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Commerce payment provider gateway

What is Adobe Commerce payment provider gateway

The Adobe Commerce payment provider gateway is a mechanism that allows you to integrate your stores with payment service providers. As a result, you can create and handle transactions based on order details.

The following diagram shows a simplified interaction flow between Adobe Commerce sales management and external payment service provider using Commerce payment provider gateway:

Payment Gateway Interaction

Commerce payment provider supports the following payment operations:

authorize: process authorization transaction; funds are blocked on customer account, but not withdrawn
sale: process authorization transaction and capture automatically, funds are withdrawn
capture: withdraw previously authorized amount
refund: return previously withdrawn customer funds
void: cancel transfer of funds from customer account

What's in this chapter

The topics of this chapter are conceptual and describe the components of the Commerce payment provider gateway:

Terms used

Term

Description

Commerce sales management

Commerce interfaces that provide the ability to create orders, invoices, and shipments.

Payment service provider, payment provider, payment processor

Online service for accepting electronic payments, like PayPal, Authorize.Net and so on.

Payload

Data used for a transaction. Might include: Payment details, order items, shipping and billing addresses, customer details, taxes, merchant's payment provider API credentials.