Initiate an order

This endpoint allows reserving X credits with a immediate payment via web checkout

Legend

❓ - clarification will be provided
⚪️ - discontinued
⏳ - TBD
🟡 - supported but requires changes
🟢 - supported

Request

Comparison

Term	Old API	New API
Endpoint	🟢 `POST /api/offset`	🟡 `POST /v1/checkout` Offset by web checkout
Authorization	🟢 Via `t` (required)	🟡 Via the `Authorization` request header (required)
Specify projects	🟢 Specify multiple projects and respective volumes via `p` (required)	🟡 Single project id in `criteria.ids[]` and `volume` ⏳ Multi project support - TBD
Specify currency	🟢 Via `c`	🟡 Via `currency` (enum)
Provide additional notes	🟢 Via `n`	⚪️ Removed
Language	🟢 Via `l`	⏳ TBD
Referral Code	🟢 Via `rc`	⏳ TBD
Customer First Name	🟢 Via `billing_first_name` (required)	🟡 Via `consumer.firstName` (optional)
Customer Last Name	🟢 Via `billing_last_name` (required)	🟡 Via `consumer.lastName` (optional)
Customer Email	🟢 Via `billing_email` (required)	🟡 Via `consumer.email` (optional)
Customer Company	🟢 Via `billing_company` (required)	🟡 Via `consumer.company` (optional)
Customer Street	🟢 Via `billing_street` (required)	🟡 Via `consumer.street` (optional)
Customer City	🟢 Via `billing_city` (required)	🟡 Via `consumer.city` (optional)
Customer Zip	🟢 Via `billing_zip` (required)	🟡 Via `consumer.zip` (optional)
Customer Country Code	🟢 Via `billing_country_code` (required)	🟡 Via `consumer.country` (optional)
Customer name on certificate	🟢 Via `billing_name_on_certificate`	⚪️ `consumer.firstName`, `consumer.lastName` or `consumer.company` are used

Examples

curl --request POST \
  --url https://sandbox.market-api.southpole.com/api/offset \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "t": "token",
  "p": {
    "300190": "2",
    "300990": "1.33"
  },
  "c": "USD",
  "n": "notes...",
  "r": "www.company.com",
  "l": "en",
  "rc": "referral code",
  "billing_first_name": "John",
  "billing_last_name": "Doe",
  "billing_email": "[email protected]",
  "billing_company": "Test company",
  "billing_street": "1234 Main Street, Apartment 101",
  "billing_city": "Washington",
  "billing_zip": "77578",
  "billing_country_code": "US",
  "billing_name_on_certificate": "Test name"
}'

curl --request POST \
     --url https://dcs-compensate-api-sandbox.southpole.com/v1/checkout \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'authorization: Bearer token' \
     --header 'content-type: application/json' \
     --data '
{
     "volume": {
          "unit": "t",
          "quantity": "5"
     },
     "criteria": {
          "ids": [
               "7619267199133"
          ]
     },
     "currency": "EUR",
     "consumer": {
          "firstName": "John",
          "lastName": "Doe"
     }
}
'

Response

Comparison

Data Model (JSON path)	Old API	New API
Status	🟢 `status`	⚪️ Removed in favour of the HTTP client response status field
Message	🟢 `msg`	⚪️ Removed (success is indicated with HTTP 200)
Redirect to	🟢 `redirectTo`	🟡 `webUrl` (redirect user to payment page)
Timestamp	🟢 `timestamp`	⚪️ Removed
Valid until	🟢 `validUntil`	⚪️ Removed
Transaction hash	🟢 `transactionHash`	⚪️ Removed

Examples

{
  "status": "ok",
  "redirectTo": "https://sandbox.market-api.southpole.com/api/finalize?h=53b0e43b73d9a8307b11ccf20aba68fac0fedd87",
  "timestamp": 1603361187,
  "validUntil": "2020/10/22 10:36:27,",
  "transactionHash": "53b0e43b73d9a8307b11ccf20aba68fac0fedd87"
}

{
  "webUrl": "https://sandbox.market-api.southpole.com/api/finalize?h=53b0e43b73d9a8307b11ccf20aba68fac0fedd87"
}

Updated 22 days ago