Managing Transactions

Overview

Transactions represent the Affirm loans that are issued to the end-user. You can interact with transactions via the Transactions API in order to change the state of that transaction, update metadata, or retrieve details.

Transactions authorization

Transactions authorization occurs after a user has successfully completed the Affirm checkout flow and returns back to the merchant site. Authorizing the transaction generates a unique id that will be used to reference the loan moving forward.

Actions

You can integrate various transactions into your back-end order management system, where you normally fulfill orders and process payments, refunds, and cancelations.

You can use the Transactions API to manage transactions with the following actions:

• Read Transaction
• Capture Transaction
• Void Transaction
• Refund Transaction
• Update Transaction

These actions allow you to manage transactions across various states including authorized, captured, voided, etc.