Adjustments

Forced Transactions

Endpoint URL: https://secure.ftipgw.com/ArgoFire/transaction.asmx?op=ProcessCreditCard

Method: Supports SOAP POST and HTTP POST (form-encoded)

Description: Processes a "forced" credit card transaction by manually submitting a pre-authorized approval code. This is used when a merchant receives authorization through external means (e.g., phone approval) and must now force the transaction into the batch for settlement.

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Request Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
UserName	string	Yes	Admin username
Password	string	Yes	Admin password
Vendor	string	Yes	Merchant numeric key
TransType	string	Yes	Should be FORCE
Amount	string	Yes	Transaction amount
AuthCode	string	Yes	Authorization code manually provided by the card issuer
CcAccountNum	string	Yes	Credit card number
CcExpDate	string	Yes	Card expiration date (MMYY)
CcNameOnCard	string	No	Cardholder name
CcStreet	string	No	Billing street address
CcZip	string	No	Billing ZIP/postal code
Invoice	string	No	Optional invoice number
CustomerID	string	No	Optional merchant-defined customer ID
ExtData	string	No	Optional XML-formatted metadata

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Notes

• Use FORCE as TransType: This is required to indicate that the transaction is a post-authorization force-through. The gateway bypasses the real-time authorization request and uses the provided AuthCode.

• Common use cases:

  • Recovery from a system or communications failure after voice authorization

  • Submitting a transaction when the original authorization was received outside the gateway

  • Consolidating manually approved sales into daily settlement

• Critical field: AuthCode You must supply a valid authorization code that was previously issued by the card network or issuer. This tells the gateway to treat the transaction as already approved.

• Force transactions skip risk checks: Since no authorization is performed, gateway-level fraud screening, CVV validation, or AVS are not applied. Merchants should exercise extra caution.

• Settlement timing: Forced transactions are eligible for inclusion in the current day’s open batch and will settle normally unless flagged by downstream processing rules.