ECommerce API - Pre-Authorize for Zero Dollars but can't Capture

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jeej asked Oct 17, '23 jeej commented Oct 17, '23

ECommerce API - Pre-Authorize for Zero Dollars but can't Capture

Is it possible with the Ecommerce API to pre-authorize for $0 and capture a charge for the actual amount at a later time? Whenever I try it I receive the following error message "Charge with id {Charge ID} not found."

Our goal is basically to ensure we have a valid card after it's been tokenized but before we make the charge because there are a couple of steps in our flow between collecting the card information and actually charging the card. Do we need to create a card on file customer?

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Answer 1 · 2023-10-17T17:27:52Z

bryanvargas answered Oct 17, '23 jeej commented Oct 17, '23

Doing a zero auth is not really supported by Clover, I would recommend doing a $0.01 then increment it with the /v1/charges/{chargeId}/capture endpoint

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jeej commented · Oct 17, 2023 at 06:01 PM

Thanks for the quick response. That was the work around I found as well, 1 cent authorization.

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