Testing Authorization Errors

If you want to test the different outcomes of an authorization, you can simulate an error by modifying the customer token. This is only available in the test environment.

Request

PUT /purchase/customer-tokens/916f7730-8d24-4dd9-9778-92b75b747382 HTTP/1.1
Host: api.uat.walleydev.com // (Please note! Different hostname in production)
Authorization: Bearer bXlVc2VybmFtZTpmN2E1ODA4MGQzZTk0M2VmNWYyMTZlMDE...
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "AuthorizationFailure":
    {
        "Reason": "PAYMENT_METHOD_EXPIRED"
    }
}

Response

HttpStatusCode: 200 Ok

{
    "id": "17635160-e66f-46b9-84fc-db939005050c"
}

Error

/*
Example error. More errors available below.
*/

HttpStatusCode: 404 Not Found

{
    "id": "fe8a21bb-6cb5-4d7d-b7f6-c0c335fc4593",
    "error":
    {
        "code": 404,
        "message": "The resource requested was not found.",
        "errors": []
    }
}

Request Properties

Request headers

Header	Required	Explanation
Authorization	Yes	Instructions on how to generate the authorization header value can be found here.

Request body

Property	Required	Explanation
AuthorizationFailure	No	Provide null to remove the error, or an object describing the reason

AuthorizationFailure object

Property	Required	Explanation
Reason	No	One of the error reasons mentioned here. Set to null to remove the error

Important status codes

Http status code	Cause
401	Incorrect, missing or expired bearer token
404	The customer token was not found for the authenticated bearer token
503	There was some internal error. Please try again