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PosGateway Schema
Tokenize Element
PosGateway Schema > PosRequest Element > Ver1.0 Element > Transaction Element : Tokenize Element
Description

Tokenize is used to request the gateway to return a multi-use token for the supplied card data. 

No verification of the card data is performed.

Namespace http://Hps.Exchange.PosGateway
Type
PosTokenizeReqType Complex Type
Diagram
Block1 Element All Tokenize Element
Overview
Tokenize PosTokenizeReqType Complex Type

Tokenize is used to request the gateway to return a multi-use token for the supplied card data. 

No verification of the card data is performed.

All
Block1 TokenizeBlock1Type Complex Type

Contains a series of required and optional elements

Note: CardData it is required to be provided.

All
CardData optional CardDataType Complex Type

A common element used in several different transactions for supplying payment method information.

This includes a choice of typical payment representations like track data, manually entered data, and token information. It also includes options for specifying how the supplied data has been encrypted or to request a multi-use token be supplied in the response.

Sequence
Choice
TrackData CardDataTypeTrackData Complex Type

Track data is the full magnetic stripe data.

Note: TrackData is unique in that it has an attribute "method" that is used to indicate how the associated data was obtained.

ManualEntry

This is typically manually entered card data, but can be used in any case where only the card number is used rather than the full track.

TokenData

This is used when the card number from a previous transaction has been tokenized. This supports both multi-use and single-use tokens.

EncryptionData optional EncryptionDataType Complex Type

If the supplied card data was encrypted, this must be supplied.

TokenRequest optional booleanType Simple Type

This is used to request the gateway to return a multi-use token for the supplied card data. If a token is provided in the card data and this flag is set, it will be echoed in the response.

TokenParameters optional TokenParametersType Complex Type

Parameters allowing the client to control aspects of how a requested multi-use token is generated.

Not Applicable for Reward Cash transactions.

Source
<xs:element name="Tokenize" type="PosTokenizeReqType" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <xs:annotation>
    <xs:documentation>
      <p xmlns="http://Hps.Exchange.PosGateway">Tokenize is used to request the gateway to return a multi-use token for the supplied card data. </p>
      <p xmlns="http://Hps.Exchange.PosGateway">No verification of the card data is performed.</p>
    </xs:documentation>
  </xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
See Also
Transaction ElementVer1.0 ElementPosRequest ElementPosGateway Schema