Capture a charge

United States

Canada

Use the Capture a charge endpoint to retrieve details of an existing charge, previously created using the Create a charge endpoint. To return a charge, use the charge identifier (chargeId) from the create a charge request. ChargeId also returns when a charge is first created or refunded.

Path parameters

Path parameter to use when capturing a charge:

Object	Type	Description	Required
`chargeId`	string	Universally unique identifier (UUID) of the charge.	Required

Body parameters

Body parameters to use when capturing a charge:

Object	Type	Description
`amount`	int64	Charge amount in the smallest monetary unit of the merchant's currency. If you do not specify an amount, the total of the original charge is captured. Format: Cents
`receipt_email`	string	Email address to which the charge receipt is sent. This value overrides any previously-specified email address for the charge. Note: Receipts are not sent in the sandbox environment.
`level2`	object	Additional data for purchase card transactions (US only). See Level 2 data.

Request and response examples

Request and response samples when running Capture a charge:

curl --request POST \
     --url' https://scl-sandbox.dev.clover.com/v1/charges/chargeId/capture' \
     --header 'Accept: application/json' \
     --header 'Authorization: Bearer ab86a5e8-48f3-b3bd-8c45-d415e9867833' \
     --header 'Content-Type: application/json'
     --header 'x-forwarded-for: {client_ip}' \

{
  "id": "1AB2CDEF3G4H",
  "amount": 10,
  "currency": "usd",
  "created": 1656626930000,
  "captured": false,
  "customer": "ABCDEF12G3H45",
  "ref_num": "218100500005",
  "auth_code": "OK0974",
  "order": "12A34BBCCDDEE",
  "outcome": {
    "network_status": "approved_by_network",
    "type": "authorized"
  },
  "paid": true,
  "status": "succeeded",
  "source": {
    "id": "clv_1ABCD23efghI45JklmN6o7p",
    "brand": "VISA",
    "first6": "123456",
    "last4": "1234"
  }
  }

Responses

The following table describes the possible responses when running the capture a charge endpoint:

Message	Description	Variable	Description
`200`	string		Returns the charge object with any captured value set to `true`.
`400 Bad Request`	string	charge	Returns when a card-related error occurs. Indicates the unique ID of the failed charge.
`400 Bad Request`	string	code	Returns additional information about the error that you can use to provide user-friendly handling of the issue.
`400 Bad Request`	string	decline_code	Returns when a card issuer declined the transaction. Includes the reason for the decline if specified by the card issuer.
`400 Bad Request`	string	doc_url	Returns a link for more information about the reported error code.
`400 Bad Request`	string	message	Provides detailed information about the error code. For card-related errors, use this information to inform users.
`400 Bad Request`	string	param	If the error is related to a specific parameter, this value lists the parameter. You can inform users of a particular issue in the entered card information.
`400 Bad Request`	string	type	Returned error type: - `api_connection_error` - `api_error` - `authentication_error` - `card_error` - `idempotency_error` - `invalid_request_error` - `rate_limit_error`