Adyen Admin API

The Admin API from Adyen — 1 operation(s) for admin.

Operations 1

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POST /admin Send a custom admin request to a terminal · Adyen Admin Request #
Ask an LLM
“Can I send a custom administrative message to a payment terminal?”
“What does a terminal admin request carry?”
Tell an agent
Send a custom admin request to the terminal.
Send an admin request with service identification {ServiceIdentification}.

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/marketplaces-and-platforms/classic/configure-notifications/
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/api-explorer/Account/6/overview
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/development-resources/webhooks/
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/api-explorer/BalanceControl/1/overview
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/api-explorer/BinLookup/52/overview
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/api-explorer/Checkout/71/overview
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/api-explorer/balanceplatform/2/overview
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/api-explorer/balanceplatform-webhooks/1/overview
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/development-resources/data-protection-api/
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/risk-management/disputes-api
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/marketplaces-and-platforms/classic/fund-transfer/
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/marketplaces-and-platforms/collect-verification-details/hosted/
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/marketplaces-and-platforms/legal-entity-management-api/
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/api-explorer/Management/3/overview
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/api-explorer/management-webhooks/3/overview
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/marketplaces-and-platforms/classic/notifications
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/point-of-sale/design-your-integration/notifications/
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/online-payments/
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/online-payments/online-payouts
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/point-of-sale/design-your-integration/terminal-api/
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/online-payments/tokenization
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/api-explorer/report-webhooks/1/overview
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/payment-methods/gift-cards/stored-value-api/
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/point-of-sale/design-your-integration/terminal-api/terminal-api-reference/
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/development-resources/testing/create-test-cards
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/marketplaces-and-platforms/business-accounts/transactions/transaction-webhooks/
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/api-explorer/transfer-webhooks/3/overview
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/marketplaces-and-platforms/payout-to-users/on-demand-payouts
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Documentation
https://docs.adyen.com/development-resources/webhooks

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OpenAPI Specification

adyen-admin-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: '1'
  title: Adyen Terminal Admin API
  description: The Adyen Terminal API lets you make payments, issue refunds, collect shopper information, and perform other shopper-terminal interactions using a payment terminal supplied by Adyen.
servers:
- description: with cloud integration
  url: https://terminal-api-test.adyen.com/sync
- description: with cloud integration
  url: https://terminal-api-test.adyen.com/async
- description: with local-hosting
  url: <local-terminal-IP-address>
tags:
- name: Admin
paths:
  /admin:
    post:
      description: Empty. Content of the Custom Admin Request message.
      summary: Adyen Admin Request
      security:
      - BasicAuth: []
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AdminRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AdminResponse'
              examples:
                operation200Example:
                  summary: Default operation 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    Response: example_value
          description: It conveys the result of the Custom Admin. Content of the Custom Admin Response message.
      tags:
      - Admin
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      operationId: postAdmin
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    AdminRequest:
      type: object
      description: Empty. Content of the Custom Admin Request message.
      properties:
        ServiceIdentification:
          type: string
          pattern: ^.+$
          description: Identification of the administrative service to process.
    ErrorCondition:
      type: string
      enum:
      - Aborted
      - Busy
      - Cancel
      - DeviceOut
      - InProgress
      - InsertedCard
      - InvalidCard
      - LoggedOut
      - MessageFormat
      - NotAllowed
      - NotFound
      - PaymentRestriction
      - Refusal
      - UnavailableDevice
      - UnavailableService
      - UnreachableHost
      - WrongPIN
    Result:
      type: string
      enum:
      - Failure
      - Partial
      - Success
    Response:
      type: object
      description: If Result is Success, ErrorCondition is absent or not used in the processing of the message. In the other cases, the ErrorCondition has to be present and can refine the processing of the message response. AdditionalResponse gives more information about the success or the failure of the message request processing, for logging without real time involvements. Result of a message request processing.
      properties:
        Result:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Result'
        ErrorCondition:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorCondition'
        AdditionalResponse:
          type: string
          pattern: ^.+$
          description: If present, the POI logs it for further examination.
      required:
      - Result
    AdminResponse:
      type: object
      description: It conveys the result of the Custom Admin. Content of the Custom Admin Response message.
      properties:
        Response:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Response'
      required:
      - Response
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      type: apiKey
    BasicAuth:
      scheme: basic
      type: http