Mastercard
Mastercard Categories API

The Categories API from Mastercard — 2 operation(s) for categories.
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swagger: '2.0'
info:
  title: Mastercard Bill Payment Validator Account Opening Categories API
  description: This service is provided on behalf of the Mastercard Remote Payment and Presentment (RPPS) Bill Payment Processing Network, which supports consumer to business "push" bill payments (i.e. those which are not funded by debit/credit card transactions) in the U.S.
  version: '1.0'
  x-artifactId: billpay-api
  contact:
    name: Bill Pay Development Support
    email: Bill_Pay_Development_Support@mastercard.com
host: sandbox.api.mastercard.com
basePath: /billpayAPI/v1
schemes:
- https
consumes:
- application/json
produces:
- application/json
tags:
- name: Categories
paths:
  /supported-merchant-categories:
    get:
      tags:
      - Categories
      summary: Provide Supported MCCs
      description: Provides a list of merchant category codes supported by the application. While sending transaction data in the Transaction object, 'mcc' should be from one of the supported merchant categories. It is recommended to cache this list and use it for checking before sending transactions for footprint calculation. Generally this list doesn't change that often, but it is recommended to refresh this data every 24-hours.
      operationId: GetSupportedMerchantCategories
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/SupportedMerchantCategories'
  /categories:
    get:
      tags:
      - Categories
      summary: Mastercard Get a List of Merchant Categories
      description: Returns a list of merchant categories
      operationId: getMerchantCategories
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Categories'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnauthorizedError'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ForbiddenError'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  responses:
    SupportedMerchantCategories:
      description: This response code is returned when a request is accepted and successfully processed. A corresponding response will be returned for the API caller.
      headers:
        X-MC-Correlation-ID:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-MC-Correlation-ID'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SupportedMerchantCategories'
          examples:
            SupportedMerchantCategories:
              $ref: '#/components/examples/SupportedMerchantCategories'
    UnauthorizedError:
      description: Authentication information was missing or invalid.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          example:
            Errors:
            - Error:
                Source: locations-merchants-api
                ReasonCode: UNAUTHORIZED
                Description: We couldn't recognize you
                Recoverable: false
                Details: Full authentication is required to access this resource
    MCSupportedMerchantCategories:
      description: This response code is returned when a request is accepted and successfuly processed. A corresponding response will be returned for the API caller.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/MCSupportedMerchantCategories'
          examples:
            MCSupportedMerchantCategories:
              $ref: '#/components/examples/MCSupportedMerchantCategories'
    Categories:
      description: List of Merchant Categories
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Categories'
    ForbiddenError:
      description: Insufficient permissions for interacting with the resource.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          example:
            Errors:
            - Error:
                Source: locations-merchants-api
                ReasonCode: PERMISSION_DENIED
                Description: You don't seem authorized to do that
                Recoverable: false
                Details: Reading merchant information requires read-only permissions
  schemas:
    MerchantCategory:
      title: MerchantCategory
      type: object
      description: Information for a supported merchant category.
      required:
      - mcc
      - category
      properties:
        mcc:
          type: string
          maxLength: 4
          minLength: 1
          pattern: ^\d{1,4}
          description: Merchant category code of a payment transaction that uniquely defines a merchant business.
          example: '3862'
        category:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Category'
    X-MC-Correlation-ID:
      type: string
      example: X-MC-Correlation-ID:5e4b7f904d2820f688c67ef9fc0035
    SupportedMerchantCategories:
      title: SupportedMerchantCategories
      type: array
      description: List of supported merchant categories.
      minItems: 1
      maxItems: 5000
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/MerchantCategory'
    Category:
      title: Category
      type: object
      description: User understandable information about an MCC categorization.
      properties:
        mainCategory:
          title: mainCategory
          type: string
          description: Main category to which an MCC belongs.
          minLength: 5
          maxLength: 100
          pattern: ^[\w\-\_\&\,]+[\w\-\_\&\,\ ]{5,100}
          example: Shopping
        subCategory:
          title: subCategory
          type: string
          description: Sub-category of a category to which an MCC belongs.
          minLength: 5
          maxLength: 100
          pattern: ^[\w\-\_\&\,]+[\w\-\_\&\,\ ]{5,100}
          example: Department Store
        sector:
          title: sector
          type: string
          description: Sector of a category to which an MCC belongs.
          minLength: 5
          maxLength: 100
          pattern: ^[\w\-\_\&\,]+[\w\-\_\&\,\ ]{5,100}
          example: Specialty Retail & Services
        sectorCode:
          title: sectorCode
          type: string
          description: Unique code assigned to each sector.
          minLength: 3
          maxLength: 3
          pattern: ^\d{3}
          example: '302'
    Errors:
      description: Only returned in the event of an error condition
      required:
      - Error
      type: object
      properties:
        Error:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          description: An error object
          example:
          - Error:
              Source: latitude
              ReasonCode: INVALID_INPUT_VALUE
              Description: Latitude is missing, invalid, or could not be determined from address fields.
              Recoverable: false
              Details: null
      example:
        Errors:
        - Error:
            Source: latitude
            ReasonCode: INVALID_INPUT_VALUE
            Description: Latitude is missing, invalid, or could not be determined from address fields.
            Recoverable: false
            Details: null
    MCMerchantCategory:
      title: MerchantCategory
      type: object
      description: This object represents one merchant category information.
      required:
      - mcc
      properties:
        mcc:
          type: string
          maxLength: 4
          minLength: 1
          pattern: ^\d{1,4}
          description: Merchant category code of a payment transaction that uniquely defines a merchant business.
          example: 3997
    ErrorResponse:
      description: Only returned in the event of an error condition
      required:
      - Errors
      type: object
      properties:
        Errors:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Errors'
    MCSupportedMerchantCategories:
      title: SupportedMerchantCategories
      type: object
      description: The response object that contains a list of supported merchant categories.
      required:
      - merchantCategories
      properties:
        merchantCategories:
          minItems: 1
          maxItems: 5000
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/MCMerchantCategory'
          example: []
    Category_2:
      description: Merchant Category Name and id
      type: object
      properties:
        categoryId:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 2
          description: ' The Merchant Category Id'
          example: '1'
        categoryName:
          type: string
          description: Name of the category
          example: Apparel
      example:
        Category:
          categoryName: Apparel
          categoryId: '1'
    Error:
      description: Details of the error condition such as the source of the error, reason code for the error, if the error is recoverable, and details about the error
      required:
      - Description
      - ReasonCode
      - Recoverable
      - Source
      type: object
      properties:
        Source:
          description: The application that generated this error
          type: string
          minLength: 0
          maxLength: 150
          example: latitude
        ReasonCode:
          description: A unique constant identifying the error case encountered during transaction processing
          type: string
          minLength: 0
          maxLength: 150
          example: INVALID_INPUT_VALUE
        Description:
          description: Short description of the ReasonCode field
          type: string
          minLength: 0
          maxLength: 150
          example: Latitude is missing, invalid, or could not be determined from address fields.
        Recoverable:
          description: Indicates whether this error will always be returned for this request, or retrying could change the outcome
          type: boolean
          example: 'false'
        Details:
          description: Description of the issue
          example: Latitude is missing, invalid, or could not be determined from address fields.
          type: string
          minLength: 0
          maxLength: 150
          nullable: true
    Categories:
      description: List of merchant categories
      type: object
      properties:
        categories:
          type: array
          description: categories
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Category_2'
          example:
          - categoryName: Apparel
            categoryId: 1
  headers:
    X-MC-Correlation-ID:
      description: This id is unique per request and is used to co-relate a request to its response. Customers must share this id while raising any incident for this API.
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/X-MC-Correlation-ID'
  examples:
    SupportedMerchantCategories:
      value:
      - mcc: 10
        category:
          mainCategory: Shopping
          subCategory: Department Store
          sector: Department Stores
          sectorCode: '201'
      - mcc: 11
        category:
          mainCategory: Shopping
          subCategory: Clothes & Fashion
          sector: Variety Stores
          sectorCode: '305'
      - mcc: 12
        category:
          mainCategory: Food & Beverages
          subCategory: Groceries
          sector: Grocery Stores & Supermarkets
          sectorCode: '101'
      - mcc: 3860
        category:
          mainCategory: Leisure & Entertainment
          subCategory: Hotels & Vacation
          sector: Hotels, Motels & Resorts
          sectorCode: '604'
      - mcc: 3861
        category:
          mainCategory: Leisure & Entertainment
          subCategory: Hotels & Vacation
          sector: Hotels, Motels & Resorts
          sectorCode: '604'
      - mcc: 3620
        category:
          mainCategory: Leisure & Entertainment
          subCategory: Hotels & Vacation
          sector: Hotels, Motels & Resorts
          sectorCode: '604'
      - mcc: 3862
        category:
          mainCategory: Leisure & Entertainment
          subCategory: Hotels & Vacation
          sector: Hotels, Motels & Resorts
          sectorCode: '604'
      - mcc: 3621
        category:
          mainCategory: Leisure & Entertainment
          subCategory: Hotels & Vacation
          sector: Hotels, Motels & Resorts
          sectorCode: '604'
      - mcc: 3863
        category:
          mainCategory: Leisure & Entertainment
          subCategory: Hotels & Vacation
          sector: Hotels, Motels & Resorts
          sectorCode: '604'
      - mcc: 5800
        category:
          mainCategory: Shopping
          subCategory: Department Store
          sector: Specialty Retail & Services
          sectorCode: '302'
    MCSupportedMerchantCategories:
      value:
        merchantCategories:
        - mcc: 3860
        - mcc: 3861
        - mcc: 3620
        - mcc: 3862
        - mcc: 3621
        - mcc: 3863
        - mcc: 5800
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