Barion error codes and notifications
This page serves as a repository for the Barion error codes and notifications you can encounter when using or integrating.
3DS error responses
Possible error responses for the recurring payment requests
| Error code |
Description
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| RecurringPaymentNotAllowed |
The token payment is not allowed for the shop identified by the POSKey. Contact Barion to request this feature.
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Possible error responses for the subsequent payment requests
| Error code |
Description
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| InvalidRecurrenceId |
The token specified in the RecurrenceId is invalid. Check if the token registration was successful.
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| RecurringPaymentDenied |
Something happened to the user since the token registration, either deleted, suspended, or blocked. Payment is not allowed in these cases.
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| InsufficientFunds |
If the original payment was with an e-money wallet and the customer doesn't have enough money to fulfill this charge this error happens.
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| OriginalPaymentWasntSuccessful |
This means that the token belongs to an originally unsuccessful payment so this token can not be used anymore. This could only happen if the original payment was financed with a credit card.
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| InvalidCurrency |
If the original payment was paid with e-money and the current token payment is in a currency that the wallet does not have an account in this error happens.
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| CardExpired |
The card that was used to fulfill the initial payment is no longer valid. The RecurrenceId has to be re-initialized.
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| TopUpFailed |
The attempt to charge the card that was used to fulfill the initial payment was unsuccessful. Often accompanied by other more specific errors.
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| ThreeDsNotEnabled |
The card issuer rejected the card due to a lack of Strong Customer Authentication. Check whether the TraceId is specified correctly (in case the scenario requires it).
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| InvalidUser |
The payee defined in the transaction is not a valid Barion wallet. Either does not exist or is not fully activated.
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| UserCantMakeOutgoingTransaction |
The payee specified in the transaction is not allowed to make payee transactions since the wallet is suspended or does not exist.
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| CardError |
An error happened in the 3DSecure authentication system or the bank system when trying to process the card that has been used to complete the initial payment. This can mean a few things, from security settings to active limits on the card. The possible reasons should be discussed with the customer.
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| Error code |
Description
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| CardPreparationNotAllowed |
If the card number is already registered (attached to a wallet) a new preparation is not allowed.
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| Error code |
Description
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| InvalidCardKey |
The card key provided either doesn't belong to a card or the card is already issued.
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Paying with a partner card
| Error code |
Description
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| InvalidCardKey |
The card key provided either doesn't belong to a card or the card is already issued.
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| Error code |
Description
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| InvalidCardKey |
The card key provided either doesn't belong to a card or the card is already issued.
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| NewPinEqualsToCurrent |
The new PIN code equals to current one.
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| InvalidCardPin |
The current PIN is incorrect, and did not match the stored version.
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| PinChangeFailed |
A fatal system error occurred during the process.
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| Error code |
Description
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| AuthenticationFailed |
The username and password of the card owner were incorrect.
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| InvalidCardKey |
The card key provided either doesn't belong to a card or the card is already issued.
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| InvalidCardOwner |
The owner specified is not a registered Barion user or the user is not available for card registration.
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Reverse partner card top-up
| Error code |
Description
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| NoIdentifiedPartnerFound |
The given partner key was not valid.
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| NotExistingTransactionId |
The given top-up transaction was not found in the database.
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| SourceAccountNotAllowedForPartner |
The originally specified source Barion wallet was not connected to the trusted partner.
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| StornoTopupFailed |
The top-up process could not be completed due to an unknown error (contact developer support).
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| MultipleStornoNotAllowed |
The storno transaction is illegal because the original top-up was already rolled back.
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| Error code |
Description
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| InvalidCardKey |
The card key provided either doesn't belong to a card or the card is already issued.
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| UserCantMakeOutgoingTransaction |
The source of the transfer, the facilitator user is not allowed to make outgoing transactions. Probably suspended.
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| SourceAccountNotAllowedForPartner |
The originally specified source Barion wallet was not connected to the trusted partner
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| InvalidUser |
Something is seriously broken with an account in the transaction.
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| TopUpFailed |
The top-up process failed because of a system error.
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Validate an ApplePay session
| Error code |
Description
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| AuthenticationFailed |
Authentication failed.
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| ModelValidationError |
This happens when some of the input properties fail the basic validation. For example, the session request URL is malformed.
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| InvalidShop |
The provided poskey is invalid.
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| NotRegisteredToApple |
The provided shop URL is not registered to Apple.
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| InvalidShopUrl |
The provided shop URL is invalid.
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| UnableToCreateApplePaySession |
A technical error occurred, and Apple Pay Session could not be created.
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| Error code |
Description
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| ModelValidationError |
This happens when some of the input properties fail the basic validation. For example, a string property exceeds its allowed length.
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| NotExistingPaymentId |
The specified payment id is invalid.
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| SuspendedUserTriedToRefund |
You are not allowed to refund payment if you are suspended.
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| TheSourceAndDestinationAccountsAreMatched |
Very rare error, this happens in case the payment was paid by the shop owner.
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| PaymentStatusNotValid |
Only payments in Succeeded status can be refunded.
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| TransactionDoesNotBelongToPayment |
The transaction specified in the request body does not belong to a payment.
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| InvalidTransactionType |
The transaction specified is not a refundable transaction type. Only CardPayment, Shop and BankTransferPayment types are refundable.
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| InvalidAccount |
The account is not eligible for a refund.
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| TooLowBalanceToMakeRefund |
There are not enough funds to fulfill the refund request.
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| AmountToRefundIsGreaterThanTransactionAmount |
The amount specified to refund is greater than the original payment transaction itself.
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| InternalServerError |
Something unexpected happened.
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| Error code |
Description
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| NoIdentifiedPartnerFound |
The given partner key was not valid
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| PartnerDataCannotBeRetrieved |
The trusted partner data could not be retrieved (possibly has no rights for this endpoint)
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| AuthenticationFailed |
Authentication failed for the target organization (incorrect login name or password)
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| RemoteRegisterInfoReturnedWithError |
The company register service returned an error
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| RegisterInfoCannotBeRetrievedFromDb |
The company register record could not be retrieved from the Barion database. Contact Barion support.
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| RegisterInfoCannotBeRetrievedFromRemote |
The company register record could not be retrieved from the remote service. Possible causes:
- The given company is not based in Hungary (there is no service to call)
- The company register remote service is down
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| CompanyRegisterDoesNotExistsForCountry |
No company register service exists for the organization's country
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| Error code |
Description
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| UserNotFound |
The given user was not found in the system
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| AuthenticationFailed |
Authentication failed for the given account (incorrect password)
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| LoginHasWrongAccountType |
The given account is not an organization account in Barion
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| IdentificationPending |
The given account already has a pending identification process
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| RegistrationNumberMissing |
The given organization did not provide a registration number in Barion
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| IdentificationPending |
The given account already has a pending identification process
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| InvalidBusinessType |
The given account is an organization that is not eligible to be identified as a self-employed organization (e.g. it has a valid company record)
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| IncompleteData |
The given company data was incomplete (owner or organization data missing)
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| NameIsOnProhibitionList |
The company owner is on the prohibition list. In this case, contact legal authorities!
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| DocumentsMissing |
The caller did not provide the personal documents for the identification
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| DocumentValidityMissing |
One or more documents that have a mandatory validity did not have the validity set
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| DocumentExpired |
One or more supplied document is expired
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| RemoteIdentificationFailed |
A general error occurred - contact the Barion support
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| Error code |
Description
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| UserNotFound |
The given user was not found in the system
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| AuthenticationFailed |
Authentication failed for the given account (incorrect password)
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| LoginHasWrongAccountType |
The given account is not an organization account in Barion
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| IdentificationPending |
The given account already has a pending identification process
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| RegistrationNumberMissing |
The given organization did not provide a registration number in Barion
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| IdentificationPending |
The given account already has a pending identification process
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| IncompleteData |
The given company data was incomplete (owners or representatives are missing)
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| InvalidCompanyRegisterId |
The supplied company register record was not found in the database. You must place a call to Identification-Information-v2 to obtain this identifier.
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| SignatoryStatusMismatch |
The supplied list of representatives does not comply with the signatory requirements of the company record
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| InvalidRepresentatives |
One or more supplied representatives do not match the ones found in the company record
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| InvalidCountryCode |
The given country code for an owner or representative was in an invalid format
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| NameIsOnProhibitionList |
One of the supplied owners or representatives is on the prohibition list. In this case, contact legal authorities!
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| DocumentsMissing |
The caller did not provide the personal documents for the identification
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| DocumentValidityMissing |
One or more documents that have a mandatory validity did not have the validity set
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| DocumentExpired |
One or more supplied document is expired
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| RemoteIdentificationFailed |
A general error occurred - contact the Barion support
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| Error code |
Description
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| AuthenticationFailed |
Authentication failed.
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| ModelValidationError |
This happens when some of the input properties fail the basic validation. For example, the session request URL is malformed.
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| InvalidApplePayToken |
The provided token is invalid.
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| InvalidApplePayMessage |
The provided message is invalid.
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| ApplePayNotAllowed |
Apple Pay is not allowed for token payments.
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| NotRegisteredToApple |
The provided shop URL is not registered to Apple.
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The endpoint can result in any error described at the web payment scenario. Besides those these are the specific error messages for this scenario
| Error code |
Description
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| InvalidGoogleToken |
The token provided was invalid. Either
- malformed
- or contained invalid structure
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| InvalidGoogleMessage |
The content of the token was invalid. Either
- contained data that was not recognized
- or the message was expired
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| Error code |
Description
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| RecurringPaymentNotAllowed |
The token payment is not allowed for the shop identified by the POSKey. Contact Barion to request this feature.
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| Error code |
Description
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| ModelValidationError |
This happens when some of the input properties fail the basic validation. For example, a string property exceeds its allowed length.
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| AuthenticationFailed |
The provided authentication is not correct.
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| MinimumWithdrawAmountNotReached |
The amount specified does not reach the minimum bank transfer amount. This is not in production yet
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| InvalidCharacter |
One of the characters is invalid for the bank transfer process
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| InvalidAccount |
There is no account belonging to the user with the specified currency.
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| InappropriateVerificationLevel |
The user does not have the verification level to be able to transfer.
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| InvalidCurrency |
The system does not support the specified currency
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| InvalidCountry |
The Country specified in the BankAccount field is invalid.
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| LowBalance |
There are not enough funds to cover the withdrawal amount and the fee.
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| BankAccountNumberBlackListed |
The target bank account number is blacklisted, the withdrawal process is terminated and the customer gets suspended.
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| UserIsOverWithdrawLimit |
The withdrawn amount exceeded the allowed limit for non-verified customers, the withdrawal process is terminated and the customer gets suspended.
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| UserIsDeleted |
The user is deleted from the system, the withdrawal is not possible.
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| UserIsSuspended |
The user is suspended until the suspension is lifted no withdrawals are allowed.
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| WithdrawFromCustomerAccountToSystemAccount |
Withdrawing to the specified target account is not allowed.
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| BankAccountNumberNotAllowed |
Target Bank account number not in the list of allowed bank account numbers for this account.
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| InternalServerError |
Something unexpected happened
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| Error code |
Description
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| ModelValidationError |
This happens when some of the input properties fail the basic validation. For example, a string property exceeds its allowed length.
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| AuthenticationFailed |
The provided POSKey is invalid. Check that the key used is appropriate for the environment. The test and production environment are separate so the keys are only valid for one environment. Another problem could be that the provided key is the public key and not the private key. For API requests the secret API key should be used.
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| ShopIsClosed |
The shop is closed in the Barion system, no payments are allowed.
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| InvalidUser |
There is a problem with one of the participants taking part in the payment. All of them should be registered Barion users.
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| UserCantReceiveEMoney |
There is a problem with the recipient of the payment. Every Payee specified in the attached transactions should be a fully registered user of Barion.
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| NotExistingCurrency |
The currency specified for the payment is not supported by the Barion system.
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| InvalidFundingSource |
The specified funding source is not valid. Check the FundingSources input parameter.
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| InvalidCulture |
The specified culture is not supported by the Barion system.
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DoNotHaveEnoughMoneyToPreparePayment |
In certain corner cases when the webshop's Barion balance and the incoming money is not enough to cover the Barion fee this error message is sent.
Note: This error code is not sent anymore
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| FacilitatorDoesntHaveEnoughMoney |
The maximum possible income from the payment will not cover the total amount of fees the shop must pay after this transaction (topup the account of the shop, thereafter payments could be prepared).
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HTTP status codes
These are the HTTP status codes with their Barion-specific use cases. For more generic information, consult RFC 9110.
| HTTP code |
Barion scenario |
Used by?
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| 200 |
Sent by the merchant shop to the IPN callback |
Callback_mechanism
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| 400 |
Sent if you do not have an account in the specified currency |
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| 401 |
Sent if you fail to authenticate yourself properly |
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| 403 |
Sent if you are not allowed to generate the given statement type |
Statement-Download-v2
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| 404 |
Sent if the shop does not exist. |
Pos-GetState-v1
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| 429 |
Sent if you submit a request less than 5 seconds after a successful request. |
Callback_mechanism
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