal Payments. Optimal Payments does not accept forced sales to be processed.
952 Swiped/card present transactions are not permitted for Optimal Payments accounts. This error only applies to merchants using Optimal Payments. Optimal Payments does not accept card present transactions.
973 The processor information for xxxxxx is incomplete. An incomplete PayTrace account is not able to process requests.
974 Your PayTrace account is not set up to use the PayTrace API. Your account must have access to the API in order to process through it.
975 Your PayTrace account is not set up to process recurring transactions. Your account must have access to the recurring payments module in order to process recurring payments.
976 Your account is only set up to process Cash Advances and Voids. Cash advance accounts may only process cash advances, voids, email receipt, export transactions, and update password requests.
978 Your account is not set up to process checks. Checks may only be processed by accounts that are set up to process check transactions. Please contact PayTrace or your reseller for more information.
979 Password is expired. Please log into virtual terminal to reset password. Passwords must be changed at least once every 90 days. Reminders are emailed 14, 7, 1, and 0 days before the password expires.
980 Log in failed for insufficient permissions. The user account must have permission/access to process an authorization.
981 Log in failed for insufficient permissions. The user account must have permission/access to process a refund.
982 Log in failed for insufficient permissions. The user account must have permission/access to process a void.
983 Log in failed for insufficient permissions. The user account must have permission/access to process a capture.
984 Log in failed for insufficient permissions. The user account must have permission/access to process a forced sale.
985 Log in failed for insufficient permissions. The user account must have permission/access to create, update, or delete customers.
986 Log in failed for insufficient permissions. The user account must have permission/access to create, update, or export a recurring payment.
987 Please provide a valid method or request to process. Only valid methods are accepted for processing through the API.
988 Log in failed. An unsuccessful log in attempt occurred because of an IP rule conflict.
989 Log in failed for insufficient permissions. The user account must have permission/access to export transactions.
990 Please provide a properly formatted parameter string. Generally a "|"/pipe is missing from the request.
991 Log in failed. An unsuccessful log in attempt occurred because the account is disabled.
992 Please ensure you have exactly one '~' between each of the name and value pairs in the parameter string. A "~"/tilde is missing from the request.
993 xxxxxx is not a valid parameter name. An invalid parameter was included in the request.
994 Please provide a valid user name. A valid user name is required for all requests.
995 Please provide a valid password. A valid password is required for all requests.
996 Please establish a secure connection using HTTPS. A connection should be made to HTTPS, and is likely being pointed to HTTP
998 Log in failed. An unsuccessful log in attempt occurred. 4 consecutive unsuccessful log in attempts will disabled a user account.
999 Log in failed for insufficient permissions. The user account must have permission/access to process a sale.
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