Retail Consumption Overview

Retail Consumption APIs facilitate communication between the Green Dot Network and its Partners. The content in this section is intended to guide and assist partners in integrating with the Green Dot Network.

The API contains the following operations:

Operation	Description	Timeout Threshold
Ping	Echo Test (Network Management)	60 Seconds
Auth	(Step 1 of 2-Phase) Validates the transaction and places a hold	4 Seconds
AuthCommit	(Step 2 of 2-Phase) Commits the authorized transaction in Step 1.	30 Seconds
AuthVoid	(Alternate Step 2 of 2-Phase) Voids the authorized transaction	30 Seconds

Service

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For development environment setting details, please see Appendix C.

Glossary

Green Dot Initiated:
Green Dot initiates the request.

Partner hosted:
Partner is hosting the API.

PUSH:
Green Dot is sending the request to Partner.

Note: The above terms are used interchangeably in this document.