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POSTFetch historical downtime API

Use Case

To fetch the list of downtime events that happened between two dates.

Request Attributes

Content Type : JSON

Head

AttributeDescription
signature
string
mandatory

This is for the checksum authentication.

tokenType
string
mandatory

Authentication method.                                            

EXAMPLE: CHECKSUM

clientid
string
optional

Paytm use the merchant key on the basis of clientId parameter value. It requires only if the merchant has more than one key.

Example: C11

Body

AttributeDescription
mid
string
mandatory

This is a unique identifier provided to every merchant by Paytm. MID is part of your account credentials and is different on staging and production environment. Your staging MID is available here & production MID will be available once your activation is complete.

Example: INTEGR7769XXXXXX9383

paymentModes
string
optional

The payment mode used by customer for transaction.

*If the payment mode will be null, we will send the notification for all payment modes.

Possible value: CC, DC, NB, UPI, WALLET

fromTime
string
mandatory

Include downtime from start date-time.

Example: 15-05-2020 10:35:24

toTime
string
mandatory

Include downtime till the end date-time.

Example: 15-05-2020 10:45:24

Response Attributes

Content Type : JSON

Body

AttributeDescription
history
string

A detailed list of entities that were experiencing downtime in the requested time range.

payMethod
string

The payment mode used by customer for transaction.

Possible Value: Paytm Wallet, CARD_PAYMENT (For Credit Card and Debit Card ), NET BANKING, UPI

entityType
string

For which payment instrument we are experiencing the downtime.

EntityType
+
AttributeDescription
entityType
string

For which payment instrument we are experiencing the downtime.

Possible value : 

if Paymethod = CARD_PAYMENT

  • CARDSCHEME  (E.g. - Visa Cards - All of Visa's cards are down. This can belong to HDFC, ICICI, SBI, etc)
  • ISSUINGBANK (E.g. HDFC - This means that the entire HDFC down be it Credit/Debit or Visa/Mastercard)
  • ISSUINGBANK_CARDSCHEME (E.g. - HDFC-Visa Card This means that only HDFC Visa cards are down for both Credit Card and Debit Card. Mastercard and Rupay card is getting processed normally)
  • ISSUINGBANK_CARDTYPE (E.g. - HDFC Visa Credit Card - This means that only HDFC Visa Credit cards are down. Mastercard and Debit card is getting processed normally)
  • ISSUINGBANK_CARDTYPE_CARDSCHEME (E.g. - HDFC Visa Credit Card - This means that only HDFC Visa Credit cards are down. Mastercard and Debit card is getting processed normally)

if Paymethod = NETBANKING

  • ISSUINGBANK (E.g - HDFC This means HDFC Net Banking is down )

if Paymethod = Paytm Wallet

  • WALLET (E.g - WALLET, This mean Paytm wallet is down)

if Paymethod = UPI

  • NPCI (This means we are experiencing downtime for the UPI payment option)
  • UPI Flow (E.g - UPI Collect, This mean that only UPI Collect flow is down and UPI Intent is getting processed normally)
  • PSP (E.g - Google Pay, This mean that only Google Pay PSP App is down for UPI Intent flow)
  • VPA Family  (E.g - @Paytm, This mean that only Paytm VPA is down for UPI Collect flow)
code
string

This indicates the code of the payment option.

*Mapping of bank code and the original name of the entity is available on Link.

Possible value: AXIS, SBI, BOI

name
string

This indicates the original name of the payment option.

  • AXIS BANK
  • STATE BANK OF INDIA
  • BANK OF INDIA 
severityCycle
string

Severity Cycle

SeverityCycle
+
AttributeDescription
startTime
string

Timestamp at which downtime is started with the particulary severity for the entity. 

Example : 21-12-2020 09:51:00

endTime
string

Timestamp at which downtime is ended with the particulary severity for the entity. 

Example : 21-12-2020 10:51:00

severity
string

We have categorized the unplanned downtime as per the severity levels.

*This will be only for the Unplanned downtime.

Possible values :

  • Fluctuation  (When the performance of payment option falls by 45% to 60% compared to their average performance)
  • Moderate (When the performance of payment option falls by 60% to 80% compared to their average performance)
  • Severe  (When the performance of payment option falls by more than 80% compared to their average performance)
downtimeId
string

This is a unique id that is issued by Paytm for each downtime event.

 Example:  34898

downtimeStartTime
string

Timestamp at which downtime is started for the entity.            

Example: 21-12-2020 09:51:00

recoveryTime
string

Timestamp at which downtime is resolved for the entity.              

Example: 21-12-2020 09:51:00

type
string

This indicates the type of downtime for the entity.                                             

Possible Values:

  • Planned (When banks take a scheduled break for maintenance purposes. This notification is triggered twice - 24 hours prior to notification and just before planned downtime)
  • Unplanned ( When we witness a dip in the performance for a particular payment instrument)

Response Codes & Messages

resultCoderesultStatusresultMsg
00000000TXN_SUCCESSSuccess
00000004TXN_FAILUREIllegal parameters
00000005TXN_FAILUREToken Invalid/Expired
00000009TXN_FAILUREInternal Server error
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This Api is not hosted on staging environment.copy icon
REQUEST
RESPONSE
CURL
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curl -X POST \
  https://securegw.paytm.in/downtime-manager/api/paytm/pg/daas/fetch-downtime-recovery-history \
  -H 'cache-control: no-cache' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -H 'postman-token: bbf946e0-8df7-55c8-3dd1-77e43116c4f2' \
  -d '{"body":{"mid":"INTEGR77698636129383","fromTime":"2020-11-19T20:18:33.129Z","toTime":"2020-12-20T20:18:33.129Z"},
  "head":{"signature":"5f8agjSRYSaJ9LQ8iQ/cDjv/602fgBRAHBNwLN3DR6S1atPZGuT1QKBcqf6XbSqk2HnSUgrY/s5smr2DMT6THjLLoHYTlph3qm4Us+/68l0="}
 }'
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