Authorize Method

Authorizes a healthcare transaction with IIAS data.

Syntax

tsyshealthcare.authorize([callback])

Callback

The 'callback' parameter specifies a function which will be called when the operation completes (or an error is encountered). If the 'callback' parameter is not specified, then the method will block and will not return until the operation completes (or an error is encountered).

The callback for this method is defined as:

function(err){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'err' has 2 properties which hold detailed information:

err.code
err.message

Remarks

This method sends an authorization request to the Vital/TSYS transaction server. If the authorization request was successful, the ResponseCode property will contain "00". If it's a partial authorization the ResponseCode will contain "10".

An authorization blocks funds on the customer's credit card, but does not actually transfer funds. In order for funds to be transferred and the transaction completed, you must settle the transaction. To do this, you must pass an XML aggregate containing the results of the transaction to the Settlement class. For example:

  TSYSHealthCare.Authorize()
  TSYSSettle.DetailRecordCount = 1
  TSYSSettle.DetailRecordAggregate(0) = TSYSHealthCare.GetDetailAggregate()