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Technical newsletter for developers 2021-09

This newsletter was sent in September 2021.

The Vipps QR API​

An early version of the Vipps QR API is available.

The Vipps QR API lets merchants generate Vipps QR codes that can be used to pay over the counter, without requiring the Vipps user to provide their telephone number to the merchant.

The QR code, when scanned and opened, will redirect the user to the Vipps landing page, which on the phone will automatically trigger a switch to the Vipps app where they can pay the merchant.

The Vipps Order Management API​

An early version of the Vipps Order Management API is available.

The Order Management API allows merchants to send rich receipt information to existing Vipps transaction. This information is shown to the customer in the app in their order history. This functionality is available for both recurring and direct payments, but not for pass-through payments.

The Vipps Partner API​

An early version of the Vipps Partner API is available.

The Vipps Partner API will let partners, banks and large corporations manage their merchants and sales units. See the GitHub repository for background and priorities.

Vipps Login support for authentication/registration outside of browser/app (CIBA)​

The Vipps Login service has been extended with Client Initiated Backchannel Authentication (CIBA) flows to support use cases where authentication/registration does not start in a browser or an app.

This could typically be physical contexts like point of sales (POS) solutions, on the phone in call center solutions, or devices/terminals like TV boxes. We currently support initiating logins based on the users phone number. We are also working on supporting the same flows with the user scanning the merchant's QR-code as a starting point.

More information can be found in the Vipps Login API Guide.

The Vipps Recurring API now supports variable amounts​

Recurring agreements with variable amount lets merchants charge users a different amount each for interval, based on the user's specified max amount.

More information can be found in the Vipps Recurring API Guide.

API Dashboard for the test environment​

The API Dashboard is now available for both the production and test environments. See it on portal.vipps.no under the "Utvikler" ("Developer") tab. Here's an example:

API dashboard login data

Removed HTTP 402 errors​

The Vipps eCom API previously sent HTTP 402 Payment Required for some errors. That HTTP status is "reserved for future use", and our use was a bit creative.

We now send HTTP 400 Bad Request instead, with more details in the message body.

Since this is still an error that can and must be fixed by the merchant, we have concluded that the change does not require a new version of the API.

Newsletter archive​

All the previous newsletters are in the newsletter archive.

Questions or comments?​

We're always happy to help with code or other questions you might have! Please create GitHub issues or pull requests for the relevant API, or contact us.