Get Transaction API Endpoint Question

Robbie Pollock
Robbie Pollock
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in Merchant Services APIs
We have clients that use BBMS in their Blackbaud application and are wanting our application to retrieve data from each credit card transaction that gets processed through BBMS. It appears that the only way to be able to retrieve this information is by providing the Transaction ID. Challenge is we do not have this Transaction ID - at least I do not think we do - in order to retrieve the details from the transaction. Ideally, we would be able to provide a Date parameter and get a listing of all credit card transactions processed on that date and then retrieve the data we need from each transaction that was processed. Anyone seen this or have any ideas on how we might accommodate our client's request?


Thanks everyone!

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  • Mina Mistry
    Mina Mistry Blackbaud Employee
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    Hi Robbie


    Thanks for your question. You are correct that there is no way to retrieve a collection of transactions. The Payments API is designed to be used purely for the processing of transactions and not for querying historical payments data. If the clients are using RE NXT, it may be possible to use this Gift API endpoint instead to retrieve a list of gifts if that meets the needs of your use case.


    Can you share more information on the requirement and how the data would be used? Feel free to email me directly if you prefer.


    Thanks

    Mina



  • Nick Johannsen
    Nick Johannsen
    Ninth Anniversary Name Dropper Participant Facilitator 1

    @Mina Mistry
    The choice not to have a Transaction List is odd to say the least. I am not sure I have ever worked with a Credit Card Processor API that didn't have the ability to pull a list of transactions specifically by date or amount. Being able to pull all the transaction provide both the ability to create reporting and troubleshooting for possible missing, miscreated, or adjusted gifts. I don't suppose in the last 2 years this has been reconsidered?

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