CyberSource

CyberSource Instructions API

Purchase intent lifecycle management for agentic payments. Use these APIs to create, update, and cancel purchase intents (instructions) that define what a consumer wants to buy, including mandates, order details, merchant information, and shipping. An instruction must exist before payment credentials can be retrieved.

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
Payment Initiation Management BC-1340.10

Operations 5

POST /acp/v1/instructions Initiate a purchase intent #
PUT /acp/v1/instructions/{instructionId} Update a purchase intent #
PUT /acp/v1/instructions/{instructionId}/cancel Cancel a purchase intent #
POST /acp/v1/instructions/{instructionId}/credentials Retrieve payment credentials #
POST /acp/v1/instructions/{instructionId}/confirmations Confirm transaction events #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.cybersource.com/docs/cybs/en-us/payments/developer/all/rest/payments.html

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cybersource/refs/heads/main/openapi/cybersource-instructions-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

cybersource-instructions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: All CyberSource API specs merged together. These are available at https://developer.cybersource.com/api/reference/api-reference.html
  version: 0.0.1
  title: CyberSource Merged Spec Instructions API
servers:
- url: https://apitest.cybersource.com/
tags:


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