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Rinto Antony
Rinto Antony

Reputation: 13

fetch expiration date for pre-authorized transactions

I am currently working on integrating the Authorize.Net payment gateway, and I have a question regarding pre-authorized transactions. Specifically, I would like to understand how to retrieve the expiry date for a pre-authorized transaction.

I am aware that authorization holds are typically valid for a set period, but I would like to confirm the following:

Does Authorize.Net provide a specific expiration date for pre-authorized transactions via the API? If not, how can I determine when a pre-authorization will expire or is no longer valid? Is there an API endpoint or field that provides information about the authorization hold period or expiration for a pre-authorized transaction?

Is there any workaround for this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 30

Answers (1)

John Conde
John Conde

Reputation: 219804

No, there is no API endpoint for this as that information is not provided to Authorize.NET for them to pass through to you. Additionally, pre-authorizations can expire at different times depending on the issuer and situation:

  • Most pre-authorizations expire in about 5-7 days
  • Hotel bookings and car rentals may not expire for up to 30 days

Unless you are in the hotel booking for car rental industries, you should assume a pre-auth has expired after 5 days. If you don't mind incurring a small transaction fee, you can always attempt to use that pre-auth for a purchase. But if it is declined you'll need to get a new form of payment to complete the transaction.

Upvotes: 0

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