Push Notification Webhooks

Check Commerce utilizes Push Notifications to alert merchants when certain things happen in our system. This feature can be turned on or off per merchant. Push notifications payloads are JSON objects containing details regarding actions in our system This is sent to a webhook URL provided by the merchant.

When do Push Notifications happen?

Push Notifications happen in a variety of situations. Push notifications in most cases are near real-time.

  • Hosted Payment Page

If you use the hosted payment page we have the option to send Push Notifications when a payment is processed or declined from the hosted payment page. This contains details on the consumer, the transaction and in some cases a Risk Assessment performed.

  • Transactions

We send Push notifications for Transactions on creation and updates. The timeline is near real-time for creation and for updates this is between 15-30 minutes from the time updated.

  • Authorization

We send updates when you perform an Auth request. This update happens in near real-time.

  • Risk Assessment

We optionally perform risk assessments on consumers we can send this information as a push notification when it occurs.

Merchant Configurations

We provide a number of configurations for Push Notifications. Below is a list of configurations available.

Configuration

Default Value

Description

Push Notification Enabled

false

Indicates whether or not Push Notifications are enabled for a merchant.

Push Notification Attempt Count

3

If we cannot reach the webbook URL, this is the number of times we retry before we consider this failed.

Push Notification Failure Email

We send an email if we cannot send a push notification. This is the email we use.

Push Notification Hash Salt

We optionally provide a hash of the payload for you to verify against. This hash is salted with a shared salt between Check Commerce and the Merchant. This is the shared salt.

Push Notification URL

The URL we send the Push Notifications to.

Push Notification Version

1

The Push Notification version you are using.

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