Headless Requests
Overview
Chargent supports headless requests to payment gateways and returns the gateway response without storing data in Salesforce. This enables you to use Chargent as a pass-through integration and create your own data storage solution.
Methods
Chargent supports two methods for headless requests across multiple API types.
| API Type | Method | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| REST | Payment Method Tokenization | Payment Method Tokenization is the exchange of payment data with a token representation of the data provided by the payment gateway for PCI Compliance. This is an initial step in the payments Lifecycle. |
| REST | Payment Sale | A Payment Sale will perform both a Payment Authorization and a Payment Capture in a single payment operation. |
| Apex | Payment Method Tokenization | Payment Method Tokenization is the exchange of payment data with a token representation of the data provided by the payment gateway for PCI Compliance. This is an initial step in the payments Lifecycle. |
| Apex | Payment Sale | A Payment Sale will perform both a Payment Authorization and a Payment Capture in a single payment operation. |
| Flow | Payment Method Tokenization | Payment Method Tokenization is the exchange of payment data with a token representation of the data provided by the payment gateway for PCI Compliance. This is an initial step in the payments Lifecycle. |
| Flow | Payment Sale | A Payment Sale will perform both a Payment Authorization and a Payment Capture in a single payment operation. |